Baked Pears – wonderful to share with baby on a gloomy and damp day.

Aug 22, 2010 Fruits and Veggies, New Baby Food Recipes

It’s a gloomy day and what a great time to bake some summer pears!  Your baby will love the luscious taste of baked pears!

What You Need
3 Pears
dash of cinnamon or vanilla or ginger.

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350F
Halve and the core pears.
Place pears in a shallow baking dish with about 1 inch of water.
Bake at 350 degrees F. 25 minutes or until tender.

Serve with a scoop of frozen yogurt (for us big kids!) Mash …and serve to your baby alone or mixed with Oatmeal Baby Cereal, Yogurt or even Chicken. YUM!

Blueberry Banana & Yogurt – a smoothie or a popsicle for baby? You decide

Jul 18, 2010 Breakfast, Dairy, Fruits and Veggies, New Baby Food Recipes, yogurt

 Well we’re officially on a smoothie kick in my house.  The best part about smoothies is that you can turn them into whatever you want them to be! 

Blend it up and drink it, freeze it for popsicles, add it oatmeal in the morning, let baby practice with a spoon, or use it as a “dip” for baby’s finger foods!   Don’t forget to look at the pretty color it makes before you consume it!

For this I used:
1/2 pint fresh blueberries (washed and picked through for stems)
1 medium banana (peeled)
1/4 cup golden flax meal
1/2 – 3/4 cup of plain whole milk yogurt

Toss it all into a blender and Viola, eat, drink, freeze or dip.  Hints for dipping – raw bagel (good for those teething),  teething biscuits, tofu cubes, pancakes or waffles… Your ideas?

Allergy Alert – Dairy

Related Wholesome Baby Food pages:
Flax for Baby
Blueberries for Baby
Bananas for Baby
Introducing Yogurt

Tags: bananas, blueberries, smoothies, yogurt

It’s a hot time for Apple Ice!

Jul 12, 2010 Fruits and Veggies, New Baby Food Recipes

Give this tasty and refreshing recipe a try tommorow then stock some in the freezer for all to enjoy!

Apple Ice- Yummy for Older Babies, Toddlers & Kids of all ages!

Ingredients:

5 cups peeled and sliced Granny Smith or Macintosh apples
1 cup water
3/4 cup apple juice (100% juice only please)
1 drip lemon juice

Directions:

1.) In large saucepot, simmer apples, water, and juice until apples are tender — about 20 minutes. Once tender, transfer to blender or food processor and add 1 drip lemon juice. Puree mixture until smooth
2.) Transfer mixture to large freezable container and freeze until almost solid. Add mixture back to the food processor of blender and puree until chunks break up and mixture is fluffy. Refreeze until firm.

3) Skip #2 and simply freeze mixture in ice cube trays and then pop out a cube or 2 and add to a baby safe feeder.

**Some babies enjoy holding and manipulating ice cubes on a hot day. If you don’t mind the mess, let baby have the “ice pops” while sitting in the highchair**

APPLE & ICE photo by DArt on Flickr

Tags: apple, apples