Spinach French Toast
From 6 months · 4 slices · 10 min
Ingredients
What you'll need
- Bread
- Egg
- Banana
- Spinach
Method
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How to prepare each food
Bread
Lightly toast bread so it holds together, then cut it into finger-width strips your baby can grip. Toasting helps it firm up instead of turning gummy in the mouth. Most bread contains wheat, so introduce it on its own and watch for a reaction. Choose lower-salt bread when you can.
Finger-width strips of lightly toasted bread. Avoid soft, untoasted bread that can ball up into a gummy wad.
Soft, fresh bread can compress into a sticky wad that is hard to clear, and hard crusts can break off in firm pieces. Toast it lightly, cut it into strips or small pieces, add a thin moist spread, and always supervise eating.
Egg
Hard-cook the egg until both white and yolk are solid, then mash it smooth, or offer a well-set scramble or a soft omelet. A small amount, about a third of an egg, is plenty for a first taste.
Serve as a smooth mash, soft scramble curds, or finely chopped omelet strips.
Banana
Use a fully ripe banana so it mashes easily between two fingers. Peel it and offer it as a smooth mash on a spoon, or hand over a finger-length strip the baby can hold with a bit poking out of the fist. A firm or under-ripe banana is harder to manage, so soften it by mashing.
Smooth mash, or a finger-length strip held in the fist.
Banana is low-risk when fully ripe and soft. A firm or under-ripe banana is harder to manage, so mash it or wait until it ripens. Always supervise eating.
Spinach
Cook spinach until soft and wilted, then chop it finely or puree it. It blends easily into other purees, mashed vegetables, yogurt, or well-cooked egg. Serve it folded into a carrier food rather than as loose leaves.
Finely chopped after cooking, or pureed and folded into another food.
Not a high-risk choking food, but a whole raw leaf can bunch up or stick to the roof of the mouth. Cook spinach until wilted and chop it finely, or blend it into a puree, yogurt, egg, or sauce so it mixes through rather than sitting as a loose leaf.
Putting it together
Bread dipped in a blend of egg, banana, and spinach, then pan-browned into a soft toast.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- ESPGHAN 2017 - Complementary feeding position paper (gluten and allergen timing)
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Bread (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Egg (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Banana (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Spinach (nutrient data)
General informational content, not medical advice. Always consult your pediatrician about introducing new foods, especially if your baby has any medical conditions or family history of allergies.
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