Lily
01-31-07, 07:02 AM
I found these fruit recipes and thought they sound pretty good, not to mention easy. Enjoy!
Apple
Choose a sweet variety of eating apple and peel, halve, core and slice 2. Put them into a saucepan, cover with water and cook on a low heat until they are soft. approx 10 minutes.Then puree. (For a more healthier way steam the apples over the water.)
Apple and Cinnamon
Simmer 2 apples in apple juice with a cinnamon stick. Cook like above and remove cinnamon stick before pureeing
Banana
This is the first uncooked fruit that your baby should be given. Use a very ripe banana. Cut 4cm(1.5inches) off and mash well with a fork to make it as smooth as possible. Add some boiled water or baby milk/breast milk if it is to thick and sticky for your baby to swallow.
If your banana is not ripe enough you could split the banana and heat it in an oven/microwave for a few minutes to prepare it.
Do Not Freeze Bananas
Pear
Peel, halve and core 2 pears, then it into small pieces. Put them into a pan and cover with a little water. Cook over a low heat until soft(approx 8 minutes) Or steam, and then puree.
When your baby is 6 months or older there is no need to cook the pear first as long as it is ripe.
Papaya
Papaya is an excellent fruit to give a very young baby. It has a pleasing sweet taste which is not too strong and blends within seconds to a perfect texture.
Cut a medium papaya in half, remove all the black seeds and scoop out the flesh. Steam for 3-5 minutes, then puree.
When your baby is 6 months old papaya can be eaten raw.
Cream of fruit
Adding a fruit puree to baby/breast milk, baby rice or a rusk can help your baby get used to different textures and tastes. Also when your baby starts eating more exotic fruits like mango and kiwi in the next few months, it will help make them less acidic.
Peel, core, steam or boil and puree your fruit. Add 1 tablespoon of unflavoured baby rice or half a low-sugar rusk and 2 tablespoons of baby/breast milk to each 4-portion quantity, and mix together
Three-Fruit Puree
This is a great combination of the first 3 fruits your baby an enjoy.
Mix 1 dessertspoon each of pear and apple purees (from recipes above) with half a banana, mashed. After 6 months you can use half a raw ripe pear, peeled, cored and cut into chunks. Put this and the half banana through a blender to make a smooth puree, then mix together with the dessertspoon of cooked apple puree.
Apple
Choose a sweet variety of eating apple and peel, halve, core and slice 2. Put them into a saucepan, cover with water and cook on a low heat until they are soft. approx 10 minutes.Then puree. (For a more healthier way steam the apples over the water.)
Apple and Cinnamon
Simmer 2 apples in apple juice with a cinnamon stick. Cook like above and remove cinnamon stick before pureeing
Banana
This is the first uncooked fruit that your baby should be given. Use a very ripe banana. Cut 4cm(1.5inches) off and mash well with a fork to make it as smooth as possible. Add some boiled water or baby milk/breast milk if it is to thick and sticky for your baby to swallow.
If your banana is not ripe enough you could split the banana and heat it in an oven/microwave for a few minutes to prepare it.
Do Not Freeze Bananas
Pear
Peel, halve and core 2 pears, then it into small pieces. Put them into a pan and cover with a little water. Cook over a low heat until soft(approx 8 minutes) Or steam, and then puree.
When your baby is 6 months or older there is no need to cook the pear first as long as it is ripe.
Papaya
Papaya is an excellent fruit to give a very young baby. It has a pleasing sweet taste which is not too strong and blends within seconds to a perfect texture.
Cut a medium papaya in half, remove all the black seeds and scoop out the flesh. Steam for 3-5 minutes, then puree.
When your baby is 6 months old papaya can be eaten raw.
Cream of fruit
Adding a fruit puree to baby/breast milk, baby rice or a rusk can help your baby get used to different textures and tastes. Also when your baby starts eating more exotic fruits like mango and kiwi in the next few months, it will help make them less acidic.
Peel, core, steam or boil and puree your fruit. Add 1 tablespoon of unflavoured baby rice or half a low-sugar rusk and 2 tablespoons of baby/breast milk to each 4-portion quantity, and mix together
Three-Fruit Puree
This is a great combination of the first 3 fruits your baby an enjoy.
Mix 1 dessertspoon each of pear and apple purees (from recipes above) with half a banana, mashed. After 6 months you can use half a raw ripe pear, peeled, cored and cut into chunks. Put this and the half banana through a blender to make a smooth puree, then mix together with the dessertspoon of cooked apple puree.