First food : Bean sprout

Ingredients: bean sprout, sliced carrot, minced pork, sliced cabbage, mee suah, chopped garlic, cooking oil, light soy sauce

First time trying : Bean sprout

Method:

- marinate minced pork with light soy sauce for an hour

- boil mee suah until soft and set aside

- heat up pan with cooking oil

- add in garlic and sauté until fragrant 

- add in minced pork and fry until meat is cook

- add in carrot, bean sprout and cabbage, fry for a few minutes 

- add in mee suah and continue to stir fry

- season to taste (optional). Ready to serve

Black bean carrot pork bone soup

Ingredients: black bean, carrot, pork bone, red dates, water

First time trying: Black bean

Method:

- pre-soak black bean for few hours 

- wash the ingredients clean

- use hot water to run over pork bone 

- peel carrot and dice to chunks 

- put all the ingredients in a bowl

- fill in water and bring to boil

- once it is boiling, turn to medium heat and continue to boil for another 1.5-2 hours

- serve with rice or mee

Fried pasta with pumpkin sauce

Ingredients: pumpkin, red capsicum, carrot, button mushroom, salmon, garlic, grated cheese, baby pasta, olive oil, water 

Method: 

- boil baby pasta in a bowl, add few drops of olive oil to prevent pasta from sticking, once cooked, set aside 

- wash the ingredient clean and dice to chunks 

- prepare pumpkin purée (chop, steam and blend) 

- heat up frying pan with olive oil 

- sauté onion until fragrance 

- add chopped carrot, button mushroom, capsicum and fry. 

- add salmon and fry. 

- add baby pasta, fry. 

- add pumpkin purée and fry. 

- add some grated cheese before turn off the heat. Serve. 

Beetroot parsnip carrot soup + pork meatball

Ingredients & method : 

1) Beetroot parsnip carrot soup

• Beetroot, parsnip, carrot, water

- wash the ingredients clean, peel the skin and chop to pieces 

- put the ingredients in a bowl

- add water to cover the ingredients and start to boil

- turn to medium heat once it starts boiling and continue to boil for 30-45 min 

- serve with rice or mee

2) Pork meatball 

• Minced pork, egg, flour, onion, garlic, oil

- chop onion and garlic finely

- sauté onion and garlic in frying pan for about 5 minutes. Set aside

- mix minced pork with egg, then add in a little white flour

- add in cooked onion and garlic and form ball shape

- add oil and fry with medium heat 

- ready when meatballs turn brown 

Chicken soup with fennel, leeks, carrot + apple

Ingredients: fennel, leeks, carrot, apple, chicken, water

First time trying: Fennel

Method:

- wash the ingredients clean

- use hot water to run over chicken

- remove fennel stems and cut the bulb to half

- peel carrot, chop carrot and leeks

- put all the ingredients in a bowl

- fill in water and bring to boil

- once it is boiling, turn to medium heat and continue to boil for another 1.5-2 hours

- serve with rice or mee

Watercress soup + mee suah

Ingredients: watercress, carrot, chicken, red dates, goji, water 

Method:

- wash the ingredients clean

- use hot water to run over chicken

- peel carrot and dice smal chunks

- put all the ingredients in a bowl

- fill in water and bring to boil

- once it is boiling, turn to medium heat and continue to boil for another 1.5-2 hours

- serve with rice or mee

Remark: Baby Julius loves soup!

Celery chicken + vege soup

Ingredients & method : 

1) Celery chicken

• Celery, chicken, carrot, onion

- wash the ingredients and chop finely

- heat the pan with oil

- sauté onion

- add chicken, stir fry

- add celery and carrot, stir fry

- add water bit by bit and fry till cooked

2) Vege soup

• Carrot, corn, tomato, beetroot, red dates 

- wash the ingredients clean

- dice to chunks

- add all ingredients in a bowl

- add plenty of water

- boil for about 1 hour. Done 

Chicken & apple ball

Ingredients: apple, shiitake mushroom, corn, carrot, onion, chicken, olive oil, plain flour

Method: 

- wash the ingredients clean

- peel carrot and apple, chop finely 

- remove corn from cob

- chop mushroom, onion

- dice chicken to pieces 

- heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the onion for about 3 minute

- mix apple, carrot, corn, mushroom with the chicken

- add the cooked onion

- roughly blend in a food processor for a few seconds 

- with your hands, form into little balls, roll in flour and fry in shallow oil for about 5 minute until lightly golden and cooked through 

Beef pasta

Ingredients: carrot, potato, tomato, beef, organic pasta, onion, garlic 

First time trying: Beef 

Method:

- boil pasta in another bowl, add a drop of olive oil to prevent pasta from sticking

- wash the ingredients 

- peel carrot and potato 

- dice carrot, potato, tomato, and mince beef

- heat oil in saucepan with medium heat, add in garlic and onion and stir fry until fragrance 

- add beef, stir fry

- add carrot, potato, tomato, stir fry

- add water and simmer for 15 minutes or until tender 

- once sauce become thick, turn of fire

- puree in blender and toss on top of cooked pasta. Serve hot. 

Some Foods Good to Mix With Beef

• Apples
• Pears
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Green Beans
• Peas
• Sweet Potato
• White Potato
• Barley
• Lentils
• Pasta
• Rice

More beef pasta recipe:

Annabel Karmel's beef bolognese sauce

ABC soup with mee suah

Ingredients: carrot, corn, tomato, potato, pork rib, organic mee suah

Method: 

- wash the ingredients clean

- peel the skin of carrot and potato

- dice the ingredient to small chunk 

- rinse the pork ribs with hot boiling water 

- put in the bowl, add water and start boiling

- add carrot, corn, potato, tomato and continue to boil for about an hour 

- when it is almost done, add in mee suah and continue to boil until mee softened. Serve. 

