Best Food Processor Making Baby Cereal

Making your own baby food and best foods to start out with?

I just bought a food processor, and was wondering if any mama’s out there have any ‘recipe’ ideas for baby food, and what to make. I have a 5 month old daughter, and she is exclusively breast fed right now, but I find shes very curios of food, especially when she is watching me eat, she goes nuts and gets all excited. Do I have to start with the baby cereal? Or can I start making up my own mixes? Whats the best and most nutritous thing for them

Start out with cereals and then go to veggies or fruits or both.

Rice cereal is a little constipating and oats are not–so choose the one that will be right for you lil one. 2 tsp rice cereal + 1/2 to 1 oz breast milk. Do it for 3 days and see how your baby likes it. Then move it to breakfast time and do 1 veggie puree for lunch.

I would start with something that is more gentle and hypoallergenic such as squash. You can buy it in Gerber’s Organic brand. I add a little bit of “spice water” to it (under the direction of my Son’s nutritionist and doctor). What the spice water contains is 1 oz water 1/4 tsp cumin seeds, 1/4 tsp dill seeds, 1/4 tsp fennel seeds and boil the mixture, strain it and keep the filtered spice-water refrigerated. Add1/4th tsp to your puree and warm the puree a bit. If you child likes it, continue for three days. Try the carrots next, then peas.

In the second week add lentil water. I would choose split yellow-mung bean water. You boil split yellow mung with water until the lentils are soft. Use your blender to make a smooth paste. Then add it to water or organic chicken broth (you can make your own broth at home). Make a semi-thin liquid soup of mung. To this you can add a tsp of rice cereal and serve it for dinner. If you feel like add your veggies to this. You can also blend this mixture to a soft pasty consistency. Kids love it.

Good-luck.

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