We are always looking for healthy and creative ways to get good quality food into our little string bean. She was a tiny one when she was born weighing in at 5lbs 10oz. …Just turning 8 months she is super active – crawling everywhere and she’s always been very long and lean! Getting enough calories has always been a challenge. Momma has been feeding her going on over 8 months and we will continue to as long as we can. We started her on baby food about a month and a half ago and lately every time we sit down for dinner Evangeline starts grabbing for our food.

We’ve tried different fruit and veggie blends…but they all have one thing in common…they lack the calories she needs to keep up her weight. (She has not problem in the height dept.)

So one day it just dawned on us after much prayer….Quinoa! We love it and being Gluten & Dairy-free it’s our go-to protein source. (next to lean red meats) Quinoa has an amazing number of calories, grams of protein and has all the essential amino acids. Even calorie substitutes don’t come close to what Quinoa is packing.

And….our sweet pea LOVES quinoa! Below is a sample recipe we whiped up but you can add it to any baby food recipes…Fruit, veg or beyond. Use your imagination…but consult your guides to see when your little one can have what.

Our baby has intolerance’s to a large variety of foods like we do (gluten/wheat, daily, soy, corn, eggs, pork…and more) But Quinoa is delicious and the amount of recipes it can be used in are endless.

Depending on your baby’s age you may need to vary the time you blend the mix. Evangeline likes a little texture so we blend a little less.

We used the Baby Bullet & highly recommend it for anyone making homemade baby food. It’s a must own! You may also want to consider the steamer for carrots, broccoli, etc.

DIRECTIONS:
Chop, slice and dice:
1 Apple, 1 Banana, 3 slices of frozen peaches, 1 frozen strawberry, 1/2 cup Quinoa
Blend until you get the consistency you are looking for. (add some filtered water if it’s too thick)

Chop // Chop
Freeze in the baby bullet freezer containers to thaw and serve later or serve now.

Obviously this is a quinoa and fruit recipe….you can add quinoa to any homemade baby food recipe.
…Tomorrow I think we will try sweet potatoes, broccoli and quinoa.

To cook a batch of quinoa we do 1 cup of dry quinoa to 2 cups water (no seasoning for baby)
Bring to boil, string occasionally – Then cover and simmer for 20 mins – fluff with a fork.

Check out the nutritional facts and benefits of quinoa….It’s Bloggin’ Good Food!

Thanks to prayer and nutritionally packed Quinoa we have one happy baby that’s back to gaining weight nicely. She has lots of energy to play, her poo looks great, don’t really smell and are super digested and she’s been sleeping through the night. She’s happy & We’re happy!