If you’re looking for tasty, easy, and healthy baby food purees with carrots, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we share a recipe with carrots, apples, and lima beans.
Age: 8 months+
Ingredients:
- 1 Apple
- 2 Carrots
- A handful of lima beans
Instructions:
Step 1 – Peel the apple and remove the core. Slice the apple into 4 parts and add them to a blender or other kitchen tool you want to use.
Step 2 – Roast the carrots and lima beans together. Once cooked, dice the carrots up.
Step 3 – Add the carrots and lima beans to the apple and blend them until they are a smooth puree.
When can a baby eat carrots?
You can start introducing carrots into your baby’s diet at age 4-6 months as this is the time the baby is ready to start solid food.
It is important that your baby can sit up straight and keep his or her head up. If you are in doubt if your baby is ready for solid foods, consult a medical practitioner.
How to prepare carrots for baby food
You can choose to kook the carrots or steam them. This makes the carrots super sweet and soft, and easy to puree.
You can also use carrots raw. Grate the whole carrot into small strips, this makes it easier to puree.
Are these recipes freezable?
All can also be refrigerated and make for good meal prep for the week! You should store your batch of baby meals in a refrigerator using an airtight container for up to a period of 72 hours.
You can freeze these baby food recipes into different portions by employing ice cubes or small food storage containers as the recipe can be prepared to make around 5-10 servings.
