These are recipes off the Wholesome Baby Foods Website with the calories. Hope they help
COOKED LEAFY GREENS
(Makes 10 food cubes)
Many of the most nutritious veggies, especially the green leafy ones, are not available in commercial baby foods. It's easy to make your own.
1 pound fresh greens (kale, collards, etc.)
1 Tablespoon water
3 Tablespoons fruit juice
Wash leaves thoroughly. Steam most greens 5-15 minutes, leaving the lid off for the first few minutes. Puree in blender with the water and juice.
Total Calories Per Cube: 17
BASIC VEGETABLE RECIPE
(Makes 8 food cubes)
Do not add salt, sugar, or fat.
1 cup cooked fresh or frozen vegetables without salt (use potatoes, green beans, peas, carrots, yellow squash)
4-8 Tablespoons cooking liquid, formula, or water
Press vegetable chunks through a sieve or baby food mill, thinning with cooking liquid or formula to eating consistency. Or, puree vegetables and liquid in blender until smooth. Serve or freeze.
Note: After trying single foods, good combinations are potatoes and carrots or carrots and peas.
Total Calories Per Serving: varies
FRESH FRUIT
(Makes 4 food cubes)
Try different varieties of fruit in this recipe.
3/4 cup ripe fruit (uncooked peaches, nectarines, bananas, pears, apricots, apples)
1 teaspoon unsweetened fruit juice
1 teaspoon lemon-flavored water (1 teaspoon lemon juice to 1 cup water to prevent darkening)
Remove skin and seeds from fruit. Puree ingredients in baby food mill or blender until smooth. Serve or freeze.
Total Calories Per Serving: varies
SOYBEAN PUREE
(Makes 2-1/2 cups or 12 food cubes)
Serve this nutritious dish to your baby.
1 cup dry soybeans
3 cups water
3/4 cup unsalted tomato juice for thinning
Rinse and soak the soybeans overnight in the refrigerator. Simmer beans in 3 cups water for about 2 hours. Puree with any equipment, adding tomato juice to thin.
Total Calories Per Cube: 34
FRESH ORANGE SHERBET
(Makes 1-2 cups)
Babies will love this dish.
1 sweet orange, peeled, sectioned, and seeds removed
1 cup fruit juice
In a blender, liquefy the fruit. Add the juice and blend. Pour into loaf pan, cover, and freeze until fairly firm, about 1 hour. Pour back into blender, and blend at low speed until smooth. Return to pan and freeze until firm.
Total Calories Per 2 Tablespoons: 7
HOMEMADE FRUITY GEL
(Serves 4)
This recipe uses fruit juice instead of sugar to add sweetness. Agar, the thickener, is derived from seaweed. It is available in natural food stores and food co-ops or may be ordered from the Community Mercantile, 901 Mississippi, Lawrence, KS 66044. Phone 913-843-8544. An ounce of agar costs approximately $5.69 but it goes a long way.
1/2 cup cool water
1 Tablespoon agar flakes
1-1/2 cups fruit juice
1 cup pureed fruit
Place water in small saucepan. Sprinkle in agar and stir to dissolve. Add juice and heat for 1 minute, stirring well. Pour into 4 small cups. Place in refrigerator. After 1/2 hour, stir in pureed fruit.
Total Calories Per Serving: varies
KNACKBROD (SWEDISH HARD BREAD)
(Makes 20)
Unlike store-bought varieties, this homemade version of "hard tack" crumbles and melts in baby's mouth and is great for teething.
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup rye graham flour
2 Tablespoons sugar or other sweetener
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
8 ounces commercial corn muffin mix
3 Tablespoons margarine
3/4 cup soy milk
Mix dry ingredients. Cut in margarine. Add soy milk. Mix well. Roll thin, cut into shapes and bake 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees until brown.
Total Calories Per Cracker: 116
CARROT/APPLE MIX
(Serves 2)
This is a delicious dish.
1/2 medium apple, cored and peeled 1/2 carrot, washed and peeled
2 Tablespoons fruit juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Puree all ingredients in blender. Or, grate apples and carrot and mix with juice before serving.
Total Calories Per Serving: 35
