Strawberry Juice (For Toddler)

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Kids usually love juice. Juice is a great way to add more nutrients to your baby’s diet. But as per experts, babies younger than six months should not be given juice. I started to give flavored water to my son when he was about 1 year old. But that was not the store bought one. I throw some blueberries to baby water, just like the way we make infused water, so that I could avoid all the sugar and added ingredients. He loved it. 

He started to drink fresh juice when he was around 16 months. Since then, “Strawberry Juice” is his favorite. I think, a kid’s favorite fruit will make a kid’s favorite juice because strawberry is my son’s favorite fruit. You can simply blend strawberry to make thick juice but I usually add water and few drops of honey for a milder sweet juice. He loves it.

Ingredients (For 1 serving)

Fresh Strawberry- 5

Water- 4 OZ

Honey- 1 Tbsp

Method

Wash strawberries and blend them with water and honey. Serve it immediately. You can use blueberries or any any fresh fruits like apple, pear instead of strawberries. Your toddler will love this "Fresh Strawberry Juice".

Ingredients: Fresh Strawberry, Water and Honey

Blend all the ingredients together 

Fresh Strawberry Juice is ready to serve

Serve immediately

HAPPY COOKING

"HAPPY HALLOWEEN"

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Chicken puree (For age 8 months+)

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As per experts, meat may be introduced to babies anytime between 8-9 months of age. Introducing meats earlier will help baby gain more iron and protein as well. I started chicken as my son’s first meat. Chicken is an excellent source of protein. 

When I introduced chicken to my baby I chose organic chicken lean breast since it is less fat and of course it is healthier portion of chicken. When you offer chicken to your baby for the first time, it is always better to offer chicken puree, sometimes their tiny tummy cannot handle the solid chicken pieces. You can make any combination of chicken and vegetables. I tried chicken and carrot puree, chicken with brown rice, chicken and broccoli puree. But my son’s favorite was chicken and carrot puree.

This time I am sharing an easy chicken puree recipe with you Mommies. I am sure your little-one will enjoy this.

Ingredients

Chicken lean breast- medium size
Salt, to taste
Pepper, a pinch
Parsley flakes

Process
Step 1: Wash chicken thoroughly and cut it into small pieces.

Step 2: Put them in a pressure cooker and add salt, pepper and parsley flakes along with a small amount of water (You can cook chicken anyway you usually do).

Step 3: Cook until the chicken pieces are fully cooked (I waited for one whistle).

Step 4: Wait until the cooked chicken cooled down. Now blend them in a blender until you get a smooth consistency.

Chicken puree is ready to serve. You can freeze it if you make it in a large quantity. 

Chicken lean meat

Add salt, pepper and parsley flakes into chicken and cook them with water

Cook the chicken pieces until they soft 

Puree them in a blender and Chicken puree is ready to serve

HAPPY COOKING!

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Homemade frozen Sweet potato and Carrot puree (For solid starters or age 5 months+)

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Introducing new foods to babies is a long process and of course, parents need a lot of patience. New foods are always a new experience for babies due to different texture, taste and color. Every baby is different, so we cannot say how your baby will take this new experience. Sometimes babies will not accept it. But don’t give up, because baby won’t eat it at the first time, but continue offering the food or wait another day or week. Try again and again, they will slowly accept it.

For a solid starter it is always better to begin them with smoothly pureed fruits and vegetables. You can serve them alone or mix two or three variety of fruits and vegetables together to add additional flavor and nutrition. Whatever you make, the texture should be super smooth. You can slowly thicken and chunk up the texture of food when they become more experienced eater.

Babies like sweet potatoes and carrots due to their flavor and color. Both are very nutritious. Sweet potatoes contain very good amount of beta-carotene, vitamin B6, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, vitamin E and folate. Steamed or cooked carrots are easy for babies to digest. Carrots are the excellent source of beta-carotene which the human body converts to vitamin A. Also carrots are packed with nutrients such as vitamin C and calcium.

This sweet potato and carrot puree recipe is so simple and you can make it in large quantity. Freeze and use when you need.

Ingredients

Sweet potato- 1 medium size

Carrot- 1 small size
Ice cube trays and freezer bags for storage.

Process

Step 1: Peel off sweet potato and carrot. Cut them into small cube shape pieces.

Step 2: Steam them the way you usually do or cook them in a pot by adding small amount of water. I use my “Fit & Fresh Starts” Baby Food Steamer.

Step 3: Blend them together. Add breast milk/ formula to get the desired smooth consistency.

Ingredients: Sweet potato and Carrot

Cut them into small pieces and steam them.

Blend the steamed sweet potato and carrot

Storing baby food

There are so many convenient ways to store the homemade baby food. It is recommended that baby food can be stored no longer than 48 hours in the refrigerator but in the freezer you can store them until 3 months.

Freezing baby foods in ice cube trays

Step 1: Puree baby food. Then transfer them into ice cube trays.

Step 2: Fill each trays with puree and cover the trays with plastic wrap and keep them in the freezer.

Step 3: Once the puree have frozen, pop out the cubes and transfer them into freezer bags. If you make different type of baby food, don’t forget to label item name with date.

Fill sweet potato and carrot puree into ice cube trays

Cover the tray with plastic wrap and freeze them

Pop out the frozen puree cubes and store them

HAPPY COOKING!

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