Baby Food Recipe - Asian Cuisine ( for babies learning to self feed)

If your baby refuses to be fed from a spoon, don't worry it's because he/she is showing signs of being independent. She wants to feed herself, so what you need is to prepare a meal which allows them to do so. They usually like to pick up the food with their hands, which is fine, start off with that for the first few meals. Slowly introduce their baby spoons or fork with the food. They may not accept them immediately, but more importantly keep doing. As long as they continue to eat, it's fine. Here's a simple recipe which you can do to help your child with both using their hands and utensils.

MINI STEAM MEAT BALLS

servings - approx 15 pieces
Preparation time - approx 45min


INGREDIENTS
3 table spoon of minced chicken

broccoli - 1 stem ( equivalent to 1 little "tree")

carrot - 1 slice


Less than half a tea spoon of flour

PREPARATION
Chop the broccoli and carrots into tiny fine pieces

Place the minced meat into a bowl and Mix the chop broccoli and carrot together


Sprinkle the flour over the paste and mix them again until the flour is dissolved

Take a tea spoon of paste and roll into a small ball.
Note: I based the size of the meat ball similar to a lime so that your baby can hold the food easily.

COOK
Let the meat balls steam for 15min.

Leave them to cool down so that your baby can help him or herself easily. 

Encourage them to self feed by using a baby plastic fork with the meat on top . It will get a little messy for babies learning to self feed, but it's alright. Don't be discouraged, do it often and they should pick up within a week.