Trusted recipes about introducing solid food (baby food) for babies ages 6 to 12 months developed by Mirna Sabbagh. Mirna is a licensed dietitian, nutritionist, and IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant). She is based in Dubai and the U.S. The recipes include baby led weaning and pureed foods.
The recipes are high in iron, zinc, and texture appropriate. It is important that babies have a varied diet that includes vegetables, healthy proteins, and healthy fats.
In these recipes my hope is to avoid offering baby food jars and baby food pouches and to offer real home made food that is simple to make and much healthier
Baby food jars tend to have vegetables, water, and rice. Which means there’s much less nutrients than home made food with condensed nutrients.
In addition, baby food tends to be higher in arsenic due to the rice component. Our recipes contain less arsenic and focus on a variety of grains like quinoa, whole grain pasta, and bulgur.
I dislike most baby cereals (porridges in the market for a few reasons): Baby cereals in the market are high in sugar and processed oils. Sugars and processed oils contribute to diabetes, obesity, a quick preference to high sugar foods, and most importantly have a negative impact on immunity and gut bacteria. They are also […]
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