Mom’s Journal: Morning Baby’s Puree and Finger Food Recipes

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Dear Alice,

Here is a list of useful morning baby’s puree recipes you can prepare for your baby, that I hope you will find helpful. I know I do!

Do not forget that every child is different and that every child has different needs concerning eating habits and eating preferences. In addition your baby will probably have different eating habits every day, so do not expect your baby to eat today the same way as she/he ate yesterday (still if this happens that is okay), what I want to say is that you should be open and roll with the flow and do not worry. Most importantly follow your mother instincts (yes, they are there).

Also do not forget that just as anything concerning your baby’s journey the eating process and the eating habits of your baby need time until your baby will get used to her/his own routine. So be patient and do not give up. The WHO (World Health Organization) and the general view is that a baby should eat by the end of her/his first year 3 main meals (morning, afternoon, evening) and 2 snacks (morning and afternoon). Transitioning from breastfeeding to solid food (in the form of either puree or finger food, depending on your baby’s teeth and eating possibilities) is another issue that I do not cover here. Still for a good reference in this direction I recommend the following source (it helped me a lot and I find it very good): https://www.hipp.de/beikost/ratgeber/ernaehrungsplan/

From my experience so far, we have at present for our 11 months old baby 3 mail meals (in the form of puree or even solid food, this is pretty much what we eat, except for the morning main meal when our baby gets also a bottle of milk), and 2 snacks (either puree or finger food). How much each baby eats for every meal is very different, just notice and observe your baby’s needs and reactions. In our case the main meals have around 150-180 grams each, whereas the snacks have around 130-150 grams each. Still each baby is different and you should guide yourself after your baby needs. As long as your baby gains in weight and the regular doctor’s appointments with your baby are going okay, you should not worry. Please address any medical questions or concerns directly to your doctor’s.

For preparing the puree I find of great use the following steamer and blender, one of the best investments so far in my opinion:

Summary: Remember that every baby is different and you should guide yourself depending on your baby’s reactions and needs. As an example, the meal plan for our 11 old months baby looks like these (below you find the recipes), which could give you some ideas:
Morning Main Meal
Morning Snack
Noon Main Meal
Afternoon Snack
Evening Main Meal

I will cover here the morning main meal and snacks recipes, with short references to the evening main meal, and in the next post I will cover the noon main meal recipes and the afternoon snack recipes.

Morning Main Meal Baby Recipes

  • Milk Bottle and
  • Bread (from Full-Grain Flour, or Spelled-Flour) or
    Homemade Palatschinken (Austrian Crepes) without Sugar (recipe attached) or
    Homemade Waffles Without Sugar (recipe attached) or
    Homemade Bagles Without Sugar (recipe attached).

1. Homemade Palatschinken (Austrian Crepes) without Sugar

  • Ingredients:
    • 200 grams Flour (Spelt Flour or Wheat Flour)
    • 2 Eggs
    • 1 Pinch of Salt
    • 300 ml Milk
    • Vegetable Oil (for frying the pancakes)
  • Preparation:
    • Add the flour, the salt and the milk in a bowl and mix them all together with the mixer until you get a smooth composition.
    • Add the eggs to the composition and mix all the ingredients together with the mixer until you get an homogeneous batter.
    • In a heated frying pan add a teaspoon of oil, add a scoop of batter and fry the pancakes on each side for about 2-3 minutes until it is golden on both sides.
  • Note:
    • Serve one pancake at a meal to your baby (depending on the needs she/he can eat half, three third or the whole palatschinken. Freeze the rest if applicable).
    • From the batter you will get approximately 8 palatschinken, which is enough for 2 adults and 1 baby to be consumed at one meal (additionally you can freeze 1-2 pancake for later use).
    • This snack is to be used after the 8th or even 9th month of your baby (depending also on the evolution of your baby’s teeth and nutrition).

2. Homemade Pfannkuchen (Austrian Pancakes) without Sugar

  • Ingredients:
    • 100 grams Spelt Flour
    • Pinch of Vanilla Extract
    • 2 Eggs
    • 200 ml Milk
    • 1 Spoon Vegetable Oil
    • Vegetable Oil for Frying
    • 2 Bananas (for Topping)
  • Preparation:
    • Add the flour, and the vanilla extract and to a bowl. Add the milk and mix all the ingredients together with the mixer until you get a smooth composition.
    • Add the vegetable oil to the composition and mix the ingredients together. In the end add the eggs to the composition and mix all the ingredients together until you get an homogeneous batter.
    • In a heated frying pan add a teaspoon of oil, add a scoop of batter and fry the pancakes on each side for about 2-3 minutes until it is golden on both sides. Optionally you can use the pancake cove for the frying pan while frying the pancakes.
    • When you finished frying the pancakes, add the rest of the oil in the heated frying pan, peel off the bananas and cut them and fry the pieces of bananas for like 1-2 minutes in the pan. Add the fried bananas as topping to the pancakes.
  • Note:
    • Serve one waffle at a meal to your baby (depending on the needs she/he can eat half, three third or the whole waffle. Freeze the rest if applicable).
    • You will get around 8 pancakes, which is enough for 2 adults and 1 baby to be consumed at one meal.
    • This snack is to be used after the 8th or even 9th month of your baby (depending also on the evolution of your baby’s teeth and nutrition).

