Chicken, Quinoa and Spinach
From 6 months · 3 foods
Ingredients
How to prepare each food
Chicken
Cook chicken fully, then purée smooth or finely shred and moisten with breast milk, formula, broth, or a vegetable purée so it isn't dry. Pairing it with a vitamin-C food can help the body use its iron. As an iron-rich first food, it's a good early option.
Smooth purée, or fine moist shreds.
Quinoa
Cook quinoa until soft and let it cool to warm. Serve it as a thick mash, or stir cooked quinoa into a vegetable or fruit purée so it holds together on a spoon. It mixes well with iron-rich foods.
Serve as a thick mash or blended into a purée. No cutting needed.
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
Prepare each ingredient using the age guidance above, then serve them together.
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Chat with Lumi in the appGeneral 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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