California Farm Fresh Baby Vegetables

Name: California Farm Fresh Baby Vegetables
Yield: 1 baby 4 to 12 months
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 vegetable groups:; I leafy greens: dark green vegetables, kale, spinach, arugula,collard greens, lettuce; II root vegetables: sweet potato mash, carrot purée,radishes, turnips, parsnips, sweet potatoes, beetroots; III bulb vegetables: onions, garlic, leeks, shallots; IV stem vegetables: asparagus, celery rhubarb, bamboo shoots,; V flower vegetables: broccoli,cauliflower,artichokes,zucchini blossoms; VI fruit vegetables: zucchini purée, crookneck squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant,bell peppers; VII pod vegetables: green beans,peas,okra,snow peas; VIII tuber vegetables: potatoes, yams, Jerusalem artichokes; IX seed vegetables: corn, legumes,; X fungi and seaweed: button mushrooms,shiitake mushrooms, portobello mushrooms; 6 Fruit groups:; I citrus; II berries: strawberries, blueberry purée; III pomes: red apple sauce, pear purée, fingerfood; IV stone fruits: avocado purée; V melons, chopped or purée; VI tropical fruits: banana purée

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

Babies grow up liking all vegetables and fruits they have first tasted between the ages of 4 months to 12 months, 240 days. They like those best that they tasted fresh.
Farmers worldwide cultivate over one thousand vegetables and fruits, from ten different types of vegetables and six different types of fruits.
By feeding babies two different vegetables a day and one fruit, babies learn to enjoy all of these food groups.
Here are recipes for different fresh vegetables and fruits you can teach babies to taste and enjoy growing up.

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

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Ingredients

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1 baby 4 to 12 months

10vegetable groups:
I leafy greens: dark green vegetables, kale, spinach, arugula,collard greens, lettuce
II root vegetables: sweet potato mash, carrot purée,radishes, turnips, parsnips, sweet potatoes, beetroots
III bulb vegetables: onions, garlic, leeks, shallots
IV stem vegetables: asparagus, celery rhubarb, bamboo shoots,
V flower vegetables: broccoli,cauliflower,artichokes,zucchini blossoms
VI fruit vegetables: zucchini purée, crookneck squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant,bell peppers
VII pod vegetables: green beans,peas,okra,snow peas
VIII tuber vegetables: potatoes, yams, Jerusalem artichokes
IX seed vegetables: corn, legumes,
X fungi and seaweed: button mushrooms,shiitake mushrooms, portobello mushrooms
6Fruit groups:
I citrus
II berries: strawberries, blueberry purée
III pomes: red apple sauce, pear purée, fingerfood
IV stone fruits: avocado purée
V melons, chopped or purée
VI tropical fruits: banana purée

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Steps

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Stage One baby food: steam vegetables till soft, add breastmilk, formula or water, puree till smooth, spoon feed. Keeps 5 days in fridge. Feed breastmilk or formula before and after the solid. Introduce a new vegetable every three days in addition to the earlier ones. Total solids serving 4 ounces, half a cup.
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Stage One baby cereals: buy premix or liquify cooked salmon, scrambled egg, add breastmilk or formula, bottle feed. Total solids serving 4 ounces, half a cup.
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Finger foods: make small pieces that cannot choke your baby: well steamed, total 4 ounces, half a cup.
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Allergy foods: Consult your pediatrician. Enjoy.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on August 28, 2025 17:23

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.