Best Baby Food Recipes – a full collection of homemade recipes that are perfect for all stages of solids! All of these recipes are delicious and full of natural and healthy ingredients. From 4-month starter purees all the way to chunky purees, these recipes will take you up to and beyond 10 months.
Baby Food Recipes
Making your own baby food can seem super daunting 😰 at first, but in reality, it is so easy! If you are just starting out – then make sure to read my Guide on how to Make Homemade Baby Food!
All of these recipes below are quick and easy to make at home, don’t require many ingredients and they also taste 💯 better than any store-bought brands.
Baby purees are also the ultimate meal prep item – as they freeze really well making it easy to make in batches and defrost when baby is hungry.
Below you will find easy and healthy purees for stages 1, 2 & 3 for your baby, and with so many options you’ll easily find something they enjoy 😋!
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Use fresh produce, organic when possible: using the freshest ingredients will ensure you get the best-tasting baby food purees.
Adding Spices: adding spices and herbs to baby’s purees is completely optional, but is a great way to ramp up the flavor without adding in any salt or preservatives. Believe it or not, baby is used to spices from what you have eaten, whether that is from breastmilk or from the womb. These early stages of feeding is all about exposure to all of the different tastes of veggies, fruits, protein, carbs and spices.
Freezer-Friendly: all of the purees below are completely freezer-friendly. So make that work for you! Make a double batch so you can serve some to baby for the week and then freeze the rest for later on.
How to Make Homemade Baby Food
If you are just getting started making your own baby food – then welcome! This is a fun (and yummy) club to be in 😄. While it seems daunting at first, making your own baby food is super easy once you get the hang of it. I would suggest that you start by reading my very in-depth Guide on how to Make Homemade Baby Food, and then checking out some of the Stage One Puree Recipes, as many of them have step-by-step videos that show you just how easy it is to make you own baby food 👊.
Tools to Make the Best Purees
Here are a few of my favorite kitchen tool essentials to make the process of cooking, blending and freezing baby food super simple.
This Broccoli Baby Food with olive oil recipe is a great way to introduce healthy green vegetables into your baby's diet. A delicious puree full of essential vitamins and healthy fats for growing baby
This Homemade Sweet Potato with Curry Baby Food Puree is a fun and exotic first puree for baby! Great for 4+ months and is completely freezer-friendly!
This smooth and creamy Homemade Quinoa Baby Cereal has an earthy and robust taste and is loaded with protein, fiber, iron, folate and magnesium. It’s great served as a meal itself or mixed with baby’s favorite fruit or vegetable puree.
This homemade Roasted Butternut Squash Baby Food Puree not only contains calcium, folate, vitamins A and C and fiber but it is also a deliciously smooth way to introduce butternut squash to your baby!
Stage 2 purees will make baby’s mealtime more exciting, with multiple-ingredient combination purees. This is the time to really focus on exposing baby to a wide variety of fruits, veggies, grains and proteins along with spices and herbs to make fun and unique flavor combinations. Great for 6+ months of age.
This 5-Minute Pear + Blueberry Baby Food recipe is a simple and delicious baby food puree filled with fiber, antioxidants, folate and potassium for the win!
This vibrant puree has a fun yet complex sweet and savory taste profile and I would for sure add in a pinch of mild curry powder or chopped fresh thyme to play up the exotic flavor that is happening.
This comforting fall flavored Carrot, Corn & Pumpkin will surly be a winner with baby’s expanding tastebuds. And since it is filled with nutrients that help boost baby’s eye, nerve, bone and brain development, it will be a winner with mom as well.
Green Baby Puree with Chicken is a delicious chunky puree that can be made in under 30 minutes! It is loaded with healthy green vegetables, lean protein and topped off with some apple sweetness.
This Beef + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree with Thyme is comfort food in a bowl – for baby! Tender, creamy, and savory, your little one will love this delicious puree for lunch or dinner.
This Cauliflower, Apple + Tandoori Baby Food Puree finds the perfect balance of sweet, tangy with a slight kick from the tandoori. Great way to introduce baby to the bold and exotic flavor profile of tandoori.
