{"id":15708,"date":"2017-07-20T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eggs.ca\/recipeideas\/4-delicious-whole-egg-recipes-for-your-baby-at-6-months\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T17:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:19:44","slug":"4-delicious-whole-egg-recipes-for-your-baby-at-6-months","status":"publish","type":"recipeideas","link":"https:\/\/eggs.ca\/recipeideas\/4-delicious-whole-egg-recipes-for-your-baby-at-6-months\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Delicious Whole Egg Recipes For Your Baby At 6 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Introducing whole eggs to babies is a gradual process\u2014one that also marks a major milestone in your child\u2019s growth and development.<\/h3>\n<p>A lot of new mothers are probably wondering, \u201chow old do babies need to be to eat eggs?\u201d The answer is 6 months! According to <a href='\/nutrition\/for-your-baby' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Canada\u2019s 2013 updated infant feeding guidelines<\/a>, whole eggs can be introduced to babies at 6 months as a way to help prevent egg allergies.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few quick, endlessly customizable and delicious egg recipes for your baby at 6 months:<\/p>\n<h4>1. Mashed Eggs and Vegetables<\/h4>\n<p>We are so thrilled about this egg recipe for your baby. Eggs, like Harry Potter\u2019s invisibility cloak, are the perfect way to hide something\u2014in this case, a multitude of carrots and peas.<\/p>\n<p>The charm of this recipe is in its simplicity. Here\u2019s the breakdown:<\/p>\n<h5>Ingredients<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eggs.ca\/recipes\/basic-hard-boiled-eggs\">hard boiled egg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vegetables (carrots, peas or both)<\/li>\n<li>Decent arm and shoulder strength (for the mashing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Instructions<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Boil or steam vegetables until soft<\/li>\n<li>Mash whole egg and vegetables into a smooth and delightful paste<\/li>\n<li>Serve with a smile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2. Veggies, Egg and Brown Rice<\/h4>\n<p>This yummy baby meal idea is one of many that are perfect for newly weaned babies. #Veggielicious<\/p>\n<h5>Ingredients<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eggs.ca\/recipes\/basic-hard-boiled-eggs\">hard boiled eggs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 cup cooked brown rice<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup cooked and pur\u00e9ed vegetable of choice (broccoli, carrots, kale, sweet potatoes or peas\u2014go bananas, really)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Instructions<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Pour all ingredients into a bowl and mash to preferred consistency and texture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>3. Yummy White Bean Egg Pur\u00e9e<\/h4>\n<p>This is another great pur\u00e9e baby food combination. As a recipe that can be served either warm or cold, this recipe works as a great on-the-go snack or food to carry while travelling with your baby.<\/p>\n<h5>Ingredients<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eggs.ca\/recipes\/basic-hard-boiled-eggs\">hard boiled egg<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp white beans<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp milk (whole milk, formula or breast milk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Instructions<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Pur\u00e9e all ingredients to your preferred texture<\/li>\n<li>Add more milk to achieve a lighter consistency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>4. Mashed Hard boiled Egg<\/h4>\n<p>For mothers who want to keep it simple, nothing says fuss-free like an actual hard boiled egg for your baby.<\/p>\n<h5>Ingredients<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Instructions<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Place cold eggs in a single later in a saucepan. Cover with at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) cold water over top of the eggs.<\/li>\n<li>Cover saucepan and bring quickly to a boil over high heat. Immediately remove pan from heat to stop boiling. Let eggs stand in water for 12 minutes (large eggs).<\/li>\n<li>Drain water and immediately run cold water over eggs until cooled.<\/li>\n<li>Peel eggs, mash, and serve!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All in all, eggs add an easy-to-eat, tasty base to a number of other solid foods, and help protect your baby from developing an egg allergy\u2014win\/win\/win! Want to know more? Check out our <a href='\/recipe-category\/baby-recipes'>recipe page for other creative baby food ideas<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7542,"template":"","class_list":["post-15708","recipeideas","type-recipeideas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eggs.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipeideas\/15708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eggs.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipeideas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eggs.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recipeideas"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eggs.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eggs.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}