Re: Recipes needed for vegetable soup and broths

[Guest guest]

Pratick,

One of the first foods that all of my children have loved (along with avocados

and bananas) was steamed yellow squash. What I did was initially I gave them

squash that I had steamed and then pureed. You can thin it down with water if

you need to. Later, after there have been some other foods introduced, use the

bone broth to thin it down with. Also, don't rule out starting pureed meats

early. That really is one of the best things that you can do. I would be a

little careful of combining a lot of foods early on. Keep it real simple, that

way they can get a taste for the food and you will also know if something

doesn't sit well with them. 5 mos old is still really young and the food your

baby is getting now is really just an " experiment " , something fun for them to

start to learn about. You said the baby is still nursing and that is wonderful

as that should still be the overwhelming bulk of the food the baby receives at

this age.

HTH,

Sherri

[Guest guest]

> Can anyone share recipes for preparing vegetable soups and bone

broths for feeding a baby

> (5 mo. old)?

>

> I am not sure what vegetables to use and what other ingredients to

use.

>

> Thanks,

> Pratick

>

I agree with Sherri. You don't want to do a lot of mixing at this

point. I'd maybe introduce some veggies one at a time: carrots, green

peas, sweet potato, etc.

I tried to give some chicken broth with pureed carrots at about

6 mos and he didn't care for it. We tried again at 7 mos with some

carrots, potatoes and chicken broth and he liked it. I used chicken,

carrots, onion, parsnip and celery in the broth and no seasoning

except grey salt. If your child is especially sensitive, you migh

want to skip the onion but I really wouldn't try broths until much

later.

has really taken to my kefir cheese (thick kefir strained

through a cloth) mixed with pureed fruit (peach, apple, banana,

pear). He also loves mashed potatoes with raw milk and raw butter.

HTH,

Magda

[Guest guest]

Pratick-

>Can anyone share recipes for preparing vegetable soups and bone broths for

>feeding a baby

>(5 mo. old)?

>

>I am not sure what vegetables to use and what other ingredients to use.

Maybe I'm the wrong person to answer, not having a kid and therefore not

having looked into feeding babies in any detail, but I'd suspect bone

broths for young children should be just like bone broths for adults, but I

wonder about the vegetable soups. 5 months seems a bit early to me to

start introducing lots of plant foods.

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