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.
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| Ingredients: Sweet potato and Carrot |
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| Cut them into small pieces and steam them. |
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| 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.
