Baby Food: Broccoli and Banana Cheesy Shake

Yesterday, I had a conversation with a batchmate in Singapore. Just like me, she’s also a mom. I asked her if it’s difficult feeding her baby and if she can give me tips on what to give my KA. Something nutritious and healthy. She advised me to try porridge with chicken, pork or fish. But I’m a busy mom. I need something quick and easy.

I surfed the net for some useful easy-to-make or easy-to-cook meals for my baby. I wanted to incorporate dairy, veggies and meat on his meals and I was hoping I could come up with recipes that my babysitter can also prepare when I’m at work. I found so  many recipes which are just easy, so I compiled them all in just one file. I’m thinking of printing them out but it would be impossible to do it at the office without being caught. Maybe I’ll print one or two pages in a day. That would do for now.

Most of the recipes need pureeing.

I need a blender!

So last night, before going straight home, I dropped by Carrefour at City Center to find something cheap but with nice quality. I only have 110 UAE dirhams for cash as I don’t keep much in my wallet. I got a Kenwood Blender BL335 which costs 99 UAE dirhams, and it got a mill too. It’s already cheap compared to other brands that cost at least 140 UAE dirhams.

It’s already 8.00pm when I reached home. I’m already running late of preparing dinner for me and hubby, and also feeding KA. So here’s what I made for the baby:

Ingredients:

¼ kilo broccoli, boiled and cooked

2 bananas

Thin slices of cheese

2 scoops of KA’s formula milk

How To:

Just put everything in the blender and puree it to the consistency that your baby prefers. You can add water as you like.

I tasted it and it was yummy.

KA super liked it. I had made around 1 and half cups of it and he almost finished it. I got myself a small glass of the yummy shake as a left over.

Sorry for not having taken a picture of it as KA got very impatient whenever the spoon is not on his mouth. He had 4 servings of it!

How about you? What kind of meals do you prepare for babies under 12 months?