Easy DIY Nutritious Recipes For Babies!

Today's the first day of the Circuit Breaker!

Feeling bored? How about prepping some DIY meals for your child!

Here are a few simple recipes for you!

1. Sweet Potato Puree

INGREDIENTS

• 4 oz sweet potato finely diced

• 1 cup water

DIRECTIONS

1. In a pot, bring the diced sweet potato and water to boil, for about 15 minutes or until it reaches the desired consistency that you like. If it's too watery, boil longer. If it's too thick, add some water.

2. The sweet potato should break down quite a bit after the boiling. If not, you can use the back of the spoon to mash the sweet potato to the desired texture. To make a silky smooth sweet potato puree, you can blend it with a blender. Let cool and serve.

2. Apple Puree

INGREDIENTS

• 5-10 large apples

• Water

• Cinnamon to taste

DIRECTIONS

1. RemoPeel and core your apple and cut it into slices/chunks.

2. Place the apples in a pot and fill with water just shy of covering the apples.

3. Cover with a lid and boil the apples until they are tender. Make sure to stir and check the water level while they are cooking.

4. Using a slotted spoon scoop the apples from the water and place in a blender or food processor. Some of the water will make its way with the apples and this will help in the puree process. Reserve the remaining water in case you need more for a better puree.

5. Puree until the mixture is the desired texture.

6. Let the mixture cool slightly, then pour the apples into clean ice cube trays. If you do not have a spout on your blender or food processor: Let the mixture cool then pour it into a ziploc bag, seal it, then cut one of the corners off and dispense the baby food into the tray.

7. Cover the trays with plastic wrap and place them on a flat surface in the freezer.

3. Blueberry, Mango + Avocado Baby Food Puree

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup blueberries

• 1/4 mango, peeled and cubed

• 1/4 avocado, peeled and roughly chopped

DIRECTIONS

1. For a Stage 2 Baby Food Puree – place all of the ingredients into a medium bowl and using an immersion hand blender, blend until smooth, adding water in tbsp increments if needed.

2. For Stage 3 Baby Food Puree – place all ingredients onto a cutting board, and using the back of a fork, smash until all the fruit is incorporated.

4. Apple & Oats Porridge

INGREDIENTS

• Oats – 1.5 tblspn

• Apple – 1/2 a big apple

• Cinnamon Powder – 1/4 tsp

• Water – 1/2 cup or adjust

DIRECTIONS

1. Start by peeling and chopping 1/2 a apple into small pieces.

2. Take a clean sauce pan, in which you cook your babies food. Add oats, chopped apple, cinnamon and clean water in it.

3. Put the saucepan on stove and cook it for 3 to 4 mins on a low flame till the oats is completely cooked.

4. Now take it off the stove and let it cool a bit. Pour the whole mix in a blender and make into a smooth puree. 

5. Blueberry Chickpea

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup blueberries

• 1/2 cup chickpeas, strained and rinsed

• pinch fresh rosemary, coursely chopped

DIRECTIONS

• In a blender or food processor, add in the blueberries, chickpeas and rosemary.

• For a smooth stage 2 puree, puree on hight for 1-2 minutes or until completley smooth, adding in 1 tbsp of water at a time to achieve this consistency.

• For a chunky stage 3 puree, pulse for 10 seconds at a time, scraping down sides every 30 second and stopping when you have desired consistency, adding in 1 tbsp of water at a time to achieve this consistency.