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    Home » Healthiest Baby Food 101

    Healthiest Baby Food 101

    Christine is back today and she's talking baby food. We get asked quite often for more baby food recipes. So, Christine is here to share her healthy and pretty gourmet {if I do say so myself} recipes with us...THANKS CHRISTINE!


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    Have fun trying
    these recipes and experiment with the amounts of ingredients. If at first it
    seems that baby isn’t crazy about a new food, it might be texture instead of
    taste. I’ve found that adding just a tiny bit of organic cinnamon and organic
    vanilla bean goes a long way to improve the taste of new foods for baby.
    Cinnamon also helps with digestion!

    Below is a list of
    combinations that I love to make for my little munchkin. They’re full of flavor
    and offer a palatable texture that is easy for baby to swallow if they’re yet
    to sprout teeth. Here’s the directions:

    1. Choose a
    combination of ingredients

    2. Wash produce
    and dry

    3. To make:

    • steam
      veggies. A basket steamer or specialized stainless steel steamer pot is ideal
      because cooking time is very short ensuring nutrients are not lost in the
      cooking process. Save aside any water that remains.
    • peel
      skins from produce, setting aside.*
    • place
      all produce into a Vitamix (or heavy duty mixer), go through your variable
      speed slowly and then blend well on high for about 30 seconds to a minute.
    • If
      water remains, you’ll want to add into the Vitamix or blender slowly until
      desired texture is reached. Breast milk and formula can be used as a
      replacement for water.

    The following
    recipes contain organic nut milks, vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts and seeds.
    They are cow dairy-free and gluten-free.


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    SAVORY

    3 Sweet potatoes

    ½ avocado (does not need to be steamed)

    3 sage leaves or ½ teaspoon sage powder

    1 tablespoon coconut oil

    1 tablespoon chia powder

    RIOJA RISE

    3 beets

    2 sweet potatoes

    ½ cup cherries

    1 tablespoon coconut oil

    1 tablespoon hemp meal

    dash or two cinnamon

    1-3 teaspoon vanilla


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    MILAN'S CURRENT FAVE BREAKFAST

    3 sweet potatoes

    1 rutabega

    handful of tot soi

    1 wedge of
    blood  orange (optional)

    dash of cinnamon

    1 egg yolk

    1-2 teaspoon vanilla

    ¼ cup unsweetened
    organic almond milk


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    GO GREENERY

    5 handfuls of chopped kale

    1 cup trimmed green bean

    1 green apple

    ¼ cup basil

    squeeze of lemon

    BETA CAROTENE

    (great for babies over one year old- make as a puree if baby is younger by reducing liquid)

    1 cup pumpkin chopped, ½ cup if using pre-pureed

    ⅛ cup pineapple chunks

    ⅛ cup carrot chunks

    dash of cinnamon

    1 teaspoon vanilla

    1 cup unsweetened hemp or coconut milk

    Remember:

    • organic produce, herbs, milks, nuts, eggs (well everything) for
      baby.
    • washed. Try a
      fruit andveggie wash to soak produce in at least five to ten minutes before
      using. I keep a produce scrubby brush for tougher skin like citrus.
    • wash
      the skin of all produce
      whether you intend to eat or use the skin. Skins
      can carry extremely unhealthy bacteria. When left unwashed, this bacteria can
      be easy to transfer to the parts of the produce you will be using.
    • suitable for babies and children ages six months and up. Because
      beets and some leafy greens contain nitrates, although naturally occurring, I
      suggest waiting until baby is seven to eight months to introduce. At that time,
      the digestive system will have matured to optimally metabolize these nitrates.
      If you choose to use these ingredients, be sure to use these produce items as
      fast as possible. If extra food remains, it’s best to freeze for storage as
      nitrate activity increases over time.
    • be sure to introduce foods one
      at a time
      before combining. This process is one of the easiest methods to
      spot an allergy early on.
    • waste
      not
      policy in our kitchen, so if I can use peels or skins in another dish I
      do. I often use skins and peels in my soup stock. The Vitamix does an excellent
      job decimating skins and peels so they’re easy to manage.
    • Never
      mix honey
      into baby food as
      it can cause botulism. If you’d like to flavor baby’s food, try cinnamon or
      vanilla.


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