Monday, June 12, 2017

Stage 1 foods: 10 ways to feed your baby vegan and gluten free rice cereal

You can serve this baby rice cereal in 101 ways, literally. I am showing you some of the ways that I serve for my baby. As mentioned in the previous posts, I am still avoiding the wheat, sugar and salt.

Let us first understand how to cook the homemade baby rice cereal

Ingredients:
Homemade rice cereal: 1 tbsp, refer notes
Water: 3 tbsp or 1/4 cup, refer notes

Method:

Add water to a kadai/sauce pan.
When water comes to a rolling boil, add the rice cereal, mix thoroughly.
Cook on a low-medium heat for 5-7 mins.
When the cereal becomes thick and gets cooked, turn off the heat.
Allow it to cool and serve.


Refer the video to check for the consistency.


Notes:
If you want to make runnier cereal, add only 2 tsp of rice cereal to 1/4 cup water. For thicker versions, add a little more than 1 tbsp. Few trial and errors, you'll get the consistency right for you and for your baby.
If the baby is big enough, you can cook the rice cereal with vegetable broth or chicken broth.
I have already mentioned, how to make baby purees at home. All the purees that I have used are home made.

Option 1: Rice cereal with breastmilk/formula milk.
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 1 oz of formula and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs.


Option 2: Rice cereal with apple puree and a dash of cinnamon powder.
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 2 oz of apple puree, a dash of cinnamon powder. Mix well and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs.


Option 3: Carrot rice cereal pudding
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 2 oz of carrot puree. Mix well and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs.



Option 4: Mango rice cereal pudding
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 2 oz of mango puree. Mix well and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs. This is my personal favorite. It tastes so yum!

Option 5: Rice cereal with pureed butternut squash
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 2 oz of butternut squash puree. Mix well and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs.

Option 6: Rice cereal mixed with plain Greek yogurt (curd)
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 2 oz of thick plain yogurt. Mix well and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs.


Option 7: Rice cereal mixed with pear puree.
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 2 oz of pear puree. Mix well and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs.


Option 8: Dates and rice cereal pudding
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 1 or 2 tsp of thick dates paste. Mix well and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs.

Option 9: Rice cereal cooked with sweet potato puree.
Instead of water, add about 2 oz of sweet potato puree and about 2 oz of water. Cook the rice cereal in this mixture. Allow it to cool and serve.

Option 10: Rice cereal and banana pudding.
After the rice cereal has cooled down, add about 1 or 2 tbsp of mashed banana. Mix well and feed. Adjust the consistency according to your baby's needs.

The options do not end here. You can feed the baby with peas puree, mashed avocado, and other stage 1 foods puree. These are perfect stage 1 foods. 

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