Raw Food Recipe for Babies #2
Have you ever have one of those times where you’ve gotten really behind on supplying yourself ingredients for raw food? Maybe those dadburned bananas are still green? Your spouse found your stash of cacao powder and is making lines on a mirror in the bathroom? We were in one of these situations today. And with our local raw vegan store closed, I thought I would wrack my brain and come up with a smoothie recipe that was at least palatable.
Little did I know that it was more than palatable, it was magnifique! Usually if we make a smoothie we have to plan on giving some to our little boy…he’s no dummy, he knows where the good stuff is and its usually in a mason jar! Thank goodness I made enough.
I just had to write this one down because little bambino is loving life! When he got a taste of this one he was literally begging for more!
While we primarily feed him Mama’s milk at every chance, we also supplement his diet with the best foods nature has to offer. Of which we’ve researched and have found that they are age appropriate and safe. Most books on raising babies encourage feeding them gentle pureed foods when they start to give you looks that say “um….excuse me? Whatever you’ve got in your chops, pops looks REALLY good!” That’s usually the go sign!
Here’s a recipe that will give the parent a big smoothie too!
Spring water
1/4 cup organic raw hazelnuts
3 tbs raw organic chia seeds
2 organic red delicious apples, cored, unpeeled
1 pint organic strawberries, fresh or frozen
1 tbs raw organic carob powder.
raw sweetener of your choice and palate
Start by adding chia seeds into blender, then add hazelnuts and spring water. I usually add about 1 cup to start. Blend for one minute depending on your blender. My Vitamix will turn any nut into a nut mylk within that time. Add apples, blend, strawberries, blend, and carob powder. I usually find that carob powder sweetens things up just fine but you may find yourself adding some raw agave or maybe yacon syrup.
Important: make sure that if you use frozen strawberries to leave your Vitamix or Blendtec on a while to warm it the smoothie to at least room temperature. Babies and cold foods, especially spoonable foods is not a good idea ever. To thicken, you can add chia.
I think it was a hit, how about you?
