Cooking for Baby

Everything you need to prepare healthy, nutritious food for your baby: Find simple recipes and information about food allergies and intolerances, as well as food storage and safety.

Recipes for Young Toddlers: 18-24 Months

From snacks to entrées, find recipes and tips on how to get your growing (and opinionated) little one to try new and nutritious foods.

Text: Carolyn Land Williams, M.ED., R.D.

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Trying New Foods

Cooking ethnic dishes with mild seasonings is a great way to continue to expand baby’s palate. Toddlers at this age are usually still open to trying new foods—especially when they see the rest of the family eating the dish.

The recipes included in this collection offer simple ethnic dishes with modifications to make them toddler friendly but still tasty to the rest of the family. These recipes include dishes inspired by favorite foods from around the world.