Vegetarian baby food recipes

Two yummy vegetarian baby food recipes

1. Mashed pumpkin, tofu and carrot
This dish is rich in Vitamin A, which is very good for your baby's eye development. Since Vitamin A is fat soluble, you can add some cooking oil while you steam carrot

age: above 6 months


Ingredients:

- pumpkin/ butter squash 1.5-2 ounces / 40g peeled and cut into small pieces

- tofu 1.5-2 ounces / 40g cut into small cubes

- carrot 1 ounce / 20g peeled and cut into small pieces

- Clear Vegetable Soup 0.2 cups / 50ml

How to cook:


1. Use a Steamer to steam carrot, pumpkin and carrot until they are soft

2. Put steamed pumpkin, carrot and tofu into a container, use Hand Blender to mash them

3. Put the mash into vegetable soup, mix well, use low heat and cook until it starts to boil

2. Mashed pumpkin and peas

Pumpkin is rich in Vitamin A, C, Riboflavin, Potassium, Copper and Manganese. Peas are a good source of Dietary Fibre, Vitamin K, Thiamine and Iron

age: above 6 months

Ingredients:

- pumpkin/ butter squash 2 ounces / 50g

- peas 1 ounce / 20g

- some Baby Formula

How to cook:

1. Peel pumpkin/butter squash, cut into slices.

Steamer

2. Use a steamer to steam ingredients until they are soft.



3. Steam the peas until they are soft

4. Use a Hand Blender to mash peas and pumpkin, add baby formula, stir and mix well

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Baby pumpkin recipe

Pumpkin porridge

A very easy and yummy baby pumpkin recipe! Compared with many other vegetables pumpkin has relatively little calories but contains a very high amount of vitamin A. Vitamin A is essential for good visual sight. Other vitamins that can be found in a pumpkin are vitamin C and vitamin E. It is also rich of antioxidants like beta-carotene and minerals like iron, zinc, copper, or potassium.

age: above 6 months

Ingredients:

- 2 tablespoons of Rice. As always, my choice of rice is Jasmine Rice from Rice Select. This is a very tasty rice with a nice texture.

- 1-2 tablespoons or 30g of Millet. I like to use Millet from Bob's Red Mill because of it's good quality and nice flavor.

- water about 1.5 cups / 400 ml (depending on the type of rice you are using, some rice needs more water and some needs less)

- pumpkin/ butternut squash 50g chopped into small cubes

How to cook:

1. Use a pot or Rice Cooker to cook rice, millet and pumpkin cubes until they are soft. IF you are looking for a Rice Cooker I would recommend you to take a look at Aroma's 8-Cup model. It is very easy to use and comes at a good price. Depending on whether you are using a rice cooker or a pot cooking time lies between 1-2 hours.

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Sweet potato baby food

Sweet potato porridge

This healthy and very simple recipe for sweet potato baby food combines the energy carriers rice and millet with sweet potatoes that have a high content of beta-carotene, vitamin A and sodium. In addition they are rich in fibers, proteins and have a good amount of complex carbohydrates. As a result sweet potatoes have a very high nutritional value which makes this vegetable an excellent choice for baby food.

age: above 6 months

Ingredients:

- 2 tablespoons / 50g Jasmine Rice. I like to cook Rice Select's Jasmati Rice. Check out the Amazon link to see some customer reviews.

- millet 1-2 tablespoons / 20g

Millet

- water about 1.5 cups / 400 ml (depending on the type of rice you are using, some rice needs more water and some needs less)

- sweet potato 2 ounces / 50g chopped into small cubes

How to cook:

1. Put rice, millet and the sweet potato cubes in  a pot of water. You can also use a Rice Cooker and its slow cooking ore "porridge" option. I always use Aroma's 8-Cup Rice Cooker, a very reliable and easy to use Cooker that comes with a steaming option. When using a pot to cook this porridge, cover it and let it cook while using low heat. This sweet potato porridge takes about one to two hours to cook.

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Millet porridge for babies

Millet porridge

Millet porridge for babies combines the strengths of the two energy carriers rice and millet. Millet is a corn that contains high amounts of B vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium, and zinc. It has a distinct flavor that will allow your baby to explore new tastes thus making it a great addition to plain rice.

age: 6 months and above

Ingredients:

- 2 tablespoons of Rice. My favorite Rice is Rice Select's Jasmati Rice because of it's nice flavor. Visit Amazon and have a look at what others think about this wonderful Rice.

- millet 2 tablespoons

Millet

- water about 1.5 cups / 400 ml (depending on the type of rice you are using, some rice needs more water and some needs less)

How to cook:

1. Cook rice and millet for 1-2 hours. If you own a Rice Cooker use the slow cooking option to cook until you cannot see the shape of the rice. I'm using Aroma's 8-Cup Rice Cooker for cooking rice or steaming food. It is easy to use, reliable and produces excellent results (rice). Depending on the model some rice cookers have a “cook porridge” option. Use a pot if you do not own a rice cooker. Cover the pot and use low heat.

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