Corn + carrot + broccoli + grain + chicken porridge

Ingredients: Corn, carrot, broccoli, millet, quinoa, chicken, rice

First time trying: corn 

Method:

- wash the ingredients clean 

- peel the skin of carrot

- boil the ingredients (corn, carrot, broccoli) for about 15-20 minutes 

- dice the ingredients to small chunks and set aside 

- put millet, quinoa, chicken and rice in a small pot

- add water until it covers the ingredients and half of the pot

- stove cook for 45 minutes to one hour 

- stir occasionally

- once done, toss cooked vege on top of porridge. Serve. 

Foods Good to Mix With Corn for Baby Food:

• Apples
• Carrots
• Green Beans
• Dried Beans
• White Potato
• Peas
• Summer Squash – zucchini or yellow/crooked necked
• Brown Rice
• Lentils
• Chicken
• Beef
• Pork

Remark: Because corn – fresh corn in particular – is difficult for babies to digest, many parents prefer to delay its introduction until their digestive systems are a little more robust – generally after 12 months of age.

Purple carrot + carrot + parsnip + french bean + millet porridge

Ingredients: purple carrot, carrot, parsnip, French bean, millet, rice

First time trying: millet

Method:

- wash the ingredients clean 

- peel the skin of purple carrot, carrot and parsnip

- cut the ingredients to small chunks 

- put purple carrot, carrot, parsnip, millet and rice in a small pot

- add water until it covers the ingredients and half of the pot

- stove cook for 45 minutes to one hour 

- stir occasionally

- add french bean and continue to boil for another 5 minutes before turning off fire 

- once done, put cooked porridge in food processor, blend for smoother consistency. Serve. 

How to prepare your millet:

• Rinse the millet thoroughly in purified water to remove any stones or unhulled pieces. 
• Soak the millet for 8 – 12 hours in purified, room temperature water.
• Before cooking, rinse the millet thoroughly in purified water. 

Remark: normally mommy Sheree soak millet in ceramic bowl and cover it, leave in fridge overnight.

Swede + carrot + parsnip puree

Ingredients: Swede, carrot, parsnip

First time trying: Swede

Method: 

- wash the ingredients thoroughly

- peel the skin

- dice until chunks 

- steam for 10 minutes or until tender

- puree in food processor. Serve. 

Parsnip + carrot + broccoli pasta

Ingredient: parsnips, carrot, broccoli, baby pasta 

Method: 

- boil baby pasta until soft and set aside (can put one or two drops of olive oil while boiling to prevent pasta from sticking) 

- wash the ingredients clean and chop to pieces 

- steam parsnip and carrot for 5 minutes, add in broccoli and continue steaming for another 5 minutes 

- place in food processor and blend to puree form 

- toss puree on top of cooked pasta and serve warm 

Baby carrot + peasprout + salmon porridge

Ingredients: baby carrot, peasprout, salmon, rice 

First time trying: salmon 

Method:

- wash the ingredients clean 

- peel the skin of baby carrot

- sprinkle drops of lemon juice over salmon and leave it 

- cut the ingredients to small chunks 

- put baby carrot and rice in a small pot

- add water until it covers the ingredients and half of the pot

- stove cook for 45 minutes to one hour 

- stir occasionally

- add salmon and continue to boil for another 15 minutes, add pea sprout and boil for another 5 minutes before turning off fire 

- once done, put cooked porridge in food processor, blend for smoother consistency. Serve. 

Brussel sprouts + baby carrot + chicken porridge

Ingredients: 3 Brussel sprouts, 1 baby carrot, chicken, rice

First time trying: Brussel sprouts 

Method:

- wash the ingredients clean 

- peel the skin of baby carrot and remove the leaf

- cut the ingredients to small chunks, chop each Brussel sprout to four quarter

- put carrot, chicken and rice in a small pot

- add water until it covers the ingredients and half of the pot

- stove cook for 45 minutes to one hour 

- stir occasionally

- add Brussel sprouts and continue to boil for another 5 minutes before turning off fire 

- once done, put cooked porridge in food processor, blend for smoother consistency. Serve. 

Remark: 

Brussel sprouts can cause wind/gas, so only give your baby a little.

Broccoli + carrot porridge

Ingredients: broccoli, carrot, rice 

Method:

- wash the ingredients 

- peel carrot. And cut ingredient to small chunks 

- put rice and carrot in a small pot

- add water until it covers the ingredients and half of the pot

- stove cook for 45 minutes to one hour 

- stir occasionally

- add broccoli when porridge is almost cooked

- continue to boil another 5 minute

- once done, place porridge in food processor and blend for smoother consistency. Serve. 

Apple + carrot puree

 

Ingredients: Carrot, half apple 

First time eating: carrot

Method: 

- wash and peel carrot and apple

- cut them to smal chunks

- steam for about 10 minutes

- blend to puree form. Serve. 

Here are a few suggestions for other fruits and veggies that pair up wonderfully with carrots:

few suggestions for other fruits and veggies that pair up wonderfully with carrots…

• sweet potato
• butternut squash 
• parsnips
• white potato
• swede/rutabaga