Make baby porridge yourself - basic recipes & numerous variations to cook at home

The first baby porridge - Now to start with supplementary food, cook your own porridge quickly and healthily instead of buying it in a jar. Here you will find the basic recipes for lunch & dinner porridge and many variations. The best baby food - made by hand and with love!

know what's inside

Usually, it is common to introduce complementary foods after the 4th to 6th month. But which foods are good for your child? Many baby food jars contain additives and regularly fail the test. So why not cook baby porridge yourself? Your child should only get the best in vitamins and nutrients to grow healthily. It's quick, it's healthy and your child will love the new complementary food.

Freeze baby food

That's fine! Note, however, that any containers you intend to freeze the porridge in are sterile. To do this, wash them well and rinse them with boiling water. Consume the portions as quickly as possible and let the baby food thaw long enough. Do not freeze again afterwards.

You will need the following kitchen accessories to prepare the porridge

A saucepan, hand blender, knife, wooden board, ceramic grater and small, sterile preserving jars.

The recipe: The basic recipe for lunchtime porridge

• 100 grams of vegetables

• 50 g potatoes, rice or pasta

• 1 tbsp oil or butter

• 100ml of water

preparation

1. Cut meat, fish, potatoes and vegetables into small pieces or process them on a ceramic grater.

2. Put all the ingredients in a saucepan with some water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

3. Check if all ingredients are soft enough.

4. Blend everything with the blender.

5. Finally, mix in the oil or butter and pour into the glasses.

There are many vegetable variations for this basic recipe, try these for example:

• Parsnip Baby Porridge

• Sweet potato baby puree

• Fennel Baby Porridge

• Zucchini Baby Porridge

• Kohlrabi Baby Porridge

• Pumpkin Baby Porridge

• Spinach Baby Porridge

• Eggplant Baby Porridge

• Avocado Baby Porridge

• Salmon Baby Porridge

The recipe: The basic recipe for the evening porridge

20 g semolina, millet, rice pudding or oatmeal

20 grams of fruit

1 tbsp oil or butter

100ml of water

preparation

1. First wash the fruit thoroughly and cut into small pieces. (For fruit puree, the soft and hard fruits should be processed on a ceramic grater.)

2. Bring to the boil in a saucepan with a little water and puree.

3. Now boil the water and cereal flakes and let them thicken for 3 to 4 minutes.

4. Finally add the fruit puree and oil to the cereal puree and mix.

For this basic recipe, there are many variations of fruit that your child will tolerate well:

• apple mash

• Ginger Plum Mash

• orange pulp

• pineapple mash

• pear mash

• mashed bananas