How to make baby eat broccoli

Broccoli is part of the Brassicaceae family (formerly cruciferous) it is a vegetable with many advantages for our health, but also for that of baby! It is easy to cook and we can find it all year round on our stalls! It is therefore one of the vegetables not to forget when baby begins the food diversification led by the child.

The broccoli with firm stems and very green flowers are the best! You can keep it 4 to 5 days in your refrigerator.

You can associate it with salmon or fish in general. It is also often associated with carrots or potatoes.

How to eat broccoli to baby that starts food diversification

Baby broccoli benefits:

Broccoli has an excellent reputation for its nutritional profile! Its micronutrient richness is inversely proportional to its low energy value. That is to say, it is as poor in calories as it is rich in vitamins (C, K, B9, E, A), minerals (calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium), trace elements (zinc, manganese, copper, nickel, fluorine, cobalt, iodine, selenium) and antioxidants. It brings for example twice as much vitamin C as orange. In short, a real nutritional bomb!

  • Strong antioxidant power;
  • Excellent source of vitamin C;
  • Rich in dietary fibers;
  • Promotes transit.

Broccoli in baby food:

From the 6 months and the start of the BLW , you can introduce broccoli into baby's diet.

In order to introduce the true flavor of this green vegetable to your little one, we advise you to offer it from June to November .

The broccoli will be proposed:

From 6 months :

How to offer baby broccoli that starts food diversification?

Attention points with baby broccoli

Like cauliflower, broccoli can be difficult to digest for baby. To avoid this inconvenience, offer this vegetable sparingly by first. And thus check his tolerance to this vegetable.

How to cook baby broccoli?

Once baby has discovered broccoli in the form of flowers, you can offer him in different ways: this will allow him to discover this food in all its forms and will awaken his taste buds, but also his curiosity.

Smooth texture : a broccoli puree

Liquid texture : a broccoli velvety

Fondant texture : steam -cooked flowers, kibbles, pancakes, etc.

Soft texture : muffins and pancakes

Some recipes with baby broccoli:

Having started purees at 4 months and wanting to start BLW from 6 months is quite possible. Or you are wondering how breast / infantile milk and BLW combined.

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