These yummy baby dessert recipes were sent in by our visitors - so read on to find out
what other parents are making!
Please note: The comments that accompany these recipes are from the parents who
sent them in. We recommend that you should always discuss the introduction of any new
foods with your child's doctor.
Baby Dessert Recipes - Peachy Banana Rice Pudding
From Kristin in the United States
1 tbsp rice cereal
1 tbsp breastmilk or formula
1 slice peach
1 slice banana
Cinnamon
1. Cut peach and banana both into very small chunks.
2. Mix with remaining ingredients for a lumpy fruity rice pudding snack. Sprinkle with cinnamon if you wish to
introduce this spice to your baby.
one whole mango
half cup (4 oz) of plain organic yogurt.
a pinch of nutmeg (or cinnamon)
quarter of a cup (2 fl oz) of organic milk.
half a table spoon of sugar (note from editor - although we understand that sugar is commonly used in making lassi, we recommend omitting it
when making lassi for your baby)
You will need a large bowl, a blender, a sharp knife, and a whisk.
1. In the large bowl, pour in the organic yogurt, milk, nutmeg, and sugar (if using).
2. Whisk until all ingredients are well-mixed and fully incorporated together.
3. Add this mixture into your blender.
4. Peel the mango and strip the flesh off the pit. Put this flesh into the blender.
5. Puree until the mango is fully combined with the mixture.
3 large washed carrots - cold from refrigerator
2 large washed apples, cored and quartered
3-4 mint leaves
Combine all into a juicer and juice! Simple and yummy- my grand kids love it!
Note: Since I am from the 'waste not/ want not generation' I have also sent in a recipe which uses
the grated carrots and apple shreds that are left over...
Baby Dessert Recipes - Nana's Mighty Muffins
From Wendy in the United States
Leftover gratings from juiced carrots and apples ( or any fruit for that matter )
simple muffin mix* (see below)
powdered sugar (optional)
*Simple muffin mix:
1 1/2 cups (6 oz) all purpose flour
1/4 cup sweetener (sugar, honey, molasses)
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
3 Tbsp melted butter
1/2 cup (4 fl oz) milk
Extras: for carrot/apple muffins: add 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/8 tsp cinnamon.
For pear/apple muffins: add 1 Tbsp lemon juice and 1 Tbsp lemon zest
1. Melt 3 Tbsp butter in microwave for 1 minute.
2. Sift together dry ingredients combine and liquid ingredients.
3. Combine dry and liquid ingredients in large mixing bowl till blended.
4. Fold in vegetable and fruit gratings and juice or seasonings extras. Fold together - do not over process.
5. Fill greased muffin tins 3/4 full. Bake for 25 minutes at 375 degrees.
6. Pop out of tins and cool on grated rack. Shake on powdered sugar.
YUMMY!
Note: This is a great recipe for mix and match.
It sure lets you have some fun with your grandkids no matter what you have on hand!
Baby Dessert Recipes - Nashi Pear and Sweet Potato Okayu
From Amelia in Japan
Note from editor - you may know a Nashi pear as one of the following: Asian pear, African pear, Japanese pear,
Korean pear, Taiwan pear, sand pear, apple pear, bapple, papple
1/2 cup (around 4 oz) cooked rice
100g (1/2 cup or 4 oz) sweet potato
2 cups (16 fl oz) water
1/4 ~ 1/2 nashi pear, depending on how sweet you want it to be.
1. Make Sweet Potato Okayu first (okayu is Japanese rice soup, very often made for babies). Put the cooked rice
in a saucepan and cover it with the water.
2. Wash, peel and cut the sweet potato into cubes and put into the saucepan with the rice and water.
3. Bring to the boil, then simmer until all ingredients are very soft. Should be about 30 minutes. Mash if desired.
4. Wash, cut and peel the nashi, place in steamer and steam over boiling water until soft.
5. Mash with fork or mortar and pestle until pureed.
6. Mix sweet potato okayu and nashi puree together and it's ready!
Both the okayu and the nashi puree freeze very well separately so you don't have to make it all at once.
Either are very yummy on their own too!
1. Cover the prunes and apricots with warm water and soak for several hours.
2. Next, simmer them in a saucepan until soft (you may need to add water to stop it drying out too much).
3. Drain and cool.
4. Mix with the cottage cheese and serve.
I call this 'Puree to Go' because the combination of apricot and prunes was recommended to me to help get things going when my baby was constipated.
It did the trick - then I found that she really liked it mixed up with the cottage cheese!
1 can pumpkin (note from editor - canned pumpkin with pumpkin pie spice would be fine in this recipe too!)
