Baby Foods

Homemade Baby Food Recipes

There is nothing more special for your little ones than a baby food that you created using your own hands, right in your own home. You can pick the freshest ingredient and let your baby taste something that is not out of the box or commercial baby food jars. Here are some of the baby food recipes that you can do at home. And since you have a hectic schedule at work or at home, these homemade recipes can be easily done and completed within minutes.

Pumpkin is one of the most nutritious and delicious vegetables. It is also one of the most common ingredients used in baby foods since it is soft and the color is simply inviting for the babies.

Pumpkin puree

This is recipe is good for babies ages 8 to 10 months

What you need are the following:

• 1/4 cup diced onion
• 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 cups of peeled pumpkin (cut into cubes)
• 2 cups of vegetable stock
• Sugar, basil, and rosemary to taste

In a saucepot, put the oil, onion and the pumpkin. When the onions are cooked, put in the vegetable stock. Let the mixture simmer and wait until the pumpkin is already tender to become a puree. You may now season it with basil, rosemary and sugar.
Here is another great home made baby food recipe that won’t take so much of your time.

Baked Sweet Potatoes

Wash the sweet potatoes clean and poke holes at different sides using a fork. Don’t peel the potatoes and wrap it in foil as it is. The oven must have a temperature of 400 degree before you put in the potatoes. You will know when the potatoes are done if it is already soft, usually 30 to 40 minutes. Remove the skin and take the “meat” once it is cooled. You may add milk or water to thin the potatoes.

Apple too can be an excellent source of nutrients for your baby. Why not try creating your own apple sauce instead of buying commercial apple sauce that comes in a jar.
Homemade Apple Sauce

This can be served to babies as early as 4 months old

What you need:

• 5 apples
• Cinnamon
• Water

Peel the apples and the take the core. Chop it in small pieces then put it in a saucepan. Pour the water slowly to the saucepan. You may also use apple juice instead. Once the mixture is already boiling, reduce the heat. Cover the saucepan and let it slowly simmer until the small chunks of apple are already tender. It usually takes only about ten to fifteen minutes. Don’t overcook the applesauce. It would become watery as well as tasteless.

Here is another homemade recipe that your baby will surely love.

Banana Fingers

You need:

• 1 ripe banana
• Flavorless yogurt
• Wheat germ

Cut the banana into little pieces that would look like a finger. Then put the sliced banana in the yogurt. Place the dipped banana at the plate of the wheat germ and turn it over until the whole banana is coated. Prepare a baking sheet and put a greaseproof paper. Carefully put the coated banana and put it in the freezer. Serve when it is already firm.