Baby Food Recipe: Peas, Greek yogurt, Carrot Juice

As always, please follow the general guidelines about HOW and WHEN to introduce food to your baby.  These guidelines are important to follow for safety and allergy reasons. A simple Google search will yield quite an array of guidelines which vary somewhat - with the older guidelines being a bit more limiting and the newer guidelines allowing for more flexibility. Also check with your child's pediatrician.

As you know from my previous post, Gunner loves Greek yogurt. I buy the large container so a lot of his food is prepared with it in varying amounts. I also use the same carrot juice, because once I buy it, I want to make sure it's used up and is not wasted! So here's what I used:

-1/3 cup frozen peas

-2 tablespoons of Greek yogurt (I used French vanilla but you could always get creative!)

-1 to 2 ounces of carrot juice

Here's the yogurt and juice I prefer to use, but if you have a favorite, definitely use that!

You'll need to steam the peas before pureeing. I LOVE my Pampered Chef microwave steamer, and I use it ALL the time when preparing his foods. I added about 1/3 cup of water and put in the microwave for 2 minutes.

This is so simple - just place all of the ingredients in your blender/baby food processor and voila! Blend long enough so the peas are fully pureed and there are no large pieces of the pea.

Use the carrot juice to thin the consistency to what is safe for your little one. Gunner is ok with a little thicker puree, so I tend to use 1-1.5 ounces, but you could make it thinner and use 2 ounces.

This recipe actually yielded three servings, but I over-poured into his bowl and was only able to refrigerate one serving.

Another yummy success! Happy cooking!

~Meg

Baby Food Recipe: Fuji apple, Greek yogurt and carrot juice

Finally a baby food recipe post! Gunner recently turned 6 months (we had a 1/2 birthday celebration - post to follow soon!) and his pediatrician gave us the go ahead for solids. To say that I'm excited to experiment with his food is an understatement. I have done quite a bit of research into what to feed baby and have made up my mind that he will NOT have a bland selection of foods. Healthy AND tasty is my goal.

That in mind, please follow the general guidelines about HOW and WHEN to introduce food to your baby.  These guidelines are important to follow for safety and allergy reasons. A simple Google search will yield quite an array of guidelines which vary somewhat - with the older guidelines being a bit more limiting and the newer guidelines allowing for more flexibility. Also check with your child's pediatrician.

Anyway, back to the recipe! Gunner loooovvveesss Greek yogurt so I've been putting in the mix with a lot of his foods. It's good for him and he enjoys the taste! Win-win! So here's what I used:

-1 medium fugi or red delicious apple, peeled and sliced with core removed

-2 tablespoons of Greek yogurt (I used French vanilla but you could always get creative!)

-1 to 2 ounces of carrot juice

Here's the yogurt and juice I prefer to use, but if you have a favorite, definitely use that!

Then I just added all the ingredients to my Baby Bullet (any food processor should work fine, just check for any small chunks that baby could choke on).

It's look more orange at first but the more you purée it, the lighter it gets.

This small amount of food yielding this morning's breakfast, plus two additional servings which I placed in my Baby Bullet storage cups and dated for today's date (so I know when to toss if it doesn't get used).

He was a big fan! Happy cooking!

~Meg