Take inspiration from our favourite sugar-free, nutritious first baby weaning recipes for babies from 6 months and up! Tried and tested by mums and their babies, don't forget to share your weaning journey and Nutribaby+ recipes to be featured on the blog!
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1. Super Green Puree
Prep time – 5 minutes
Age 6-9 months
Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 small courgette
1 small potato
A small handful of spinach (30 to 50g)
2 tbsp milk – adapted to your child’s age
Note: For babies with milk allergies, choose a non-dairy alternative.
Method
- Wash the courgette and potato, and then peel and dice. Wash the spinach thoroughly.
- Put the potato into the bottom basket of your Nutribaby+ and start a 20-minute cooking cycle. When the display screen shows that 15 minutes are left, start the second steaming basket with the courgette and spinach.
- When the cooking is finished, transfer all the veg into the blending unit and add the milk. Blend until you reach desired smooth texture.
- Pour your puree into your Babybol containers – don’t overfill.
Leave until cool enough to serve, or store.
2. Blushing Berries and Pear Puree
Recipe via Baby London Magazine
Prep time – 8 minutes
Age – 6 months +
Cooking time – 0
Ingredients
6 strawberries, hulled
1 ripe Williams pear, peeled, cored and chopped
½ medium banana, peeled
Handful of blueberries
4 raspberries
Method
Using the blending compartment of your Nutribaby+, blend all the ingredients together until smooth.
Suitable for freezing.
Tip
Add yoghurt or milk and a sprinkling of oats to the mix before blending to make this into a delicious creamy smoothie.
3. Strawberry, Beetroot Smoothie Bowl
9 months +
Makes 4 small babybols
Ingredients
- 1 small beetroot: peeled and chopped
- 2 apples: peeled, cored and chopped
- 85g of strawberries
- Cooking time: 10 minutes
Method
1. Pour water into the Nutribaby+ tank
2. Put the beetroot in the lower basket
3. Put the apple in the upper basket
4. Steam for 10 minutes
5. Put the beetroot + apple in the blender
6. Add the strawberries and some cooking juice
7. Blend for 30 seconds max at a time
8. Serve or store in the fridge
4. Parsnip Puree with Chicken
Prep time – 5 minutes
Age – 9-12 months
Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 parsnip
1 small potato
45g chicken breast
Method
- Peel the parsnips and potatoes, the cut them into medium sized cubes.
- Place them in the bottom steaming basket of your Nutribaby+. Start a cooking cycle of 20 minutes. After 15 minutes add the second basket with chicken breasts cut into cubes.
- When the cooking is complete, transfer all the ingredients into the blending unit and blend together until you reach the desired smoothness.
Leave until cool enough to serve, or store.
Tip
If the puree is too thick, try adding a dash of cow’s milk or almond milk.
You could also prepare this recipe using veggies with similar textures, like carrots or a mixture of pumpkin and celeriac.
5. Baby Guacamole Puree
8 months +
Makes up to 225ml (2 small babybols)
Ingredients
- 1 small avocado
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh coriander
- 1 tablespoon plain yogurt
- ¼ lime
Method
1. Add all the ingredients in the blender
2. Blend for 30 seconds max at a time
3. Serve as a puree, with toast fingers or veggie sticks.
6. Baby’s First Courgette Puree
Prep time - 5 minutes
Age – 4-6 months
Cooking time - 12 minutes
Ingredients
130g courgettes
Method
- Wash and peel the courgettes. Dice into small chunks.
- Set the cooking unit on your Nutribaby+ to XXL mode. Stack the 2 baskets, and only place 1 of the 2 trays inside the base of the bottom basket.
- Put in the courgettes and start a 12 minute cooking cycle.
- Once the cooking is finished, transfer the courgette into the blending unit. There is no need to add any cooking liquid, since courgettes naturally contain lots of water.
- Pulse blend on Speed 3 until as smooth as required.
Leave until cool enough to serve, or store.
Tip
If you’re using organic courgettes, wash and cut off the very ends but leave the skin on, as it’s full of vitamins.
7. Baby’s First Carrot + Parsnip Puree
6 months +
Makes 4 small babybols
Ingredients
- 2 carrots: peeled and chopped
- 1 small parsnip: peeled and chopped
- 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter
- Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Method
1. Pour the water in the Nutribaby+ tank
2. Put the carrots in the lower basket
3. Put the parsnips in the upper basket
4. Steam for 15 minutes
5. Put the vegetables in the blender
6. Add the butter and some cooking juice
7. Blend for 30 seconds max at a time
8. Serve or store in the fridge
8. Chicken, Spinach and Courgette Puree
12 months +
Makes 4 babybols (medium size)
Ingredients
- 85g of chicken breastchopped
- 2 medium courgettes
- 2 cups of baby spinach
- 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter
Method
- Pour water in the Nutribaby+ tank
- Add the chicken in the lower basket
- Steam for 20 minutes
- Add the courgette and baby spinach in the upper basket
- Steam for another 10 minutes
- Put all the ingredients in the blender
- Add the butter and some of the cooking juice
- Blend for 30 seconds max at a time
- Serve
9. Baby's First Beef Stew
12 months +
Makes 4 babybols (medium size)
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- 3 baby onions
- 1 clove
- 140g of stewing beef diced up
- 2 medium carrots peeled and chopped
- 1 medium potato peeled and chopped
- 1/2 leek thoroughly washed
- Sprig of Parsley
- Sprig of Thyme
- Cooking time: 45 minutes
Method
- Pour water in the Nutribaby+ tank
- Add the beef, baby onions, clove, the thyme and parsley in the lower basket
- Steam for 30 minutes
- Add the carrots, potato and leeks in the upper basket
- Steam for 15 minutes
- Put all the ingredients in the blender
- Add olive oil and cooking juice
- Blend for 30 seconds max at a time
- Serve
Learn more about transitioning your baby onto solid foods in our A-Z Beginner's Guide to Weaning.
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