I did this project with Pigeon Malaysia early this month at My Town in Kuala Lumpur. The event location, Good Times was a colorful and fun filled location for our event.
A complementary diet introduces semi solid to infant who is ready to take food besides breast milk or formula during their forth to 6th month of life. Sharing as a feeding therapist cum a senior dietitian made me better able to share a full story about feeding our babies.
My sharing was followed by a cooking demonstration by Chef Samantha and parent-child hands on session.
Watching mom and child interaction during the session was the most rewarding for me. There were dad who took active roles in child care to support their spouses who were listening attentively during the sharing.
Recipe #1: Pear-y
Brown Rice Puree
Complementary food suitable for 4- 5 month old babies
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Main Ingredients:
Brown rice, cooked ½ cup
Pear, ripe ¼ piece
Ikan bilis 10
1.
Cook brown rice with calcium rich ingredient
(ikan bilis)
2.
Cut and slice pear, fresh on the spot.
3. Blend
all ingredients to create watery porridge.
4.
Serve/store in 2 oz tubs or bowl.
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Recipe #2: Green Congee
Complementary food suitable for
4- 5 month old babies
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Main Ingredients:
White rice, cooked ½ cup
Baby spinach 3-4 leaves
Full cream milk/EBM ½ cup
1.
Cook rice porridge with kelp
2.
Off the fire on the stove. Add baby spinach to
cook for a minute.
3.
Blend all ingredients to create watery
porridge.
4.
Serve/store in 2 oz tubs or bowl.
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Recipe #3: Fruity Lunch
Complementary food suitable for 5-6 month old babies
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Main Ingredients:
Brown rice, cooked ½ cup
Green apple, ripe ¼ piece
Full cream milk ½ cup
Banana, ripe, sliced
1.
Cook brown rice till soft.
2.
Scoop and stir soft brown rice with full cream
milk.
3.
Peel, chopped and steam green apple.
(optional) Sprinkle with cinnamon powder.
4. Add
green apple into soft porridge.
5.
Add sliced banana on top.
6.
Serve in bowl.
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Recipe #4: Mashed Potato Pumpkin
Porridge
Complementary food suitable for
7-8 month old babies
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Peel, 1cm Cube, potato 1/3 cup
Brown rice porridge (grainy) 1/4 cup
Pumpkin ¼ cup
Full cream milk/EBM (optional) ½ cup
1.
Boil potato and brown rice with calcium rich
(chicken bone/fish bone)
2.
Steam pumpkin. Scrap off flesh and serve with
porridge.
3.
Mix milk for taste or texture.
4.
Serve in bowl.
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Recipe #5: Crunchy
string beans and mushroom porridge (Vegetarian)
Complementary food suitable for 9-10 month old babies
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Portion size: 1
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Preparation time: 15min
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Steps
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Ingredients
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Amount
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Utensils needed
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1
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Cook soft rice and kelp together
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Rice
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5
tbp
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Pot with lid
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Warm
water
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160
ml
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electric kettle
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Kelp
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2
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Chop
string beans finely
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String
beans, young
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3
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cutting board #2
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3
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Cut
mushroom finely
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button
mushroon, fresh
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2
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pairing knife
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4
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Steam
all vegetables in a bowl for ~10min
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Goji
Berry
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8
pc
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bowls x 3
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5
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Mix
vegetables into porridge and serve warm
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Bowl (presentable)
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