Introduce fruits the easy way

Why bananas are great

Bananas are convenient and nutritious as a baby food! We thought of giving you some easy ideas with this fruit to introduce your baby. This fruit is so easy to prepare and to digest for your young one. Bananas are in season all year round so keep them around. However, it differs from baby to baby- so be careful on introduction and watch out for any adverse effects.

Ideas with this easy fruit:

-       Simply peel a ripe banana and mash it for a fast and convenient food

-       Add some formula or breast-milk to make the taste more familiar to the baby

-       As your baby gets older, the mashing can get less as your baby can get rougher textures

-       Pieces of banana can be rolled in baby cereal or crushed baby biscuits to make it more appealing and easy to grab

-       Freeze ripe bananas if you cannot use all at once. Peel them, cut them and freeze them in plastic containers

-       Make Banana Custard with some home made custard with mashed banana added

-       Add a drop or two of lemon or orange juice to prevent the banana from turning brown

How can I incorporate it into food?

-       Stir mashed banana into infant cereal that your baby is already used to such as porridge, oats or other products

-       Mash banana together with any other fruit or vegetables such as soft cooked apple, pear, melon, sweet potato, pumpkin and so much more

-       Just as you make a smoothie with different fruits, add banana, now you drink half and let your baby enjoy the rest with a spoon

BANANA RECIPES

These recipes was obtained from homemade-baby-food-recipes.com where you can find lots of yummy recipes for your baby.

Banana Rice Pudding for your Baby

1C cooked brown rice
½ cup milk warm milk (use infant formula or even breast milk)
pinch cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
drop of vanilla essence
1 tbsp raisins, soaked in warm water or apple juice to soften them
1 small, ripe banana (sliced)

Chuck it all in the food processor and blend to a smooth consistency

 

Popsicles for Summer (the family might just love these too!)

½ cup berry juice

1 cup natural or vanilla yoghurt

½ cup fresh berries such as strawberries

1 medium banana, slices

Again, put everything in the food processor and blend well. Now freeze them in lolly-moulds that you buy at most stores selling plastic-ware

Freeze and enjoy