7. Barley apple porridge
Barley makes a great food for babies, and you can use finely powdered barley flour to make some breakfast porridge for your baby.
You will need:
1 cup barley flour
3 cups water
1 cup mashed apple
3 tbsp formula or expressed milk (optional)
How to:
Mix the barley flour with water and cook them together in a cooking pot for seven to ten minutes. Barley takes a longer time to cook than rice so make sure the barley is cooked properly. Keep stirring the mixture to prevent the formation of any lumps. Once the barley is cooked simmer the flame and let the mixture cook slowly on a low flame.
Separately, cut an apple into small pieces and then mash it to smaller pieces.
Add the mashed apple and the optional formula or expressed milk to the cooking pot and cook the mixture for five minutes. Stir and mix the porridge while cooking. Once done, let the porridge cool before serving it as a breakfast to your little one.
8. Lentil, carrot and pumpkin mash
Lentils are a healthy food option for your baby and when combined with vegetables the nutritional value of the preparation increases, thus making it an ideal choice for a healthy breakfast for babies.
You will need:
Peeled and diced pumpkin
Red lentils
Diced carrot
Water
How to:
Boil the pumpkin and carrot together while cooking the lentils separately till they are completely soft.
Once the vegetables are done, transfer them to a blender to blend them coarsely or mash them using a masher.
Transfer the mashed vegetables into the cooked lentil vessel and cook them together for three to five minutes.
Let the mash cool before serving it as a breakfast to your little one.
