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Moms Want to Know: Vitamin Greens and Bok Choy for Baby?
By: Ruth | August 5, 2011 | Comments(2)
A Mom Asks:
I am just beginning to feed my second child solid foods using your Super Baby Food book as a guide. Our CSA share this week included “vitamin greens” and I am wondering if they can be prepared as other greens and fed to my son when he is old enough for cooked greens. I also wonder about “bok choy”. Thank you for your help, and for writing such an excellent resource for parents.
Ruth Says:
Vitamin greens (I don’t why they call them that since all green leafy vegetables are loaded with vitamins) and bok choy should be introduced to your baby just as any other veggies. Use the 4-day wait rule.
Cook as you would kale. Thanks for writing!
What about arugula? I can’t find any specific mention of it in the book.
Thanks!
Hi Anna, treat arugula the same as the leafy greens: romaine lettuce, kale, etc
Also try watercress – it was recently discovered that it has a phytonutrient in it that no other food seems to have.