Ice Pops

These ice pops are great for summer. And they are really easy to prepare. You just need a ice pop maker, fruit of your choice, yogurt and a blender. If you would like to you can prepare the ice pops with just only fruits. But I prefer to prepare them with yogurt. 

Ingredients

4 tablespoons of  homemade yogurt 

1 mango (You can use any fruit of your choise.)

Instructions

1. Puree mango using a blender. 
2. Combine the pureed mangoes and yogurt in a cup. 
3. Pour the mixture into the ice pop makers.
4. Refrigerate the ice pop makers. 
5. After 4-5 hour they are ready. Your little one will like them as mine :)

Age: 6m & up

Cranberry Ice Cream with Yogurt

Ingredients

1 cup homemade yogurt

2 tablespoons of cranberry jam (If you would like to you can add less or more jam for your taste.)

Instructions

1. Combine the jam with the yogurt in a cup with a lid. 
2. Close the lid of the cup and refrigerate it.
3. Every hour remove from the fridge and stir. 
4. Your ice cream will be ready in 4 hour.

Age: 6m & up

Spinach Puree with Yogurt

Ingredients

1/2 lbs  spinach

1/4 cup of water
1 tablespoon plain yogurt 
1 teaspoon olive oil 

Instructions

1. After washing the spinach, place them in a small pan with 1/4 cup of water and cook over a low heat, stir occasionally, until the spinach is tender. 
2. Puree the spinach using a blender 
3. Combine the pureed spinach with the yogurt and olive oil in a bowl. If you would like to you can add more olive oil and yogurt.

Age: 6m & up

Carrot and Potato Puree

Ingredients

1 potato, peeled and sliced

2 carrots, peeled and sliced

1 cup of water

1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

1. Place the carrots and potatoes in a small pan with 1 cup of water and cook over a low heat, stir occasionally, until the carrots and potatoes are soft. 
2. Puree the carrots and potatoes using a blender 
3. Combine the pureed carrots and potatoes with olive oil in a bowl 

Age: 6m & up
Our little one love that recipe. You can see the picture below :)

Mango Puree with Yogurt

This recipe is my little one's best. 

Ingredients

1/2 mango, peeled and sliced

1/4 cup of plain yogurt 

Instructions

1. Puree the mango using a blender 
2. Combine the pureed mango with the yogurt in a bowl 

Age: 6m & up

Please Note: I have always tried to mix the fruits with yogurt or vegetables, because they contain sugar and I didn't want my baby to get used to sweet taste. Today she is 15 months old and she eats everything and she is really open to new tastes.

Apple and Carrot Puree

Ingredients

1 apple, peeled and sliced

2 carrots, peeled and sliced

1 cup of water

Instructions

1. Place the carrots in a small pan with 1 cup of water and cook over a low heat, stir occasionally, until the carrots are soft. 
2. Add apples after the carrots get soft and cook until the apple is tender. 
3. Puree the carrots and apple using a blender 

Age: 6m & up
You can see how much our little one love that recipe below :)

Apple Puree with Yogurt

I have started solid foods with that recipe.

Ingredients
1 apple, peeled and sliced

1/2 cup of water
1/2 cup of plain yogurt 

Instructions

1. Place the apple in a small pan with 1/2 cup of water and cook over a low heat, stir occasionally, until the fruit is tender. 
2. Puree the apple using a blender 
3. Combine the pureed apples with the yogurt in a bowl 

Age: 6m & up

Baby's First Food

By about 4 months of age, our little one started showing an interest in our food. While we were eating, her eyes were always at our meals. By about 6 months of age, she was able to hold her head up by herself, so we decided to start solid foods after her 6 months old pediatrician appointment. I was excited because she is going to learn different tastes.

Until 5 months of age I was giving apple, grape and mango juices just only a few teaspoons everyday, so I knew that she is not allergic to these fruits. But these juices has just only sweet tastes, thats why I prefer to introduce her yogurt as a new taste. After introducing her yogurt and saw that she has not a yogurt allergy, I started giving her some mixtures.

There were some important points that I was following. One of them to start one new food at a time. This makes it easier to keep track of any food allergy or intolerance. So I choose to use one ingredient over the other and I use that ingredient at least 4 days before adding a new taste. And I have tried to introduce a new food in the late morning. By this way I had more time to watch out for any allergic reactions.