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Spicing up your infant's diet

Spicing up your infant's diet

The foods that are typically introduced to infants around 6 months of age, are pureed, soft, and mushy in consistency, and they tend to be quite bland (from an adult's perspective). To your infant, these bland foods awake their taste buds that have been happily feeding breastmilk and/or formula for the last 6 months. Infants may dive in and become an excellent eating, while others are a little more cautious of these new foods, flavours, and textures, and not be as willing to open up for them.

For more information, check out the full article from Global News here: Babies can start eating spices after 6 months

Blueberry Bliss

Blueberry Bliss

Author: Andrea Carpenter, RD

Recipe Type: Smoothies

Serving: 2

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened milk alternative (pea, hemp, almond, coconut)
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 2 TBSP hemp hearts

Directions:

  1. Add all ingredients to the blender, in the order listed above.
  2. Start blender at low and gradually increase to maximum (or use a smoothie setting if your blender has it). Add additional water if too thick.
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Multigrain Salad

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Multigrain Salad

As a dietitian, and foodie, I eat most (healthy) foods, however quinoa is one of the super-foods that I am just not that into. I enjoy it sparingly added to salads, soups, but to enjoy a bowl of it, I'd rather pass. That's what I love so much about this multi-grain salad - the multiple grains! It's not just quinoa; its quinoa + barley + wheat berries + whatever other whole grains you have in your pantry.