Recipes

Healthy for Baby

Here we have compiled some simple fresh recipe ideas for you to try when weaning your baby as well as giving you some ideas for healthy, interesting meals for your growing baby. Remember, for the first six months of your baby’s life, breast milk or formula milk provide all the required nutrients he or she needs. Even if you start introducing solids at four or five months, these foods are no more than ‘taste sensations’ and shouldn’t mean that you reduce your baby’s milk intake.

Toddler 18 Months Plus

An active toddler’s hunger isn’t going to wait until mealtimes to be satisfied. Therefore it is best to be able to offer easy-to-prepare, healthy ‘fast-foods’ to your growing child. Food that can be eaten ‘on the go’ will go down a treat with this age group. Here are some great ideas.
  • Recipe Fruity Smoothie (Toddlers 18 month plus)
    Tasty, nutritious and a great way to establish the 5-a-day habit at a very young age, this is just one suggestion but you can try adding a choice of blended fruits or fruit juices to give your toddler plenty of variety.
  • Recipe Simple Chicken Stir-fry (Baby 12 - 18 months)
    This is the type of dish that will get ensure your baby not only gets a fine balance of nutrition, but also begins to develop the kind of tastes that will soon have her eating much the same foods as you do.
  • Recipe Simple Chicken Stir-fry ( Baby 9 - 12 months)
    This is the type of dish that will ensure your baby not only gets a fine balance of nutrition, but also begins to develop the kind of tastes that will soon have your baby eating much the same foods as you do.
  • Recipe Exotic Fruit Salad (Baby 9 - 12 months)
    Fresh fruit is an essential part of your growing baby’s diet. What’s more, the range of exotic fresh fruit available these days means that your child can discover a whole pallet of tastes that wouldn’t have been so widely available even just a few years ago.
    You never know what you might discover yourself - so make sure you try a few bites as well!
  • Recipe Creamy Pear Puree (Baby 6 - 9 months)
    Baby rice is an excellent first food. Your baby will feel right at home with its milky taste while it is very easy to digest and perfect for baby’s fledgling system. It can be eaten on its own or mixed with the fruit puree you made above.
  • Recipe Creamy Carrot Puree (Baby 6 - 9 months)
    The strong flavour of root vegetables may not appeal to your baby. One way to encourage new tastes like these is to mix with baby rice - just as we did with the fruit puree above.
  • Recipe Vegetable Puree - Carrot (Baby 6 - 9 months)
    Puree a mild flavoured vegetable, such as a carrot, and use one ingredient at a time and for a period of a few days initially – just to ensure that your baby doesn’t have an allergic reaction to any of these new, exciting foods.
  • Recipe Fruit Muesli (Baby 9 - 12 months)
    After the initial stages of weaning, your baby will want to discover new tastes and new textures. Offer him or her food that is mashed, grated or diced - you’ll be surprised at what strong gums and the emergence of a couple of teeth can achieve!
  • Recipe Fresh Pear Puree (Baby 6 - 9 months)
    Fruit Purees make great first meals and are the perfect way to start weaning your baby onto solids. Start with a single sweet fruit like pears or sweet apples and as your baby grows accustomed to individual tastes you can mix fruits to create new flavours.
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