New Mum’s Food Adventures

Sometimes we forget that porridge doesn’t have to be plain and boring. Try it out sometime!

When you need to add extra fibre or make meals more filing try adding your purée whether it’s homemade or store bought to porridge. You can use semolina, wheat, gluten free, rice, oat, quinoa or just about any porridge you can think of and make it more interesting by adding purée to it. Don’t limit yourself. You can add fruits, vegetables or meats, even eggs. Whatever your preference is, it’s worth trying out. Especially if your baby is getting older and needs to feel a little more full than what regular purée has to offer.

Here’s just a few easy, simple recipe ideas below:

• Quinoa, Oats or rice porridge and carrot purée
• Quinoa, Oats or rice porridge and banana. You can add formula or breastmilk
• Quinoa or Rice porridge and broccoli purée
• Quinoa or Rice porridge and pea and broccoli purée
• Quinoa or Rice porridge or oat and pea purée
• Oats or rice porridge and pear purée
• Oats or rice porridge and apple pure
• Oats or rice porridge and pear and apple purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge with pear and pea purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge with pear, apple and pea purée
• Oats or rice porridge and mango purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and mango and banana purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge and eggs purée
• Oats, Quinoa or rice porridge and sweetcorn purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge with sweetcorn and carrot pure
• Quinoa or rice porridge sweetcorn, carrots and pea purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge and Choko/Chayote purée . You can add a small amount of butter or olive oil.
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and cauliflower purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge cauliflower some steak unsalted and unseasoned well cooked and cherry tomatoes purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge with some boiled chicken meat or steak or lamb and cauliflower
• Quinoa or rice porridge with some boiled chicken meat and cauliflower with some sweetcorn and carrots
• Oats, Quinoa or rice porridge and roasted cauliflower purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and steamed pumpkin purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and butternut squash/pumpkin
• Quinoa or rice porridge and steamed or boiled zucchini
• Oats or rice porridge and juiced watermelon with steamed or stewed strawberries puréed. Use watermelon juice in place of water for the porridge prep
• Oats or rice porridge and stewed strawberries purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and natural yoghurt with blueberries purée
• Oats or rice porridge and blueberries purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge with peas, baby spinach or spinach of your choosing and broccoli purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge and purée steamed and peeled tomatoe purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge and steamed and peeled cherry tomatoes. More work but a sweeter less acidic result
• Quinoa porridge or rice porridge and tomato carrot purée. Skins should be removed from tomatoes. Use fresh not canned.
• Quinoa or rice porridge, sweet potato, corn and carrot purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and prune purée. Not to much. Even with fibre it can still be very loosening for baby bowel movements. You can make it in batches and freeze it for later or to use to gently loosen stools.
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and puréed date. One soaked date I some porridge can make several portions you can freeze for later
• Oats, Quinoa or rice porridge and papaya purée
• Quinoa or rice porridge and persimmon purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and dragon fruit purée
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and kiwi fruit purée. You can add other fruits to make it more tasty if it’s too tart. Fruits such as mango or banana.
• Oats, quinoa or rice porridge and avocado purée with formula or breastmilk or water. Whatever you use to thin the mixture.

I could go on and on and on but I won’t. You can get really creative and add the benefits of fibre. Don’t just add single fruit or veg to your purée, you can add more and you can mix fruits and veg together for tasty results. Experimenting is key to finding new flavours for everyone of any age. Also if you are feeding you baby meats make sure it’s cooked thoroughly. If you are adding dairy be wary of constipation or even diarrhoea. Above all else, always research what fruits and vegetables are ok for what age/month old your baby is.

Hopefully this helps others out. As I come up with more food ideas I will continue to post about it. Any questions feel free to drop a comment.