Sample Recipes from the Super Baby Food Book
The complete book Super Baby Food contains over 350 quick, delicious, nutritious (and sometimes entertaining!) recipes that your baby or toddler will love. Here are just a few of them:
Why pay more than $1.00 for 1/2 pound of processed commercial baby cereal, when you can make your own baby oatmeal for pennies a serving? Put a cup of water in a saucepan on the stove top to boil. Meanwhile, take 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) of oatmeal (non-quick cooking) and whiz it in the blender until it becomes a powder, stir it into the cup of boiling water, turn the heat down to low, and let cook for 10 minutes. Stir with a whisk or fork to prevent lumping and scorching on the bottom. Let cool thoroughly before feeding to your baby. It will look just like the commercial boxed baby oatmeal mixed with liquid, but much, much more economical!
Baby's food should be only moderately warm, about 99 degrees or body temperature -- like breast milk. Test for safe temperatures by poking or swirling your clean finger throughout the bowl -- the cereal should feel neither hot nor cold because it should be at body temperature. (If you are uncomfortable putting your finger into your baby's food, remember that it is certainly better than burning your baby's mouth!)
TIP: You can double the recipe and store half of the cooked oatmeal, covered well, for up to two days in the refrigerator.
When warming food from the refrigerator for baby, warm ever so slightly on the stove top or for a few seconds in the microwave, just enough to get the chill out. Stir very well to distribute any "heat pockets" or "hot spots" that may burn your baby's mouth. Then test for proper temperature as described above.
You can buy oatmeal at the supermarket, but take a trip to your local health food store to get certified organic oatmeal. It may be a little more money than the non-organic supermarket oatmeal, but it's well worth it for your precious little baby. Who knows what long-term effects pesticides have on your little baby's body?! And organic oatmeal from the natural foods store costs only a small fraction of the over-priced commercial brands of baby oatmeal.
NOTE: Always consult your pediatrician before feeding any foods to your baby. One advantage of using baby formula and commercial boxed baby cereals is the added iron, but you can make up for the lack of iron supplementation in homemade baby cereals by giving your baby over-the-counter (no prescription needed) iron drops. They are sold in any pharmacy and most supermarkets. Make sure you get your pediatrician's OK first.
The Super Baby Food book has instructions for making baby brown rice cereal and other healthy whole grain cereals for your baby. Recipes also include cereals with added split peas, lentils, soybeans, and other legumes, which are just as quick and easy to make. Whole grains and legumes are SUPER FOODS that you want to include regularly in your baby's diet (and in your diet also!). You may not like them, but your baby will. Her taste buds have not yet been ruined by the highly-processed, sugared, salted foods to which most of us are accustomed. Why not start her on a healthy diet of homemade, whole, natural foods! You'll save lots of money on baby food bills and, by eating a super healthy diet your baby will be happier and healthier, and your super healthy baby will save you money on doctor bills :-) !!
I'll never understand why parents pay a fortune for jarred, processed bananas when fresh are soooo easy! To make bananas for baby, peel a ripe banana and thoroughly fork-mash until there are no lumps and the banana is so mushy it's almost liquid. That's all there is to it.
If your baby is just starting on solid foods, you can mix the mashed banana with a little formula or breast milk to make it a very liquidy consistency
Most commercial jarred baby bananas are not organic. Try to buy only certified organic bananas, because bananas (and all imported fruits) are sprayed with fungicides which can be absorbed into the peel and flesh of the fruit.
Take a slice of un-toasted whole grain bread. Remove crusts. (Use crusts for bread crumbs. See section on how to save money by grinding your own bread crumbs from those end slices that no one ever eats.) Spread with all fruit no-sugar-added jelly or jam. Roll bread up as you would a sleeping bag. Stab with a skinny carrot or celery stick or toothpick to keep from unrolling. Instead of, or in addition to, the jelly, use peanut butter, cream cheese, tahini, humus, or any sandwich spread. One of the sandwich spreads should be a colorful jelly so your child can see the swirl.
Don't deep fry potatoes in all that oil--bake them for your toddler instead! Cut up 2 or 3 potatoes into quarters, eighths, or French fry shapes. You can peel them if you wish, but remember that the peels have lots of nutrients. Put the cut-up potatoes in a bowl and toss them with melted butter. Use only about 1 teaspoon of melted butter for each potato. (Or save washing a big bowl and brush them with melted butter instead.) Spread potatoes on a cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bake in pre-heated 400 oven for 20 minutes or until browned.
Variations: Sprinkle some Parmesan cheese and/or parsley on those fries before they go into the oven--delicious! Or use sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes for an extra jolt of vitamin A.
