3 Delicious Recipes that Your Baby Will Love to Eat

Want to try your hand at making your own baby food for your little one? These baby food recipes make it easy to prepare fresh foods for your baby right at home. You can serve foods as soon as they are made or even freeze them for serving in the future. Be sure to consult our baby feeding chart to find out when to try each of these yummy baby foods.

Sweet Potato for your Sweetie
Treat your little one to big doses of vitamins A, C and B6 plus potassium and omega-6 fatty acids with this yummy little recipe.

• Get the oven ready by preheating to 375 degrees.
• Scrub a large sweet potato, removing any visible dirt.
• Use a fork to poke holes in several places in the sweet potato.
• Leave the skin on.
• Place the plain potato in a baking dish.
• Put it in the oven for 45 minutes or until it is soft.
• Let the potato cool for a few minutes.
• Cut it lengthwise into halves.
• Use a spoon to remove the cooked potato.
• Mash the potato finely with the spoon and serve.

A Perfectly peach Treat
A peach will give your baby plenty of antioxidants, potassium and dietary fiber. Most babies love the sweet, fruity taste of peaches, and they’re very easy to prepare.

• Select a large peach.
• Wash it thoroughly with warm water or a fruit and veggie wash.
• Cut the peach into small chunks.
• Remove any fibers that are sticking out of the flesh.
• Discard the pit.
• On the stove, bring 2 inches of water to a simmer in a saucepan.
• Drop the peach into the water and let it cook for about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Cut the peach chunks into smaller pieces if they are still hard. Otherwise, put them in the food processor.
• Add 1/8 teaspoon ginger to the peach.
• Put 1 tablespoon of breast milk or baby formula into the mixture.
• Puree until creamy.

Delicious Chicken Supper
This is a great food to try when you’re ready to introduce meats. Just make sure your baby has already eaten apple and sweet potato for at least 3 days prior to introducing this dish.

• Wash one apple and one medium-sized sweet potato.
• Skin the apple and dice it finely. Throw away the core.
• Peel the sweet potato and dice it finely.
• Take a whole boneless, skinless chicken breast and rinse it well with water.
• Chop the chicken into small bite-sized pieces.
• Add 2 cups of chicken stock to a medium sized saucepan.
• Get the stock to a simmer.
• Put the chicken in the pot and let it simmer for 10 full minutes.
• Put the sweet potato and apple in with cooking chicken.
• Cook the mixture covered for 15 minutes.
• Pour everything into the food processor and puree it.
• If the mixture is runny, strain it prior to serving.