The food diversification led by the child allows you to make baby discover all the foods and flavors offered by the world. Starchy foods will also be part of the power of your little one!
Starchy foods in baby diet
From the start of the food diversification led by the child, it is important to offer a baby starchy foods each meal . In this way, you can spread the energetic contribution of your little one throughout the day. Indeed, starchy foods are made up of complex natural sugars including starch, also called slow sugars, which allow our body to create an energy reserve to face each new day.
There are three large groups of starchy foods: legumes rich in vegetable and fiber protein, tubers and finally fiber -rich cereals
Starchy foods are therefore part of the bases of food and are also found in the composition of a balanced plate for your little one.
Which starchy foods for baby?
Many starchy foods can be discovered by baby during the food diversification led by the child.
Baby will be able to discover legumes using lenses, chickpeas, white beans, quinoa, etc.
The sweet potato and the potato being part of the tubers can be tasted by your little end.
Baby will discover the flavor of the so -called " cereal " starchy foods with rice, pasta, bulgur, polenta, semolina, etc. It is advisable to start with classic starchy that can easily be digested by baby. Subsequently, you can introduce complete starchy foods into baby. It is also possible to introduce this category of baby starchy foods in other forms with bread , wraps, flower bread, etc.
With so many starchy foods to offer at your little one, you can easily vary the pleasures ! You can even discover or rediscover certain starchy foods thanks to the meal preparation for your little one.
How to cook baby starchy foods?
Cereal starchy foods are too small to be offered alone to baby apart from large pasta. You can, however, make them discover at your little one by introducing them into recipes such as rice dumplings, bite of pasta, boulgour or quinoa salads, pasta in sauce, etc. When cooking the cereal starchy foods for your little one, it is strongly not recommended to salt the water , because the baby kidneys are still too immature to digest the salt correctly.
Legumes are often too small than to be tasted in their raw form , some are even part of food at risk . In order to be offered to baby in a safe format, it will be important to offer legumes in recipes suitable for baby. Chickpeas or white beans can be mixed in puree and offered to baby using the pre -filled spoon or on a carrier .
For starchy foods , it's much easier. You can offer them in the form of steamed sticks or in delicious recipes adapted to baby's evolution.
Many recipes made up of starchy foods wait to awaken the taste buds from your little one.
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Starchy foods will have to be part of baby's diet from the start of BLW . Concoct to baby delicious recipes with starchy foods to make him discover all these flavors and especially the pleasure of eating pasta.
