Peaches and plums are both stone fruit. Sharing this similarity it is little surprise that they combine so nicely to make delicious baby meals. Below you will find some delicious baby food recipes featuring peaches and plums that, if nothing else, will definitely give you some great ideas for future recipes.
Smoothies are a delicious and simple way to sneak extra nutrients into your babies diet. If your baby hates whole and textured foods, simply hide them in a creamy and delicious smoothie.
Ingredients:
1 peach (peeled, pitted and quartered)
1 Plum (peeled, pitted and quartered
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup breast milk (or formula or plain milk)
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
Serve to your baby. Yep. that simple.
Baked peach and plum baby compote
It's amazing how baking Peaches and plums can change their flavor so dramatically. Fortunately, this change in flavor can only be described as delicious and many babies agree.
Ingredients:
3 peach (pitted and halved)
3 Plums (pitted and halved)
(optional) 1 tablespoon of cinnamon
(Optional) 1 dash of pure vanilla essence
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F
Place the peaches into a baking pan (sprinkle on your optional ingredients here).
Bake in the oven for 25 - 40 minutes or until the peaches and plums are soft and skin has wrinkled.
Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Mash with a fork or puree according to your babes preferred food consistency
Serve warm
Bonus Tip: You can make this recipe even more wholesome by adding 1/4 cup of great milk or baby formula.
A tasty and simple solution to what your baby can have for breakfast. Simply prepare this recipe the night before and it will be cooked and waiting for when you wake up in the morning. This recipe requires a crock pot.
Ingredients:
2 small peaches (peeled, pitted, sliced)
4 plums (Peeled, pitted, sliced)
3 cups steel cut oats
8 cups of breast milk (or formula or just milk)
1 tablespoon pure vanilla essence
(optional)1 tablespoon cinnamon
Directions:
For smaller chunks of fruit, place peaches and plums into a food processor and pulse until your babies preferred chunkiness is reached. (skip this step if your baby loves chunky baby food)
Brush a crockpot with olive oil (to make cleaning easier) and combine all ingredients. Cook on low heat for 8 hours.
Remove oatmeal mix and either mash or puree, adding extra breast milk as needed.
Looking for a tasty way to add the highly nutritious quinoa to your babies diet?
Ingredients:
1 peach (peeled, pitted and diced)
1 plum (peeled pitted and diced)
1/2 cup of white quinoa
apple juice (unsweetened)
Directions:
Cook the quinoa following the directions on the box but substitute water for apple juice.
Add peach and plum and cooked quinoa to the food processor (or pureeing appliance of choice).
Blend until desired consistency is reached.
(Optional) Add filtered water if the puree is too thick.
Do you know any homemade baby food recipes prominently featuring peach and plums? If you have a recipe or modification you would love to share, leave it below.
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