Broccoli Pizza
From 9 months · 6 portions · 30 min
Ingredients
What you'll need
- Broccoli
- Egg
- Almond
- Tomato
- Mozzarella cheese
- Olive oil
Method
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How to prepare each food
Broccoli
Keep cooking it soft, and slightly firmer is fine as eating skills grow. Cut cooked broccoli into bite-size pieces or small florets that can be picked up with the developing pincer grasp. Keep the pieces soft enough to mash easily.
Bite-size pieces or small soft florets.
Egg
Keep the egg fully cooked and offer it as easy finger food. As the pincer grasp develops, your little one can pick up small pieces on their own.
Offer omelet strips, quartered hard-boiled egg, or chopped scramble.
Almond
Continue with thinned smooth almond butter or fine almond flour, a little thicker as eating skills grow. Keep allergen exposures consistent once almond is tolerated.
Still no whole or chopped almonds. Smooth thinned butter or fine flour only.
Whole and chopped nuts are a leading choking hazard and are generally not offered until around age 5. Even a thick blob of nut butter can be a hazard, so always thin it. Smooth thinned almond butter or fine almond flour are the safe forms.
Tomato
Offer small soft pieces of peeled, de-seeded ripe tomato as the pincer grasp develops. Keep cherry and grape tomatoes quartered lengthwise into four small pieces so no round or rounded-half shape remains.
Small soft peeled pieces; cherry/grape tomatoes quartered lengthwise (four pieces).
Cherry and grape tomatoes are a classic choking shape: whole or halved, they can block a small airway. Always quarter them lengthwise into small pieces, and keep doing so until about age 4. Peel and de-seed larger tomatoes, since the skin can bunch up while chewing.
Mozzarella cheese
Keep offering pasteurized mozzarella finely grated or melted into dishes. As the pincer grasp develops, very thin short strips of soft fresh mozzarella can be tried, but skip balls, rounds, and chunks.
Finely grated, melted, or very thin soft strips; no balls, rounds, or chunks.
A mozzarella ball, a large piece, or a thick round slice is a choking hazard because of its round, springy shape. Grate it, melt it, or cut it into small thin soft strips rather than offering balls or chunks, and keep this up through the toddler years.
Olive oil
Keep using olive oil to cook and finish family foods cut to your child's stage. A light drizzle over soft vegetables, beans, or grains carries flavor and helps with vitamin absorption.
No cutting needed; drizzle lightly over or mix into the food.
Putting it together
A broccoli-and-egg pancake base topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and toppings of your choice, served as finger food.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- USDA FoodData Central - Broccoli (nutrient data)
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Egg (nutrient data)
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- USDA FoodData Central - Almond (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Tomato (nutrient data)
- AAP - Why infant formula instead of cow's milk before 12 months
- USDA FoodData Central - Mozzarella cheese (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Olive oil (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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