JulieBhosaleAchive

This is a ridiculously super simple recipe - literally made with three ingredients which is a great way to explore egg (and leafy greens for the matter) for little ones. Some babies struggle with the texture of egg so this is something a bit different which is grain free and dairy free. You can adapt this to include pretty much any vegetable, and feel free to add some herbs as well. Ingredients: 10 Eggs 1 cup of spinach or silverbeet, chopped finely 1/2 cup of red capsicum, diced finely 1 tb of coconut oil (for greasing the muffin tin)   Directions:  Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and grease the muffin tin well with coconut oil (you could also use silicon cups, I would lightly grease these still). Break the eggs into a large bowl and whisk together. Place in the greens and capsicum into the bottom of each muffin hole. Pour the egg mixture over the top. Bake in the oven for approximately 20 minutes. These may bubble up but they will collapse back down. Take out and a...

Introducing food high in iron to your baby is crucial. As our breast-milk and formula has only trace amounts of iron babies are born with enough iron stores to last them up until around six months of age, after which iron must be supplemented in their diet. As a really high source of haem iron (very easily absorbed) I am asked a lot about how and when to introduce meat into a baby. You can read more about this over my previous blog here and this is a great high iron puree to try with your baby! It is one straight from my new book The Nourished Baby   (available on pre-order now!) These ingredients especially the mince, liver and kale are all great sources of iron. The trick with using liver (which has 9mg/100g of iron) is to nuterialise the smell with some lemon juice before hand - just allow a few hours for this. Ingredients: 150g lambs fry 1/2 lemon 1/2 cup mince (or other red meat like a lamb chop) Coconut oil or olive oil (for pan frying meat) 1 carrot, chopped (can leave skin on) ...