Pasta, Salmon and Peas
From 6 months · 3 foods
Ingredients
How to prepare each food
Pasta
Cook pasta until very soft, well past al dente, and serve plain or with a smooth, low-salt sauce. Larger soft shapes like penne or fusilli are easy to grab; you can also mash it. Wheat pasta is a common allergen, so offer it on its own first. Enriched pasta adds iron and folate.
Serve large soft shapes whole for grabbing, or mash. Cut long pasta into short pieces so it does not dangle. Keep small shapes lightly mashed.
Salmon
Cook salmon through until it flakes easily and is opaque throughout, never raw or seared. Run your fingers through it to remove every pin bone and the skin, then flake it finely or mash it into a smooth purée. Mix with breast milk, formula, or a vegetable purée to loosen the texture. As a Big-9 allergen, introduce it on its own and wait a few days before adding another new food. Choose salmon (a low-mercury fish) and skip the highest-mercury fish entirely. Add no salt.
Soft pea-size flakes, checked by hand for bones, or a smooth mash. Skin removed.
The main hazard with salmon is bones. Pin bones are thin and easy to miss, so run your fingers through every piece and remove them, along with the skin, before serving. Always cook salmon fully and serve it soft and flaked.
Peas
Cook peas until very soft, then burst each one or mash to a thick purée. The small round, firm shape is the part to soften, so press every pea flat before serving. Skip salt.
Burst or flatten each pea, or serve as a smooth thick mash.
Whole peas are a small round shape that can be a choking risk. Burst, smash, or halve them so no whole round pea is served, and keep watching as your baby eats.
Putting it together
Prepare each ingredient using the age guidance above, then serve them together.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- ESPGHAN 2017 - Complementary feeding position paper (gluten and allergen timing)
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Pasta (nutrient data)
- FDA/EPA - Advice about eating fish (mercury and best low-mercury choices)
- USDA FoodData Central - Salmon (nutrient data)
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- USDA FoodData Central - Peas (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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