Peaches are among the best foods for our kids. Before introducing your kid to any solid food, it is advisable that you find an expert in nutrition who will guide you on how to feed your baby most precisely at the age of four or six months.

In this article, we talk about introducing peaches to your baby’s diet and we give you 3 recipes to make delicious, homemade baby food.

The recipes in this article:

Recipe 1 – Peach, Banana, and Oatmeal
Recipe 2 – Peach, Chicken, and Rice
Recipe 3 – Peach, Avocado, and Strawberries

You might also be interested in our recipes with strawberries, prunes or mango

When can a baby eat peaches?

Many pediatricians recommend that babies may begin to eat Peaches anywhere from 4-6 months old.

The concentration of allergic reagents in peaches is not high, this can be your beginner food for your baby. We recommend that you consult with your baby’s pediatrician on introducing solid foods as generalities may not apply to your infant.

Preparing peaches for baby food

It is not essential to peel peaches. Due to its frizzles, many people tend to do so. You may consider peeling them if only you are offering them the recommended age of a kid that is six months old.

To make your peaches ready for your kid, first, drop it in hot water for some time and thereafter change it to a bowl of iced water to enable it to stop cooking. The skin will be easily peeled of which will avoid bruises to the peach.

When making peach puree for your infant, start by cutting it into small dices and steam them or simmer in little water, mash them using a fork. You may choose to do it while uncooked in case your kid is at least six months of age and make sure it is juicy or ripe.

If you want to make peach baby food to store and freeze them, simply pour the puree into an ice cube form or small kitchen containers.

Recipe 1: Peach, banana, and oatmeal (age 4-6 months+)

Tasty and fruity breakfast recipe that your baby will love!

Ingredients:

  • 2 Peaches
  • 1 Banana
  • ½ Cup oatmeal
  • a dash of cinnamon
  • ½ Cup breast milk or formula

Instructions:

Step 1 – Peel the peaches cut them in pieces and steam them for a short while.

Step 2 – Peel the banana and chop it up.

Step 3 – Cook the ½ cup of oatmeal in 1 cup of water until it has become soupy.

Step 4 – Put the peaches, banana, and oatmeal in a blender and add the cinnamon and breast milk or formula. Blend until it is nice and smooth.

Recipe 2: Peach, chicken, and rice (age 8-10 months+)

A healthy dinner recipe for your little one.

Ingredients:

  • 1 Peach
  • 2 oz Chicken (50 gms)
  • ½ Cup rice

Instructions:

Step 1 – Peel and chop up the peach and steam it for 5 minutes.

Step 2 – When preparing baby food recipes, make sure the chicken is cooked until it is very soft and easy to blend. In a saucepan, cover the chicken with water.

Step 3 – Bring to a boil and simmer very gently for about 10 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes.

Step 4 – Put rice and water together in a pot with a lid. Use the ratio of 1.5 cups water to 1 cup rice.

Step 5 – Bring to a boil and once boiling, lower heat to a simmer and cover. Cook for about 15-25 minutes.

Step 6 – Add the ingredients to a blender or use a hand blender and make a nice puree.

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Recipe 3: Peach, avocado, and strawberries

Easy to make and your baby will absolutely love this recipe!

Ingredients:

  • 2 Peaches
  • 1 Avocado
  • 1 Cup strawberries
  • ½ Cup breast milk or formula (optional)

Instructions:

Step 1 – Peel and chop up the peach and steam it for 5 minutes. Put the peaches in a blender.

Step 2 – Slice the avocado, remove the pit and scoop out the meat.

Step 3 – Wash the strawberries and remove the green crowns.

Step 4 – Add the strawberries to the peaches and avocado and blend all the ingredients into a puree.

Step 5 – You can add breast milk or formula if you want to thin the puree.

Feeding guide for peaches

 

4-6 months

7 months

8 months

9-10 months

11-12 months

No. of tbs per portion

1-2

2-3

2-3

2-4

2-4

No. of feedings

per day

1-2

2

2

2

2

Please keep in mind that this feeding guide is for peaches only. If you add other ingredients, like meats, this guide will not apply anymore.

We recommend that you consult with your baby’s pediatrician on introducing solid foods as generalities may not apply to your infant.

Are these baby food recipes freezable?

You should store your batch of homemade baby meals in a refrigerator using an airtight container for up to 72 hours.

You can freeze this baby food into different portions by employing pouring the mixture into ice cubes or in small food storage containers.

Which kitchen tools to use

To prepare these baby food recipes, you will need the following kitchen tools:

  • Blender or food processor

  • Knife

  • Tablespoon

  • Vegetable peeler

  • Cutting board

  • Saucepan

  • Steamer pan

  • Food storage containers or an ice cube form

Nutritional benefits

The meal is rich in Vitamin C as they are rich in antioxidants. As they contain fiber content they greatly help in relieving constipation. They also provide riboflavin and potassium in body metabolism. In many cases, peaches need to be put off as they cause diarrhea to the baby as they may worsen the situation. 

Peaches may vary in color. Their flesh normally yellow/orange while some varieties have almost white flesh. When the concentration of the yellowish/orange color is more in peaches flesh, the beta-carotene will also be high. Beta- carotene when accumulated in the body of the baby it is converted after that turned to a vitamin A hat is there to strengthens the child’s immune to fight diseases.

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How to pick and store peaches

Classification of peaches will vary from the stone inside it. Clingstone refers to the peach fresh while freestones don’t have a stone’s fresh. Those that appear white normally tend to be sweeter than the darker ones on the slight tang. People usually prefer the tangier variety because it has high nutritional benefits than the sweeter ones. if they happen to be more tart for the child you can mix it with some part of smashed watermelon which neutralizes the taste.

The redness of a peach doesn’t indicate peaches at that time ripe to be eaten. You should check the skin that lies just near its stem. A ripe peach will have a pleasant aroma and a pronounced crease. This needs to be creamy yellow if it’s a green peach of which can never ripen well.

You should avoid peaches when they have a rock hard texture as they may not be firm enough when you purchase them. A firm peach can be softened by storing them well in tight bags as ethane gas produces will help speed up the process and also make them ripen at a faster rate. It is best to buy fruits and all other kinds of vegetables you would want because they are known to know to be smooth when it comes to storage methods. The food can be stored in our fridges but then it’s not for that long as peaches normally lack a protective cover to their skin and may consume nectarines.

Peaches should not be piled together or kept on wired fridge shelves as this may cause bruising making them go bad. You are only supposed to cut the peach when you intend to consume it. Canned or frozen peaches may alternate fresh peaches if in any case, they are hard to find in your area although you should enable that they are canned in liquid form. Clingstone variety of peaches are the ones used for freezing/canning because they don’t lose their flavor and texture anyhow.