Homemade baby food: Broccoli, zucchini, squash, black beans and yogurt
Homemade baby food broccoli, zucchini, squash, black beans and yogurt are 5 easy, wholesome foods you can make for your baby in just 20 minutes!
Yield: 5 baby foods
Ingredients
- 1 small head broccoli, cut into florets
- 1 zucchini, diced
- 1 yellow squash, diced
- 1 (15.5 oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt (high fat)
Instructions
- For the broccoli: Steam your broccoli florets using a steamer basket over a pot with a small amount of water. It should take 8-10 minutes to get them nice and tender.
- Then puree in a blender or immersion blender, cool slightly and serve.
- For the zucchini and squash: Add the zucchini and yellow squash to a steamer basket in a pot with a little bit of water – about 5-7 minutes — and then puree. You can also do them in a large pan with a bit of water so you can steam the broccoli while you cook these at the same time.
- For the black beans: Puree the rinsed and and drained black beans with a little bit of water until they reach a smooth, spoon-able consistency.
- For the Greek yogurt: Choose the highest-fat Greek yogurt you can find (I used a 10% fat Cabot Greek yogurt), then open the container and serve! Once baby has tried this new food on its own for a few days, to monitor for a possible reaction, you can start adding fruit purees to flavor the yogurt.
Notes
Consistency: The zucchini and squash purees will be watery. They are great to mix with brown rice, oatmeal, quinoa, couscous or another starchy grain that your baby has had.
Beans: The method for black beans would work with most any other canned bean as well.
Yogurt: I recommend going as high-fat as you can for your Greek yogurt because babies need that fat. A 5% fat Greek yogurt is easy to find and you may be able to track down as much as a 10% fat.
Blender: I have always used and highly recommend a hand-held immersion blender for making homemade baby food. It's lightweight, easy to use and easy to clean.
Storage: Homemade baby food can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-5 days or packed up in the freezer (I use ice cube trays and small containers like these and these) for 3-5 months.
Nutrition
Calories: 25kcal
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