week 18: food diversification
When it comes to introducing real foods into a baby’s diet, the French have a neat concept: food diversification. The idea is to widen the child’s sense of taste and texture and introduce them to the fantastic world of foods and flavors.
My daughter is 5 months old and I have started with the first step: introducing broth in her milk. Other than the occasional formula bottle and a little rice cereal that I mix into it she has been mostly breastfed, so I was eager to capture this milestone on video. I also wanted to see if she would enjoy it as much as I thought she would, as she has been oggling the food on our plates for many weeks.
Watch this video, you won’t be disappointed.
Read on for recipe information
Make broth from three or four vegetables: I chose onion, carrot and lettuce for the first bottle; and added zucchini for the second. In winter, use leeks.
Cut up a handful of each vegetable and boil in water for 25 minutes (onions/leeks should boil for 25, carrots for 20 and zucchini/lettuce for less than 5).
Strain the broth and mix it into a bottle with formula or breastmilk.
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