Baby’s First Solids:

A Recipe Book
Once baby reaches the 6 month mark, it’s time to start eating
real food. What baby can and can’t eat can be confusing, so we
put together these tips and yummy recipes to make it easier
for you. Don’t forget to introduce baby to each new food before
incorporating it into a recipe, follow general health guidelines for
feeding baby, and don’t stop feeding baby breast milk or formula
until your pediatrician says so. Each baby moves on to solid food at
a unique pace, so we included some purée recipes too. Enjoy!

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 Breakfast

Baby’s Favorite Porridge with

Warm Cereal Apricot and Pear
(6+ months) (6+ months)

Ingredients Ingredients

¼ cup of pearled barley 5 oz of breast milk or formula

Water, breast milk, or infant formula, as needed 1 heaped Tbsp of porridge oats

8 dried apricots, chopped

Directions
1 ripe pear, peeled and chopped
1. In a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring 1 cup of ½ of a ripe banana
water to a boil. Meanwhile, put the barley in a blender
Directions
and grind on high speed until reduced to
1. Combine the breast milk, oats and apricots into a
a powder (this will take several minutes).
small saucepan.
2. Whisking constantly, slowly pour the powdered grain
2. Bring to a boil, then gently simmer for 3 – 4 minutes.
into the boiling water and reduce the heat
3. Blend the porridge mixture with pear and banana
to low. Cook, while whisking, until the water is
until smooth.
absorbed for, about 10 minutes.

3. Add water, breast milk or formula to thin the cereal

to a consistency your baby can handle. Check the

temperature before serving.

Tip:
Make sure baby isn’t wearing
their best clothes and that you
have plenty of wipes at hand —
first feedings get messy!

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 Lunch

Butternut Chicken and

Squash Purée Pasta Soup
(6+ months) (6+ months)

Ingredients Ingredients

2 tsps of sunflower oil 2 cups of low-sodium chicken broth

1.5 oz of onion, diced 2 Tbsps of uncooked pastina

3.5 oz of leek , diced

Directions
1 oz of apple, diced

1.5 oz of carrot, diced 1. Bring broth to a gentle boil and add pastina. Cook,

5 oz of butternut squash, diced stirring frequently, for 7 to 8 minutes, or until pastina

3.5 oz of chicken breast, diced is cooked. Serve warm.

1 garlic clove, crushed

300 ml of chicken stock

1 oz of baby spinach

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Slowly add onion and

leeks to the oil and fry for 2 minutes. Add the apple,

carrot, squash and chicken, fry for 3 minutes. Add

the garlic and fry for an additional minute.

Tip:
2. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Cover and allow to
Don’t be afraid to try new things
simmer for 15 minutes.
and don’t be discouraged if baby
3. Add the spinach and cook for one minute. doesn’t like something at first.
4. Blend until smooth using an electric hand blender.

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 Dinner

Lovely Lentils Baby’s 1st Hearty

for a Lovely Baby Beef Stew
(4 months if purée, 6+ months if solid) (8+ months)

Ingredients Ingredients

½ of a small onion, finely chopped ½ cup of cubed cooked beef

3.5 oz of carrot, chopped 1 peeled potato

½ oz of celery, chopped ¼ cup of shelled fresh or frozen peas

1 Tbsp of vegetable oil 1 peeled carrot

1.5 oz of split red lentils 1 stalk of celery

7 oz of sweet potato, peeled and chopped ¼ cup of uncooked pasta

400ml vegetable or chicken stock, or water 4 cups of water

Directions Directions

1. Sauté the onion, carrot and celery in the vegetable
oil for about 5 minutes or until softened.
2. Add the lentils and sweet potatoes to the stock.
3. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer
covered for 20 minutes.
4. Combine ingredients in a blender and Purée if baby
is under 6 months.
1. Wash vegetables thoroughly and chop very fine.
2. Simmer the veggies for 20 minutes or until softened
3. Add the macaroni and cook for 10 minutes longer or
until very soft.
4. Drain but save the water and use to mash into the
stew
5. Mash or puree the mix until it is of a consistency

Tip:
Avoid fried food and fast food.
Also, steer clear of
honey, chocolate, egg whites,
and cow’s milk/soy milk
before baby’s first birthday.

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