Cut cantaloupe in half (length-wise or width-wise) and reserve the rind shells for later use as bowls. Scoop out seeds. Use melon baller to scoop out balls. Return melon balls to shell bowls with to cup plain yogurt for each bowl. Serve immediately for maximum taste and nutrients. Kids will love the natural bowls. If the bowls are rolling around and unstable, cut a slice off the bottom to make them flatter.
Variations: Pineapple, honeydew melon, or papaya can be used instead of cantaloupe. Sprinkle ground or chopped nuts on top, or add a squirt of lemon or orange juice.
Dice or mash a kiwi with fork. Add cottage cheese, wheat germ, and a little maple syrup. Add a pinch or two of brewer's yeast (whose bitter flavor will be hidden by the sweetness of the kiwi and syrup) for an extra nutritional punch. Remember that vitamin C and iron work together. There is vitamin C in the kiwi and iron in the wheat germ.
Variations: Instead of kiwi, you can use banana; instead of cottage cheese, you can use yogurt. Banana adds iron, but not much vitamin C, so serve with orange juice or some other high vitamin C juice.
Crush ice in blender to make snow. Use ice cream scoop to shape like snowballs and place in bowls. Pour fruit juice over snowballs. Your toddler will have lots of fun with these!
Variation: For a sweeter, thicker topping, use fruit juice concentrate mixed with a little water. Use paper cups instead of glass for a refreshing outside summer snack.
Partial List of Recipes in the Super Baby Food Book
Below are listed less than half of the 350+ recipes contained in the complete book Super Baby Food. The recipes are designed to be quick and easy for us busy parents and healthy and fun for the kids!
- Easy Toddler TV Dinners
- Food Staples
- Healthy Extras
- Fun Decorative Touches
- Super Flour
- Super Snacks
- Toddler Hors d'oeuvres
- "I Love You" Hearts
- Monster or Cat Eyes
- Egg Burgers or Mini-Balls
- Super Healthy 2-Minute Meal
- Banana Sandwiches
- Apple Smiley Face
- Baby Applesauce
- Baked Apples
- Microwave Baked Apples
- Satiny Lemon Pudding
- Dried Peach Millet Pudding
- Sunny Strawberry Pizza
- Cantaloupe Gelatin Planet
- Orange Peel Moons
- Dinosaur DNA
- Pineapple Tubbie
- Sailing Ship
- Canoes for Riding the Rapids
- Submarines Exploring the Deep
- Mr./Ms. Sunshine
- Fruit Flowers
- Cold Fresh Fruit Puree Soup
- Melon Baskets
- Dolphins in the Ocean Blue
- Easy Fruit Pastries
- Fruit Leather Recipes
- Frosty the Potato Man/Woman
- Mr./Ms. Sweet Potato Heads
- Super Potato Porridge
- Acorn Squash Bowls
- Baked Sweet Potato Chips
- Sunny Sweet Potato Cups
- Pennies (Carrots) for Your Thoughts
- A-C-E-G All Children Eat Grass
- Stuffed Funny Froggies
- Economical Vegetable Stock
- Sweet and Sour Sprouts
- Yummy Yogurt Peanut Butter and Jolly Jelly Yogurt
- Cherry Tofu Cream
- Oven-Barbecued Tofu
- No-Bake Tahini Tofu Custard
- Stuffed Egg Sailboats
- Green Eggs and No Ham
- Funny French Toast Sticks
- Artistic Eggs
- Eggie in the Middle
- Banana Super Porridge
- Gilligan's Island (substitute your child's name for Gilligan)
- Powerful Protein Burgers
- Super Quick Pizza Bread
- Super Quick Garlic Bread
- Bagel Ferris Wheel
- Never a Plain Old Sandwich
- How to Freeze Sandwiches
- Super Sandwich Spreads
- Tofu Cream Cheese
- Super Butter (Mock Margarine)
- Honey Peanut Butter
- Parsley Lemon Butter
- Easy Apple Butter
- Happy Hummus
- Tofu-Nut Butter Spread
- Delicious Dried Fruit Spread
- Flying Saucers
- Zippity Zucchini Bread
- Awesome Orange Bread
- Whole Wheat Bread Crumbs
- Bread Crumb Substitutes
- Whole Wheat Breadsticks/Croutons
- Quick Breadsticks
- Orange Juice Muffins
- Eggless Apple Muffins
- Polenta Mini-Muffins
- Pizzazzy Pizza Muffins
- Peanut Butter Muffins
- Cholesterol Killing Bran Muffins
- Super Easy Pasta Sauce
- Quick & Economical Super Pasta
