Lentil and Tofu Bowl
From 6 months · 1 serving · 25 min
Ingredients
What you'll need
- Lentils
- Tofu
- Olive oil
- Garlic
- Green Onion
Method
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How to prepare each food
Lentils
Cook lentils until completely soft and mash them smooth, on their own or stirred into a thicker purée. They mix well with vegetable or meat purées.
Smooth mash or a thick purée. No whole intact lentils.
Cook lentils until very soft so they squash easily between two fingers. Whole legumes can be a choking hazard, so mash them, especially early on.
Tofu
Use soft or silken tofu. Mash it smooth and stir into purées, or cut firmer tofu into finger-length strips a baby can grip in a fist. Tofu takes on the flavor of whatever you mix it with, so blend it with fruit or vegetable you have already introduced.
Smooth mash stirred into a purée, or finger-length strips of firmer tofu.
Tofu is soft and low-risk, but a firm or extra-firm block cut into large cubes can still be a mouthful. Keep pieces small and soft, and let any firmer tofu stay graspable rather than slippery and round.
Olive oil
Stir a small drizzle of olive oil into a smooth purée or soft mash to add calories and richness. Use it as a cooking fat for vegetables or grains, or fold a little into the finished food just before serving.
No cutting needed. Mix a small amount evenly through the food.
Garlic
Garlic adds depth to early meals without any salt. Finely mince or mash a small amount and cook it soft into purees, mashed vegetables, beans, or sauces. It is a seasoning rather than a finger food, so a little stirred through a dish is all a baby needs. Skip raw garlic and whole cloves at this stage.
Finely minced or mashed and cooked soft into a dish; not a standalone piece.
Green Onion
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Putting it together
A simple bowl of cooked lentils topped with golden garlic-oregano tofu and rings of leek or green onion.
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