Weaning recipes: ingredients and first meals

The baby weaning recipes should be dosed according to the age of the little ones. In fact, in the first phase which goes from 4 months to 10 months it is recommended to use the homogenizedwhich can be heated and seasoned with a little oil or can be added to preparations such as creams or broth.

Over time, that is when children are ready for more solid foods, they can also be introduced other ingredientsincluding biscuit-based snacks and savory (but salt-free) snacks.

When it’s weaning time, we always start with fruit. From that moment on, food for children will always be a pleasant discovery!

First step with weaning fruit

When you start weaning children, the first ingredients that are included in the food table are fruits. In general, it’s always a good idea to check which fruit is in season and see if they can be introduced immediately, i.e. from the fifth month (but a lot depends on the interest shown by the children: on baby food it is indicated from the 4th month).

You can start from pera, very sweet for the little ones and very tempting for them, to be given at room temperature directly from the jar. Stock up, because this fruit is usually a big hit! There are also multipacks on the market to save money: if the first attempt went well, try this pack of 12 Plasmon pear-flavored jars!

Plasmon Homogenized Pear Fruit

Following is usually the melawhich we often find in mixed jars together with bananatwo fruits much loved by children.

The fruit, however, follows some precise rules: red fruits are the last to be given to babies, because the onset of allergies is more likely and managing an allergic crisis in a 5-month-old baby is very complex and dangerous. That’s why the homogenized mixed fruit they usually include the “safe” fruits, i.e. pear, apple and banana.

Stock up on a Mellin mixed fruit multipack of 24 jars, so you can offer a variety of fruit to your child with just one jar!

Mellin Homogenized Mixed Fruit

Second step: rice, corn and tapioca creams

Immediately after the fruit or often also at the same time as the introduction of pear, apple and banana, the rice, corn and tapioca creams. It is an instant preparation in powder that does not need to be cooked: just add 180 – 220 ml of hot broth for 30 g of rice, corn and tapioca cream. Obviously you always need to check, with the help of your wrist or by tasting it, that the temperature is adequate (not too hot but not too cold either).

HiPP Instant Cereal Cream for Babies with Corn and Tapioca is gluten-free and 100% organic. Stock up on this 6-pack multipack!

HiPP – Instant Cereal Cream

Cream dish can be seasoned with a jar of baby food or freeze-dried food and finally with a spoonful ofextra virgin olive oil. Starting from the eighth month, the grated cheese, preferably Parmigiano Reggiano or very aged Grana Padano (at least 24 months, more digestible). But there are the ready-made homogenized cheesewhich can be added to creams, such as Plasmon Homogenized Melted Cheese which can be introduced as early as the fourth month!

Plasmon Homogenized Melted Cheese

Recipes with homogenized meat

The homogenized meat they are introduced into the weaning diet practically immediately. In the very first phase, i.e. from 4 to 6 months of life, they are recommended delicate meats, then white meat or veal/beef. At 7 months, on the other hand, homogenized ham can be introduced, perhaps with the addition of a teaspoon of homogenized cheese, to make the food even more appetizing.

They can be added to the already hot broth or heated in a water bath and given to the little ones with a teaspoon directly from the jar. One of the tastiest for children is homogenized beef: try the 100% natural Mellin one, you can stock up on a 12-jar pack!

Homogenized Beef Mellin

Even the pollo it is an excellent ingredient that is always included during the weaning plan for children, because it is a white meat with a very delicate flavour. Try the Mellin chicken homogenized to add it to the cream of rice and give it a tastier taste!

Homogenized Chicken Mellin

Recipes with homogenized fish

Already from the first months of life it is possible to introduce the homogenized fishcombined with pappa con le creme and only after 8 months as a second course accompanied by vegetables.

The homogenized fish can be served alone, heated in a water bathwith a drizzle of oil, but it is also possible to add the mashed potato, courgette and carrot possibly used to prepare the broth (always useful in the first months given the extensive use of creams).

Shrimps and shellfish they are to be avoided before one year of age, because they can be allergenic foods.

Rich in omega 3, proteins, vitamins and iodine, it is always advisable to include fish in the weaning diet and obviously homogenized is the safest form to introduce it because it is controlled and free of thorns.

There are many types of fish available at the supermarket: try the homogenized Mellin sea bream and vegetables, which in just one jar guarantees all the nutritional intake that the little ones need!

Mellin Homogenized Sea Bream and Vegetables

Weaning pasta

Il gluten is entered starting from the 5th month and this is because the pasta for children on the market is specifically designed to be easily digested even by the little ones. It would be better, at least until the first year of life, to use the pasta of the brands present in the children’s department of supermarkets for this very reason.

Normal pasta, in fact, is more difficult to digest for children who are only used to mother’s milk up to 5/6 months. However, pasta is much appreciated by the little ones, who are starting to get used to different flavors and the consistency of a more solid, albeit very soft, food.

Try the Mellin star-shaped pasta to be prepared in a hot meat or vegetable broth!

Mellin Le Pastine Stelline

A 9 months complete, the children can begin to eat the fresh tomato, if in season, cooked without seasonings or sautéed and seasoned raw with extra virgin olive oil. It is inserted into the pasta cooked, deprived of seeds and peel.

Use tomato in weaning recipes with small pasta, such as Plasmon a Chioccioline!

Plasmon Pastina Chiocciline

Starting from 10 months, however, the pastina can also be seasoned with i gravies and you can find several ready-made ones, always in jars. They are simply heated in a bain-marie after having removed the capsule and season the pasta indicated for weaning. Plasmon Beef Ragù Sughetti, for example, are condiments without sauté, gluten-free, without colorings or preservatives.

Plasmon Sughetti Beef Ragù

Snack during weaning

In the weaning phase, the afternoon snack, going to replace the feed before dinner. There are many possibilities: from 6 months of life it is possible to offer children one milk-based snack and even chocolate. For example, Nestlé Mio Merenda al Latte Cacao is a snack prepared with over 80% milk, specifically designed for children from 8 months of age, with a small percentage of cocoa powder.

Nestlé Mio Merenda with Cocoa Milk

Obviously the fruit it’s always a good idea, even for a snack but, to vary from the jars, you can try the pocket and resealable packs, thanks to the unscrew and screw cap, easy to use even outside the home. Plasmon Spremi e Gusta – Apple and Blueberry is one example: a fun and tasty way to always have a sweet and nutritious snack at hand!

Plasmon Spremi e Gusta – Apple and Blueberry

Furthermore, when children start to chew, they can taste more solid products but specially designed to melt easily in the mouth. It is the case of biscottiof the cracker and gods salad reminiscent of potato chips in a bag.

Mellin Minigrix, for example, is a snack indicated from the 8th month based on soft wheat flour and oat flakes.

Or again, Hipp – Organic Spelled And Oat Rings are puffed spelled, oat, corn and rice rings from the HiPP Organic line, without salt, sugars and flavourings, to be crunched with the first teeth.

Hipp – Spelled And Oat Rings