3. Homemade Waffles without Sugar

  • Ingredients:
    • 300 grams Flour (Spelt Flour or Wheat Flour)
    • 10 grams Baking Powder
    • Pinch of Vanilla Extract
    • Pinch of Salt
    • 500 ml Milk
    • 100 grams melted Butter
    • 2 Eggs
  • Preparation:
    • Add the flour, the baking powder, the vanilla extract and the salt to a bowl. Add the milk and mix all the ingredients together with the mixer until you get a smooth composition.
    • Add the melted butter to the composition and mix the ingredients together. In the end add the eggs to the composition and mix all the ingredients together until you get an homogeneous batter.
    • Add the batter to the waffle iron and bake the waffle until they are golden.
  • Note:
    • Serve one waffle at a meal to your baby (depending on the needs she/he can eat half, three third or the whole waffle. Freeze the rest if applicable).
    • You will get around 14 waffle, which is enough for 2 adults and 1 baby to be consumed at two meals.
    • This snack is to be used after the 8th or even 9th month of your baby (depending also on the evolution of your baby’s teeth and nutrition).

4. Homemade Bagles without Sugar

  • Ingredients:
    • 500 grams Spelt Flour
    • 1 Teaspoon Salt
    • Yeast (8 grams of Dry Yeast or around 22 grams Fresh Yeast)
    • 300 ml Water (at the room temperature)
    • 25 grams Agave Syrup (or Maple Syrup)
  • Preparation:
    • Add the flour, and the salt in a bowl. Make a whole in the middle and add the fresh yeast, the agave syrup and half of the water and let the yeast for at about 10 minutes at a warm place.
    • Add the rest of the water to the ingredients and mix them all together until you get a smooth dough composition.
    • Let the dough at a warm place for about 20-30 minutes rest.
    • Form from the dough bagles (with a whole in the middle) and add them on a baking tray with baking paper and let them rest for another 5 to 10 minutes.
    • Add water in a pot and bring it to boil. Boil the bagles for about 1-2 minutes in the water. Add the bagels back to the baking tray.
    • Bake the bagels in the preheated oven at 220 grades Celsius for about 15-20 minutes until they are golden.
  • Note:
    • You will get around 8-10 bagels.
    • For the adults, you can add as topping to the bagels seeds (poppy-seeds, sesame), but for the bay and children keep the bagles without the seeds, to minimize any choking risk.
    • This snack is to be used after the 8th or even 9th month of your baby (depending also on the evolution of your baby’s teeth and nutrition).

Morning Snacks Baby Recipes

  • Fruits Purees (recipes attached) or
  • Pieces of Fruits (e.g. Bananas, Mango, Apples, Pears, etc.), basically any seasonal fruits that you can find, that are fresh and that you baby likes and that she/he can eat (depending on her/his teeth).

1. Banana Puree

  • Ingredients:
    • 2 Bananas
    • 50 ml Boiled Water
  • Preparation:
    • Peel the bananas and cut them in small pieces.
    • You can either mash the bananas with the fork until you get the desired consistency for the puree or you can mix the bananas with boiled water and blend them with the blender until you get the puree with the desired consistency.
  • Note:
    • You will get around 2 portions of puree, each portion having around 130-150 grams of puree.
    • You can use one portion right away, and you can freeze the other one for later use.
    • This is to be used as beginner’s puree as well after the 4th month of your baby.

2. Apple Puree

  • Ingredients:
    • 3 Apples
    • 50 ml Water
  • Preparation:
    • Wash the apples, and then peel them.
    • Cut them in small pieces and add them to the steamer where you added the water. Steam the apples for 5 minutes.
    • Blend the fruits with the blender until you get a smooth puree consistency.
  • Note:
    • You will get around 2 portions of puree, each portion having around 130-150 grams.
    • You can use one portion right away, and you can freeze the other one for later use.
    • This is to be used as beginner’s puree as well after the 4th month of your baby.

3. Apple-Pear Puree

  • Ingredients:
    • 2 Apples
    • 1 Pear
    • 50 ml Water
  • Preparation:
    • Wash the apples and the pear, and then peel them.
    • Cut them in small pieces and add them to the steamer where you added the water. Steam the fruits for 5 minutes.
    • Blend the fruits with the blender until you get a smooth puree consistency.
  • Note:
    • You will get around 2 portions of puree, each portion having around 130-150 grams of puree.
    • You can use one portion right away, and you can freeze the other one for later use.
    • This puree is to be used preferable after the 6th month of your baby.

4. Apple-Banana Puree

  • Ingredients:
    • 2 Apples
    • 1 Banana
    • 50 ml Water
  • Preparation:
    • Wash the apples, and then peel them.
    • Cut them in small pieces and add them to the steamer where you added the water. Steam the apples for 5 minutes.
    • Peel the banana, cut it in small pieces and add it to the steamed apples pieces.
    • Blend the fruits together with the blender until you get a smooth puree consistency.
  • Note:
    • You will get around 2 portions of puree, each portion having around 130-150 grams of puree.
    • You can use one portion right away, and you can freeze the other one for later use.
    • This puree is to be used preferable after the 6th month of your baby.

5. Strawberries-Banana Puree

  • Ingredients:
    • 100 grams Strawberries
    • 1 Banana of Small to Medium Size
    • 50-70 ml Water
  • Preparation:
    • Wash the strawberries, clean them and cut them in small pieces.
    • Peel the banana and cut it in small pieces as well.
    • Add the pieces of strawberries to the steamer with the water and steam them for 5 to 7 minutes.
    • Add the banana pieces to the blender to the steamed strawberries pieces.
    • Blend the fruits with the blender until you get a smooth puree consistency.
  • Note:
    • You will get around 2 portions of puree, each portion having around 130-150 grams of puree.
    • You can use one portion right away, and you can freeze the other one for later use.
    • This puree is to be introduced after the 7th month of your baby.

Noon Main Meal Baby Recipes

To come in the next blog post.

Afternoon Snacks Baby Recipes

To come in the next blog post.

Evening Main Meal Baby Recipes

Sincerely yours,
Madalina

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