Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Homemade brown rice cereal for baby

I've been feeding my baby this rice cereal. It is so much fresher and tastier than the Gerber powdered rice cereal. And inexpensive. A great way to feed whole grains to an infant.

Ingredients:
Organic brown rice   (I buy a bag at Costco)
water
salt
sugar (brown or white)
milk (optional)


Directions
Grind 2 cups of brown rice into rice flour   (I use a Nutrimill)
Boil 2 cups water with a dash of salt. For older babies, I like to use 1 cup water and 1 cup whole milk.
Gradually add 1/4 cup rice flour, whisking to prevent lumps.
Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in 1 tablespoon sugar or to taste.
Allow to cool.
Feed baby.

Porridge can be thinned with formula.
I also like to mix it with pureed veggies.

Leftover porridge can be stored in the refrigerator or frozen in serving size portions.


1 comment:

Neal said...

You have a great idea. The veggies help the rice taste better. We routinely mixed up some porridge and added one tablespoon of pureed vegetables at a time. We put a bit of each on the baby's spoon. As they slowed down, we used up the last of the mixed food and kept the leftover veggies and cereal in separate, sealed containers. Eve is feeding herself so much now that she won't need this method.