These baby first solid food 4 to 6 months aren’t going to lay you down.
I classified the meals in age ascending order; drinks, soups, purees and desserts. So your baby start enjoying the food!
Giving your baby solids for the first time is such an exciting moment. But you have to always remember, each food at a time. Incase there’s an allergy…
And also, each baby is different so before you start, make sure to check with his pediatrician first.
Drinks
Vegetable Broth
1/2 potato
1/2 carrot
1/2 zucchini
1 cup of water
Boil all the ingredients for 15 mins, Let them cool.Strain and serve
Rice Bottle
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp rice cereal
Baby formula
Boil the water with dissolving the rice cereal in it. Add the milk powder and let it cool.
Pour it in the bottle
Orange Juice
1 tbsp orange juice
water
Mix the water with the orange juice and pour it in the bottle.
Each day add a little bit more juice.
Verbena infusion
3 verbena leaves
1 small cup water
Wash Verbena first.
Boil the water and add the leaves. Wait 4 mins.
Strain,pour it in the bottle and serve warm.
Soups
Beet
1 Beet
Boil the beet. Strain and let it cool. Remove the skin and blend it with some warm water
Pumpkin
50g pumpkin Cut the pumpkin into small pieces to steam. Let it cool and blend it with some water or baby formula.
zucchini
1 small zucchini
Cut the zucchini into small pieces and steam for 15 mins. Then, blend it and serve warm.
potato
1 small potato Steam the potato for 20 mins. Remove the skin and blend it with some water or baby formula
fennel
1 small potato
1 fennel
Baby formula
Cook the potato with the fennel. Then, blend everything with the baby formula and let it cool.
Sweet potato
1 carrot 50g pumpkin 1 sweet potato 1 cup water
Remove the skin and boil all the ingredients together. When cooked, blend and serve warm
Purees
Potato/
Broccoli
1 small potato, 50g broccoli
Steam the ingredients for 15 mins. Once cooked,puree them with a dot of butter
Potato
Pumpkin
1 small potato, 50g pumpkin
Steam the ingredients for 15 mins. Once cooked,puree them with a dot of butter
Potato/
Zucchini
1 small potato, 50g zucchini
Steam the ingredients for 15 mins. Once cooked,puree them with a dot of butter
Potato/
Carrot
1 small potato, 50g carrot
Steam the ingredients for 15 mins. Once cooked,puree them with a dot of butter
Desserts
Orange/
Banana
1/2 orange
1/2 banana
4 tsp water
Press the banana,add the orange and the remaining water until you reach the desired consistency.
Apple
COMPOTE
1 apple
1 cup of water
Peel the apple and cut it into small pieces. Add the water and boil. Let it cool a bit.
Mix the ingredient in a blender.
Serve hot or cold
These easy baby food solid food are so quick and won’t take much from your time.
I did also make a Healthy Cereal Recipe for your baby. Make sure to check it out! 🙂