WEANING RECIPE: BABY BIRCHER

Weaning recipe: Baby Bircher image

Once your baby is used to purées, move them onto a more textured breakfast. This weaning Bircher combines delicious fruit, oats, chia seeds and milk

Provided by Caroline Hire - Food writer

Time 5m

Yield 1- 2 portions for baby or young child

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

½ or 1 small apple or pear, finely grated (or 2 tbsp fruit purée)
25g rolled oats
1 tsp chia seeds
75ml baby or toddler's milk

Steps:

Mix together the fruit, oats, chia seeds and milk. If baby is used to soft foods and purées, you'll need to steam the fruit (see tip below). If baby is used to more texture then you can peel and finely grate the apple or pear.
Soak for an hour, covered in the fridge - the Bircher is ready to serve when the chia seeds are completely soft and gel-like. For babies, this should be eaten on the day of making, for toddlers, you can leave it in the fridge overnight and serve for breakfast if you like.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 40 calories, Fat 1 grams fat, SaturatedFat 0.3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 6 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 1 grams protein, Sodium 0.01 milligram of sodium