The Best Spoon Foods For Babies 12-24 Months

Spoon foods and their recipes are very helpful  when it comes to feeding young children. The recipes we present in this article are easy to prepare, plus they contain healthy and nutritious ingredients that meet your child’s nutritional needs.

Upon reaching their first birthday, children begin to show independence. One stage on the road to independence is self-directed eating practice, which happens using your hands. Diversifying a child’s food options is an integral part of this process.

During his second year of life, the child begins to taste all kinds of food. At this point, it is time to introduce the child to the essential tool for eating, the spoon.

Using this cutlery will help your little one learn to eat solid foods. This means both learning to hold a spoon and moving thicker food in your mouth.

During the same learning process, the muscles in the baby’s mouth become stronger as he chews the food. The child’s eye-hand coordination also develops.

Foods to eat with a spoon for children aged 12-24 months

We now present four recipes to help you prepare the most delicious spoon-eating foods your little one will love. We are sure that every spoonful is an enjoyable experience for the child.

1. Endives

The endives are rich in vitamin K, have coagulating properties and promote the absorption of calcium into the bone. They also contain vitamin B9, which is an essential dietary supplement during a baby’s growth.

Ingredients

• Salt
• Potatoes
• Endive
• Cream
• Grated cheese
• Water
• Oil

Recipe

1. Wash the endive and cut its base into slices. Cook the slices in a saucepan with a small amount of oil.
2. Next, peel the potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Place the cubes in a hot pan and add about 2.5 dl of water.
3. Boil the mixture for 15 minutes before adding the cream and a pinch of salt.
4. Place the endive cream on a plate and add a little grated cheese on top.

2. Rice and milk seasoned with mango

The following recipe is delicious and will give your child more energy, thanks to the vitamin C contained in mango. You can serve food hot or cold, for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

• 3/4 dl rice
• 1/2 mango
• 3/4 dl brown sugar
• 3/4 dl coconut milk
• Win

Recipe

1. Boil water and add rice. Cook for 5 minutes. Currency.
2. Put the rice back in the pan. Add both coconut milk and sugar.
3. Continue cooking until the rice has absorbed about half the liquid.
   Place in the refrigerator.
4. Cut the mango into cubes and roast the cubes in a frying pan with a small amount of butter. Add a spoonful of brown sugar.
5. Add the mango to the rice and serve.

3. Vegetable tart

Here is another great recipe that your child can enjoy with a spoon.
In fact, this is an ideal option for the whole family. This is a unique and tasty way to serve vegetables, and that food can be eaten both hot and cold.

Ingredients

• Egg
• 2 1/2 dl cream cheese
• 1/2 dl cream
• Salt and pepper
• 1l of vegetables your family likes
  (e.g. carrots, zucchini, asparagus and tomatoes)

Recipe

1. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
2. Wash the vegetables and cut them into small cubes. If your baby is not yet eating chopped vegetables, you can grate them with a cheese grater, for example.
3. Bake the vegetables in the oven on top of oiled baking paper for 10 minutes.
4. Remove the vegetables from the oven and mix in the egg, cream cheese, cream, salt and pepper. Leave the oven on.
5. Pour the mixture into a pan and place the pan in a water bath, ie an oven-resistant container filled with water.
6. Finally, place the dish with the dishes in the oven and heat the food for another 20 minutes.

4. Banana cream

This last spoonable recipe provides plenty of nutrients to meet your child’s needs. This recipe is all you need to make an original gourmet dessert that your little one is sure to love.

Ingredients

• Sugar
• Banana
• Crushed biscuit
• Egg yolk
• 1 dl milk

Recipe

1. Preheat oven to 230 degrees.
2. Peel a banana and grate it well with a fork.
3. Place the banana in a bowl and top with egg yolk, sugar and milk. Beat until smooth.
4. Pour the dough into a casserole or cake tin and place a container of boiling water under it.
5. Bake for 10 minutes. Let it cool.
6. Sprinkle the biscuit crumbs over the chilled banana cream.

Now that you have delicious ideas, feel free to try these recipes! We are sure your baby will enjoy his new challenge of eating with a spoon!