How to make baby eat the baby radish?

When we start food diversification with baby, we generally do not think of radish first. However, from the start, this colorful vegetable can only surprise baby's taste buds with its spicy and slightly peppery flavor.

How to find perfect baby radishes at the supermarket? We advise you to choose small or medium -sized vegetables with a crunchy and firm appearance with a beautiful bright red or shiny pink color with very green and fresh tops. Avoid radishes with tasks or cracks and yellow or faded tops. The fairly large radishes are generally more fibrous and hollow inside.

How to offer baby radish?

Baby radish benefits:

The radish is an excellent vegetable to offer baby. This small colorful vegetable is a significant intake of vitamin C and selenium helping in particular to boost the baby's immune system.

The radish is also perfect for moisturizing baby during meals thanks to its large water composition.

But that's not all! The radish is made up of molecules containing sulfur having a beneficial role for the liver, digestion, baby's immune system.

This red vegetable is a real ally for health.

  • Rich in vitamin C and selenium
  • Water -rich
  • Sulfur rich

Radish in baby's diet:

From the start of the BLW , you can introduce the radish in baby's diet.

In order to introduce the real flavor of this pink vegetable to your little one, you can offer him from April to October .

The radish will be offered:

From 6 months :

  • cut in half and steamed;
  • In the form of a spread to be offered on a carrier or using the pre-filled spoon.

From 12 months : raw and grated

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Attention points with baby radish:

The radish is a small round and hard food when it is believed, so it is part of the food at risk for your little one. During the food diversification led by the child, the radish will initially be offered cooked and cut in two or in many preparations. It is only around the age a year that you can introduce the texture of the raw radish by grating it.

How to cook baby radish?

Once baby has discovered the radish in its raw form, you can offer him in different ways using gourmet recipes to prepare at home. Discover the different textures that can be given to the radish in the baby's plate:

Smooth texture : spread, houmous, pesto, etc.

Fondant texture : cakes, pancakes, etc.

Soft texture : muffins, softness and pancakes

Some recipes with baby radishes:

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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