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Kids Favourite Sauerkraut
This is my go-to recipe for fermented goodness in our family. The kids have this in their lunch box most days.
Make a large batch and it will keep you going for months.
Liver Puree
At 6 months of age, your baby’s iron stores will start to decrease. Liver is the powerhouse of baby’s foods – nutrient-dense, high in iron (an iron your baby will easily absorb) and easy to digest.
The Best First Foods For Your Baby
The Best First Foods For Your Baby + Week One Introducing Solids ScheduleJen’s on a mission. Her baby is ready to start solids. She wants to get it 'right'. But the options seem endless. Jen reads a gazillion articles in search for the best.. the right food to start...
Paprika Kumara
Kumara, kumara, kumara. Aka Sweet Potato. I cannot get enough of this vegetable for my son. This amazing-ness of a vegetable will help feed and multiply your little ones good bacteria. Researches are studying this at the moment to see if this could be a nutritious option for ‘commercial baby food’. Paired with mild and sweet paprika, training your baby’s taste for this spice will serve you well, as a variety of dishes your baby will soon be eating from chilli to dhal are made with this delicious spice.
7 Reasons Your Child Refuses Vegetables
When did your baby sleep the whole night through?
Children typically go through a phase in eating, just like sleeping.
They will look at vegetables (or new food) with the same disgust as a pregnant person feels when someone drops a stinky one.
But, just like my babies who didn’t sleep through the night – it can last longer than it needs to.
Garlic Cauli Bites
If I knew how versatile cauliflower was back when I was introducing solids to my oldest, this would have been on my list to train her tastes to when she in the ‘flavour window’ (see introducing solids course for more). Amongst other nutritional qualities cauliflower is full of folate helping your baby’s Nervous system develop. Paired with the power house immune boosters of garlic, your baby will get a good combo of boost brain and immune power.
Herby Roasted Root Vegetables
The perfect snack:
This was my son’s go-to snack. Cooking a large batch up on Monday, he had a bowl-full at snack time or with his meals if I was in a lazy mood. There are no right and wrong combinations of vegetables – just use what you have in your kitchen, or what is in season.
Spiced Pumpkin Puree
Autumn is the time for the Pumpkin. Bursting with Vitamin A, it’s the perfect food to boost your baby’s immune system heading into winter.
Chicken Stock
The old wives’ tale of chicken soup being amazing for sickness has some truth to it. Chicken stock has nutrients that are great for the gut and therefore, the immune system.
Good Health is NOT ‘Luck of the draw’ (Part II)
Did you take Folic Acid during pregnancy?
Its pregnancy 101 to take Folic acid as it helps your baby’s developing spinal chord to form properly.
After your baby is born their digestion is still not fully formed… there are a few things you can do to help develop this vital organ…
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