Corn and Cheese Bread
From 9 months · 5 servings · 40 min
Ingredients
What you'll need
- Yogurt
- Ghee
- Egg
- Cornmeal (polenta)
- Mozzarella cheese
Method
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How to prepare each food
Yogurt
Keep offering plain, full-fat, pasteurized yogurt, letting your baby practice self-feeding with a spoon. You can thicken it with mashed fruit or fold it into porridge. Still avoid sweetened and honey-containing yogurts.
Spoonable. Offer on a spoon for self-feeding practice.
Ghee
Continue using ghee in small amounts to cook or finish soft finger foods and family dishes. A little goes a long way; keep added salt and sugar out of the meal.
No cutting needed; melt or stir a small amount through the food.
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.
Cornmeal (polenta)
Offer soft polenta as a thicker mash, or let cooked polenta firm up and cut it into soft, gummable strips or small squares your baby can pick up. Keep it moist and tender.
Soft strips or small squares (about ½ inch / 1 cm), or a thick mash.
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.
Putting it together
A soft baked corn bread with yogurt, ghee, and melted mozzarella.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- AAP - Why infant formula instead of cow's milk before 12 months
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Yogurt (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Ghee (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Egg (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Cornmeal (polenta) (nutrient data)
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- USDA FoodData Central - Mozzarella cheese (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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