- Homemade Egg Noodles
- Wonderful Waffles
- Personalized Picture Popsicles
- Homemade Frozen Yogurt
- Mock Ice Cream
- Ring Around the Ice Cream
- Real Fruit Freeze Pops
- Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Watermelon Alphabet Pops
- Lunch Box Slushy
- Tofutti for Toddlers
- Strawberry Italian Ice Cups
- Parfait Buffet for Picky Toddlers
- Peanut Butter Pudding
- Mock Whipped Cream
- Brown Rice Pudding
- Yummy Yogurt Icing
- Healthy Milk Cake Icing
- Pineapple Cream Cheese Icing
- Mock Cream Cheese Frosting
- The Easiest Cream Cheese Icing
- Bunny Cake
- Gingerbread Cake
- No-Egg Dried Fruit Squares
- Nutty Rattle Snake
- Slithery Snake Snacks
- Almond Cupcakes
- No-Bake Mini Cream Pies
- Peanut Butter Fudge
- Watermelon Pudding
- Basic Vegetarian Gelatin
- The Easiest Cheese Sauce
- Nice Nut Sauce
- Tofu Sauce for Toddler Tummies
- Tofu Mayonnaise
- Mock Sour Cream
- Super Healthy Homemade Mineral Water
- Mock Soda Pop
- Yahoo Yogurt Fruit Drink
- Thick Fruit Drinks
- Carotene Cocktail
- Veggie Beverage
- Fancy Fruit Party Punch
- Nut and/or Seed Milk
- Parsley Sprout Milk
- Warm Super Milk
- Super Easy Soy Milk
- Tahini Milk
- Raisin-Sweetened Milk
- Molasses Milk
- Warm Oat Milk
- Edible Play Dough
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH WE PAY FOR MINUTE QUANTITIES OF SIMPLE FOOD PRODUCTS WITH TONS OF SUGAR, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORINGS, AND OTHER JUNK IN THEM! TRY THESE IMITATION RECIPES FOR COMMON COMMERCIAL FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS--SO EASY TO MAKE AND SO ECONOMICAL!!
- Cheese Driz Sauce
- Instant Breakfast Drink
- Lemon Zest and Other Citrus Zest
- Homemade Vanilla Extract
- Help My Hamburger Quick
- Homemade Oil-Spray (PamŽ)
- Rolled-Up Fruit Snacks
- Top-of-Stove Stuffing Mix
- "Shake and Cook" Potato Coating
- Popper Tarts
- Warm Pocket Sandwiches
- Breakfast Flake Cereal
- Grape Nutty Cereal
- Croutons
- Biscuit Mix
- Italian Bread Crumbs
- Cheesy Thins
- King Lion’s Milk Bars
- Honey Butter
- Baby/Toddler Mixed Meat Dinners
- Healthy Egg MacMuffin
- Flavored Yogurt
- Frozen Yogurt
- Tofutti
- Cinnamon Sugar
- Mustard Mayonnaise
Recipes For Fun, Not To Eat:
Homemade Play Dough
Homemade Bubbles for Blowing
Many DOZENS more--see the FUN PART in the Table of Contents!!
PANCAKES
- How to Cook Pancakes
- Pancake Additions Ideas
- Pancake Syrup Ideas
- Basic Whole Grain Flour Pancakes
- Picture Pancakes
- Brown Rice Pancakes
- Nutty Millet Pancakes
- Bunny Pancakes
- Great Pumpkin Pancakes
- Oat-Yogurt Pancakes
CRACKERS
- The How To's of Cracker Rolling
- How to Store Crackers
- Whole Wheat Teething Crackers
- Oatmeal Wheat Germ Crackers
- Peanut Butter IN the Crackers
HOW TO GROW ON YOUR KITCHEN WINDOWSILL
- Herbs Sprouts
- Avocado Plant
- And how to grow many more food plants, which will teach your toddler that food comes from the Earth and not from boxes and cans at the supermarket!
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN
- FRUIT LEATHER (super easy and economical to make and much healthier than the expensive commercial rolled-up sugared fruit)
- YOGURT (instead of paying three+ times as much for commercial brands)
- PEANUT BUTTER and other nut butters (all you need is a blender)
- SOY MILK (delicious and some experts consider it healthier than cow's milk)
- NUT/SEED MILK (another nutritious, delicious alternative to cow's milk for those with or without milk allergy)
HEALTHY BREAD PRODUCTS
- Basic Whole Wheat Bread Dough
- Whole Wheat Bread Crumbs/ Bread Sticks/Croutons
- Whole Wheat Pretzels Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns
The Super Baby Food Book is
THE most complete book and reference manual
on feeding your baby on the market today
--ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED!!**
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