This vibrant green puree is made with avocado, spinach and sensitive oatmeal cereal and is full of healthy fats (help fill baby up for longer), protein, fiber, iron and folate.
This Sweet Potato, Carrot, Cauliflower Baby Food Puree with Chia Seeds is as nutrient dense and veggie filled of a baby food puree as you can get – plus it tastes so good baby will want to eat it!
This Sweet Corn, Squash and Apple Baby Food Puree combination tastes so good! Filled with 3 wholesome ingredients, this puree not only tastes great but it is also loaded with essential vitamins and minerals to help baby grow big and strong.
This intensely colored Banana, Cherry and Beet Baby Food Puree is full of fiber, potassium, antioxidants and a vast amount of other essential vitamins and minerals for baby.
This Spinach Apple Baby Puree is high in iron and a perfect food to introduce to baby around 6 months. With the addition of cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, this stage two combination puree tastes amazing!
This healthy baby breakfast is made with a heaping serving of mixed berries, zucchini and wholesome oatmeal cereal that has a good amount of fiber, folate, iron and vitamins A, D and E in it that will help start baby’s morning off right.
This homemade Stage 2 puree comes together in just minutes, is packed with vitamins, and is the perfect healthy recipe for babies aged 6 months and up.
Filled with 3 whole food ingredients, this puree not only tastes great but it is also loaded with essential vitamins and minerals to help baby grow big and strong.
Filled with not 1 but 2 (!!) green veggies that provide a big heaping dose of protein, calcium, vitamin A and C, fiber and iron and served with a side of yumminess.
This Blackberry + Kale + Apple Baby Food Puree is a fast and easy puree -mighty apples are steamed with dark and enticing blackberries and nutrient rich baby kale.
This golden yellow puree is filled with roasted carrots, sweet potatoes, parsnips, and beets and sprinkled with a little olive oil and thyme for a delicious and healthy baby puree meal!
Tropical Pumpkin Baby Food Puree is a fun twist on the classic pumpkin puree and is made with earthy pumpkin, citrusy pineapple, flavorful coconut and a nice kick of ginger.
This healthy homemade stage two baby food puree comes together in just minutes, is packed with vitamins, and and perfect for babies aged 6 months and up.
Loaded with vitamin A, B6, C, E, folate, beta-carotene, potassium, calcium, lycopene and fiber, this puree has a ton of essential nutrients for growing baby!
This Banana, Tofu + Pear Baby Food Puree looks meek but it is loaded with potassium, fiber and protein along with high amounts of vitamin B6, C and B2.
Stage 3 is full of hearty meals with multiple-ingredient purees with soft-cooked chunks of food inside. This stage is all about giving baby time to learn how to chew and swallow small pieces of soft foods. The next step will be finger foods or table foods.
Green Baby Puree with Chicken is a delicious chunky puree that can be made in under 30 minutes! It is loaded with healthy green vegetables, lean protein and topped off with some apple sweetness.
This puree is packed with antioxidants, fiber, Vitamin A and C from the blueberries and protein, zinc, manganese, folate and iron from the chickpeas. All of that goodness packed into a super simple and delicious puree!
This Roasted Carrot, Cherry + Millet Baby Food Puree is a rich and savory meal that can be served either smooth or chunky depending on your baby’s stage.
I have made every single one of these recipes and have frozen them for months for my baby and my nephew who’s mommy is ill and cannot make food for her littles. It has been a life saver and my baby has enjoyed every single recipe I have made from here! It’s healthy and amazing! I ordered small containers with lids from Amazon 100pk X3 and just cook for two straight days until I have 300 portions – freeze and use for three months. Thank you thank you!!
2 Comments on “75 Best Baby Food Recipes (Stage 1, 2 & 3)”
I have made every single one of these recipes and have frozen them for months for my baby and my nephew who’s mommy is ill and cannot make food for her littles. It has been a life saver and my baby has enjoyed every single recipe I have made from here! It’s healthy and amazing! I ordered small containers with lids from Amazon 100pk X3 and just cook for two straight days until I have 300 portions – freeze and use for three months. Thank you thank you!!
This is the most amazing thing I have heard! Way to go! What a great gift you are giving your baby and your nephew.