Cookbook Recipes

Babies are usually given solid food starting at 4 months but I think it is safer to start them at 6 months. This is because many babies are not ready to eat at 4 months and it can be frustrating trying to feed them solids.

To start them on solids, cereal is an ideal choice as it is easy to swallow and digest. You can mix cereal with breast milk or formula or boiled water to produce a thick consistency.

Weetbix can be crushed and mixed with breast milk, formula or boiled water to produced a desired consistency and given to babies too.

As your baby began to show more interests in eating solid food, you can start cooking porridge. You can use rolled oats. Mix it with water (1 tbsp oats to 3 tbsp water) and boil and then simmer for a few minutes. Puree with enough breast milk or formula to produce the consistency suitable for your child. Oats are more nutritious compare to white refined rice. I sometimes would puree some bananas and mixed with the oat porridge. It makes it sweet, more tasty and also more nutritious.

Stewed fruits are very good for babies too. Peel, core and slice 1 apple, peach or pear in a small pan with 2 tbsp of water. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer until soft and pulpy, adding more water as required. Puree with a little boiled water to make 1/2 cup of stewed fruit.

You can combine rice cereal with stewed fruits or mashed banana. Add some breast milk or formula to achieve a soft but not runny cereal.

For older babies, mix baby cereal, stewed fruits, baby yogurt and breast milk to produce the desired consistency.

For older babies, you can try the following combinations of puree, they are yummy for most babies. Always puree using breast milk, formula or boiled water.

Mashed advocado and cottage cheese.

Sieved tomato and advocado. First, blanched tomato in hot water to make the skin peel off easily. Then remove the seed and press them through a sieve.

Pureed apple, pear and banana.

Pureed papaya.

Pureed pumpkin and potato.

Pureed vegetables and cooked fish.

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