First Food Ideas For a Baby Starting Solids
The best first foods for your baby are nutritionally-dense wholefoods.
PURÉE
Kūmara
Pumpkin
Avocado
Beetroot
Broccoli
Carrot
Potato
Cassava
Apple
Pear
Banana
Mango
Chicken
Lamb
Beef
Fish
FINGER FOOD
- Cucumber peeled and cut into finger-sized sticks
- Kiwifruit peeled and cut into finger-sized shapes
- Steamed broccoli
- Steamed cauliflower
- Vegetables like kūmara, carrot and potato cut into finger-sized shapes and roasted
- Hard boiled egg cut into wedges
- Wholegrain toast fingers with peanut butter or hummus
- Thin slices of cheese
- Grated raw carrot or apple