Quinoa For Babies: 3 Healthy Recipes

Quinoa is only partially suitable for babies

While quinoa is healthy, it can also have adverse effects on baby health.

• The pseudo-cereal scores with a lot of proteins and minerals, which the small grains bring with them. Calcium, iron, and vitamin E are also plentiful.
• However, the skins contain bitter saponins, which the plant uses to protect itself from pests. Although commercially available quinoa is peeled or washed, residual saponins can still be present. Before cooking, you should wash quinoa again.
• The saponins can lead to intolerance in babies.

Recipe for sweet quinoa porridge

All small children like sweet porridge. With quinoa, he gets healthy too.

• You need 50 g quinoa, a teaspoon each of agave syrup and cinnamon, an apple, and 150 ml water.
• Wash the quinoa seeds and then boil them in water for about five minutes.
• Meanwhile, wash the apple, remove the core, and cut the fruit into small pieces. Add this to the pot with the agave syrup and cinnamon with the quinoa.
• Let everything cook until the liquid has evaporated and the porridge has the desired consistency. The porridge is then allowed to steep for another ten minutes without a stove.

Oatmeal pancakes with quinoa

Pancakes are delicious and healthy at the same time if you make them with oatmeal and quinoa.

• For six small pancakes you need 2 tablespoons flour, 3 tablespoons rolled oats, 1.5 tablespoons puffed quinoa, 1.5 tablespoons peanut butter, 0.5 tablespoons concentrated apple juice, an egg, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, and a banana.
• First, mash the banana very finely, then mix in the flour, rolled oats, baking soda, and egg to form a smooth batter.
• From this, you bake golden brown pancakes in a pan with a little oil. On the plate, pour some concentrated apple juice and peanut butter over the pancakes and spread the puffed quinoa over them.

Quinoa and carrot stew

Healthy ingredients make this stew really tasty.

• You need 25 g quinoa, 1 large carrot, ¼ bunch of spring onions, some olive oil, 75 ml coconut milk, and 100 ml water. Seasoned with a pinch each of cumin, turmeric, and coriander.
• After cleaning, cut the spring onions into small rings, peel the carrot and cut into slices that are not too thick.
• Now sauté the onions in a little olive oil and add the carrots and washed quinoa. Shortly thereafter, add the water and coconut milk and let everything simmer together for about 20 minutes.
• Finally, taste everything with the spices.