Best Sites for Homemade Baby Food Recipes
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Becoming a parent unearths a whole catalog of concerns you may have never imagined. The food you and your baby should eat is definitely high on that list. That’s why so many parents have discovered the value of homemade baby food. There are several great reasons to make your own baby food: you’ll know exactly what’s going into your baby’s body when you make fresh and preservative-free baby food; you will be able to avoid the possibility of hidden allergens among the list of ingredients; homemade baby food is both ecologically and economically wise; and you will be able to cultivate your baby’s taste for nutritious, whole foods. After you and your pediatrician discuss introducing your baby to solid food, take a look at some of the best sites on the web for baby food recipes, how-to guides to making and storing baby food, and suggestions for the healthiest foods for little ones.
Momtastic’s Wholesome Baby Food
Momtastic’s Wholesome Baby Food page is a comprehensive guide to the best foods for your baby. Start with a search by main ingredient, and you’ll find the nutritional breakdown of that fruit, vegetable, meat, grain, or dairy product. Scroll down for guidelines on when to introduce that food into your baby’s diet; how to purchase, store, and prepare it; and a good amount of recipes featuring that ingredient. There is a wide variety of recipes, several of which seem tasty enough for the non-babies in your home. If you still need some inspiration, there is a list of complementary foods so you can make your own recipes. This page is so well organized, you’ll walk away with confidence: ready to fire up the food processor and put up a week’s worth of healthy, yummy food for your baby.
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Homade Baby Food Recipes
At Homemade Baby Food Recipes, you can find special baby food appliances for sale, as well as scads of other baby accessories. There is a pictorial guide to ingredients and meals that you can click to find plenty of recipes for purees and finger foods, all of which include the recommended age at which a baby’s system is ready for these foods. There are tips on getting your baby to try new foods, adjusting for food allergies, and storing and transporting these foods. Bonus: check out the link to free stuff for you and baby. You can find everything from diapers and birthday cake to iPhone apps and knitting and crochet patterns.
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Easy Homemade Baby Food
Easy Homemade Baby Food is a valuable resource for their section on how and why to prepare organic foods for your baby. This page supplies you with a list of the “dirty dozen”—the list of the most contaminated conventional foods that you should substitute with their organic counterparts. This way, you can offer your baby healthier choices without breaking the bank. The rest of the site is easy to read, with separate headings for fruits and vegetables. The rest of the food groups can be found among the solid foods. A list of spices and other ways to safely enhance the flavor of your baby’s food can be found in the baby care section, as can finger food suggestions, and information concerning digestive woes.
Simply Baby Food Recipes
The bad news is, Simply Baby Food Recipes is heavy on the pop-up ads. If you can be patient with the occasional distraction, though, you will be rewarded. The subtitle if this site is “Gourmet Baby and Toddler Recipes, and they’re not kidding. Tamika Gardner, the author of this page and its corresponding book, 201 Organic Baby Purees, offers up treats like pumpkin spice yogurt and breakfast tacos. This site is clearly geared to the proud parents of little foodies, you know, that ten-year-old with a taste for sashimi. The Puree recipes are organized by appropriate age, by course, by preparation method, and by kind (i.e., fruit, vegetable, yogurt, or poultry).
Weelicious
You’ll like Weelicious if you feel like making baby food from scratch is great, but the rest of your family has to eat, too. You’ll also appreciate this site if your idea of a good time is trolling the Saturday Farmer’s Market with the kids. The recipes here are organized in every conceivable way: by age (6-9 months, 10-12 months, toddler bites, and big kid food), by allergy (wheat-free, dairy free, etc.), by course, by occasion, by food group, and by preparation and storage method. And the recipes are good, too. Save serious money by making your own granola bars, which are easy, fast, and stay fresh for weeks. Challenge your notions of crock-pot cookery and make Mexican lasagna for your family. And, of course, great baby food recipes that will bring in a larger variety of foods than you normally see, like fennel and raspberries, all inspired by what’s fresh at the farmer’s market.
Nurture Baby
Nurture Baby is a seriously good-looking site whose mission is to save parents time and money while offering nutritious, homemade baby food. Lovely photos head up each category, like finger foods, staples, treats, and allergy-free recipes. Each recipe is accompanied by a colorful, cheery photo, but this is no ploy to dress up ho-hum dishes. Nurture Baby wants you and baby to eat a rainbow every day, and the recipes combine nutrient-dense superfoods like butternut squash and broccoli. The section on techniques will give you the run down on the best ways to prepare, store, and travel with your wholesome, homemade baby food.
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Thanks for featuring the Wholesome Baby Food website! I wanted to let you know that I just published a book as well!
The Wholesome Baby Food Guide: Over 150 Easy, Delicious, and Healthy Recipes from Purees to Solids
I hope you enjoy it
Maggie