Corn Pancakes
From 6 months · 5 arepitas · 25 min
Ingredients
What you'll need
- Egg
- Sweet corn
- Wheat
- Cornmeal (polenta)
Method
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How to prepare each food
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.
Sweet corn
Cook corn until soft, then puree it smooth or scrape the kernels off the cob and mash them well. A whole kernel is round and firm, so it should not be offered intact at this stage. Serve it as a smooth puree or a soft mash, on its own or mixed into other vegetables.
Smooth puree, or kernels scraped off the cob and mashed.
Whole corn kernels are round, firm, and tough-skinned, which makes them a choking risk for babies and young children. Early on, serve corn as a smooth puree or scraped off the cob and mashed. When offering whole kernels later, smash or finely chop them. Skip corn on the cob until your child chews reliably, and never offer popcorn to a baby or toddler.
Wheat
Wheat is one of the common food allergens, so it helps to offer it on its own first, in a small amount, and watch over the next couple of days before adding other new foods. Good early forms are a thick iron-fortified wheat cereal, soft well-cooked pasta, or lightly toasted bread cut into finger-width strips. Keep everything soft and moist, with no added salt or sugar.
Spoonable cereal, soft pasta, or finger-width strips of toast.
Soft cooked wheat foods, pasta, moist bread, couscous, are low risk when kept soft and cut small. The hazards are the hard and dry forms: whole wheat kernels (wheat berries), hard crusty bread chunks, dry seeded crackers, and popcorn, which are difficult to chew and can be inhaled. Soft bread can also clump into a sticky wad in the mouth, so offer small pieces with a drink and stay nearby.
Cornmeal (polenta)
Cook polenta soft and smooth and let it cool to warm. Serve it thick on a spoon, or spread it on a preloaded spoon for self-feeding. You can stir in iron-rich foods or a little fruit or vegetable purée.
Serve as a thick, smooth mash on a spoon. No cutting needed.
Putting it together
Corn pancakes blended from sweet corn, egg, and flour.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- 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 - Sweet corn (nutrient data)
- ESPGHAN 2017 - Complementary feeding position paper (gluten and allergen timing)
- USDA FoodData Central - Wheat (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Cornmeal (polenta) (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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