2 bananas
1 cup (8 fl oz) applesauce
1 cup (8 fl oz) prepared oatmeal (porridge)
1. Blend all ingredients together until smooth.
2. Pop into icecube trays and voila!
1. Bake or steam cored peaches (I leave the skin on for added nutrients and a nicer color) then blend
with fresh pineapple chunks and banana in your food processor or blender.
Warning: this is so yummy you'll be doing one scoop baby, one scoop for mommy, one for baby one for mommy.....!
1 cup fresh pumpkin cooked, drained and mashed
1 cup cooked apples mashed
pumpkin pie spice to taste
honey to taste (1 year plus)
1. Add together mashed pumpkin and apples to make pumpkin apple sauce (should be similar texture of regular apple sauce).
2. Add pumpkin pie spice to taste (can use spice of choice). Gently add honey to mixture (one year plus) and stir.
3. Serve to baby and enjoy (it's good for parents too!).
1. Take banana and avocado and mash together.
2. Next, chop mango and pineapple into itty bitty peices and sprinkle over your naner/cado mash.
3.Enjoy!
* The naner/cado mash makes a tasty paste which makes it easier for baby to self feed.
1/2 banana
1 cup whole milk or soy milk
1 cup frozen berries (note from editor - blueberries would be the best option if your baby is under 12 months of age)
1 tsp ground flax (optional)
1 tsp wheat germ (optional)
1 tsp sweetener of your choice (or nothing at all - your baby is sweet enough!)
1/8 tsp. vanilla
Place all ingredients in blender, pulse until pourable. Pour into sippy cup!
1 ripe avocado
1 banana
1 sweet potato
2 Tbsp baby rice cereal
2 Tbsp apple juice
1. Bake the sweet potato at 350 degrees on a cookie sheet for 40 minutes.
2. Cool and remove peel.
3. Dice potato and banana into 1/4 inch cubes. Place in a bowl.
4. Cut avocado in half and remove pit.
5. Scoop out avocado into a small food processor and add rice cereal and apple juice. Process until pureed.
6. Pour puree over chunks of potato and banana.
7. Mix and freeze in single serve portions.
This is perfect for the beginning stages when baby is just getting used to some texture in her food.
With favorite tastes, she will enjoy using her gums or first teeth to mash the little lumps.
Baby Dessert Recipes - Toddler Time Yogurt & Fruit Gelatin Squares
1 cup (8 fl oz) toddler’s favorite cold fruit juice
1 ounce plain unflavored gelatin (four 1/4 ounce each packets from a box)
1 cup (8 fl oz) boiling water
6 ounce of toddler’s favorite yogurt, fruit flavored or plain (purchased or home-made)
1 cup toddler’s favorite well-mashed fruit
1. Pour cold fruit juice in a large bowl.
2. Sprinkle gelatin in bowl and let stand 5 - 6 minutes.
3. Pour boiling water in bowl and stir continually until gelatin dissolves. (You will stir for several minutes).
4. Mix in yogurt and mashed fruit and mix well.
5. Pour into large rectangular casserole dish about 13 by 9 by 2 inches.
6. Cover and refrigerate dish for 3 or more hours.
7. After mixture is firm, cut into squares or other shapes. You may want to cut shapes out using tiny
cookie or sandwich cutters in fancy shapes. Store covered in refrigerator.
8. Makes several days of snacks and desserts for a toddler and Mom.
Note: Select fruit and juice that is appropriate for your child’s age and needs. Remember,
there are a few fruits that will prevent gelatin from setting and becoming firm including pineapple,
figs, guava, papaya, and kiwi. Don’t use those fruits in recipes using gelatin.
1 cup (8oz) organic Yogurt - cow, goat, soy, water buffalo
1/2 cup (4oz) organic applesauce
two tablespoons organic cacao powder
organic cinnamon: lightly sprinkle to taste
organic powdered ginger: lightly sprinkle to taste
one teaspoon organic sweetener of your choice - agave, Maple Syrup, honey (1 year plus), sugar
1. Mix ingredients 1-3 together in bowl with spoon. Add cinnamon and ginger to taste.
2. Add sweetener if needed.
This is a real chocolate pudding using real cacao powder with all its antioxidant benefits.
Combining apple sauce with the yogurt gives more texture to get the cacao to kind of fluff up.
Baby's first taste of chocolate pudding with true nutrition as well!
2 Tbsp unsweetened yogurt
2 Tbsp crushed ice
1 Tbsp unsweetened cranberry juice
1/4 cup (2oz) frozen blueberries (not frozen hard as rocks)
1. Pour yogurt, ice, juice, and frozen blueberries into a blender.
2. Chop in blender until ice is tiny and mixture is smooth.
3. Pour mixture into a bowl and let your little one have a healthy cool summer snack too!
4. One serving, portion is about 1/2 cup.
1/4 cup (2oz) sliced and chopped apples
1/4 cup (2oz) plain applesauce
1 Tbsp raisins
2 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp crushed graham crackers
2 Tbsp uncooked Quick Oats
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp, or one tiny pinch, nutmeg
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1. Pour everything except 1 Tbsp oats into a small bowl and mix well.
2. Pour "pie" into a small pan or bowl for baking.
3. Sprinkle remaining 1 Tbsp of oats over "pie".
4. Preheat oven and cook pie at 350 degrees in oven or toaster oven for five
minutes.
5. Remove pie and stir well. Place pie back in oven for another five minutes.
6. Remove from oven, stir well, and let cool a little.
The only thing left is for you and your baby to enjoy! Makes 1 serving
1/2 cup mashed banana (one medium)
1/3 cup (approx 3oz) well-crushed graham crackers
1/4 cup (2oz) unsweetened apple sauce
2 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1. Mash banana in a small, microwavable bowl.
2. Make sure graham crackers are crushed to dust, and pour
them over the banana.
3. Add apple sauce, milk and vanilla and stir well.
4. Tastes great cold, but even better hot. So place bowl in microwave
on high for one minute.
5. Stir again, and check that it isn't too hot.
6. Sprinkle a tiny bit of cinnamon or orange zest on top.
Winning recipe - September 2007
Baby Dessert Recipes - Stewed Mango
From Clair in South Africa
5oz (just over 1/2 cup) Un-Sulphured Sun-Dried mango
1 cup (8 fl oz) pear juice
2 cups (16 fl oz) cooled, boiled water
1. Rinse the dried mango, place it in a bowl and cover it with the concentrated pear juice and the
cooled boiled water (if it is not covered completely, add more water).
2. Leave it to stand overnight, or for at least 12 hours.
3. Place everything (juice, water and mangos) into a pot and let them simmer on a low heat until ALL
the juice and water has been absorbed into the mango (about an hour).
4. Blend it and serve it warm!
My little one absolutely loves it and it is ideal in winter when there is not a huge variety of
fruit available in South Africa.
This recipe can also be used with dried apricots, peaches or apples - and it freezes really well!
1 large organic peach, peeled, pitted, and cut into cubes
1 small organic avocado, peeled, pitted, and cut into cubes
1/4 cup (2oz) organic tofu,
cubed
Simply place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
1-2 Tbsp or an "ice cube" size sweet veggie or fruit puree (I used sweet potatoes and peaches)
1.5 Tbsp plain whole-milk yogurt
1-2 oz breast milk or formula
dash cinnamon
water to desired consistency
1. Put puree(s) in sippy cup. Defrost if necessary.
2. Add yogurt and milk, stir.
3. Add cinnamon if it has been safely introduced to your child.
4. Add water until smoothie reaches a consistency your baby can handle.
5. Serve.
When my child had a sore throat, this was one of the few things he was willing to swallow.
1/2 apple diced
1 prune soaked in hot water for 2 minutes and then diced
very little sugar to taste (optional) or banana (note from editor - we recommend the banana!)
1 tbsp semolina/durum wheat
1. Lightly toast the semolina flour until it's slightly brown and releases its fragrance in a pan.
(You can do this is bulk and store the flour in an air tight container and store in the fridge.)
2. In another pan, stew the apple and prunes until they are soft and mash with a spoon.
3. To it add some more water. Once the water bubbles, add semolina and sugar (if using).
4. Continuously stir for 5 minutes to a porridge like consistency.
5. Cool and serve with mashed banana and 1 tbsp formula milk.
Baby Dessert Recipes - More! More! More! Melon and Mint Cooler
From Nancy in the United States
4 cups roughly chopped honeydew melon
1 teaspoon dried mint or 2 teaspoons fresh mint
1 cup ice cubes
1. Place all ingredients in a blender.
2. Blend ingredients until they are in a fine slush.
3. Makes about 3 1/2 cups of melon and mint cooler.
Refrigerate any left-over drink.
Note: Ideal for toddlers, this is a very healthy and refreshing snack that would also be a nice drink with a meal.
You could substitute other melons of your preference in place of honeydew and I am sure it would also be wonderful.
I am enjoying a melon and mint cooler as I submit this recipe – it’s that good!
Baby Dessert Recipes - Squash and Juice For Little Guys and Girls
From Pat in the United States
1 cup apple sauce
dash of cinnamon
2 cups cooked squash. (you can use pumpkin, banana, butternut etc)
4 tablespoons Whole Grain Rice Cereal
2 tablespoons honey (over a year old only)
1. In food processor place all ingredients.
2. Process one minute,clean sides process again until all is smooth.
3. If mixture is too loose add a bit more rice cereal.
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