Baby's Mixed Vegetables with Chicken (for 8 months onwards)

This baby food recipe is quite easy to prepare and is very versatile. Peel, dice, boil/simmer, put it in a blender or mash with a fork! Done. And the great thing is, babies love it. This has been a favorite recipe of my baby for months. Sometimes I omit the carrot. Sometimes I cook it without the chicken. Sometimes I cook it with tender pork or beef slices instead of chicken!

*Baby's Mixed Vegetables with Chicken

Ingredients:
Each vegetable should be diced about 1 cm per side
3/4 cup sweet potatoes
3/4 cup potatoes
3/4 cup sayote (chayote)
1/4 cup carrots
1/4 cup skinless chicken breast
2 cups water

In a pot, boil the water then add all the other ingredients putting the chicken on top. Simmer for 15 minutes. Get the chicken pieces on top together with the water then blend in a blender at power 1 for about 10 seconds then add in all the other vegetables. Stir. Blend in the blender at power 1 for another 5 seconds. Stir. Blend for another 5 seconds.

I just use a blender to make things easier but you don't really have to. Just slice the chicken breast across the grain as thin as you can (put it in the freezer for about 20 minutes before slicing to make it easier to slice thinly) before cooking. Then you can either use a potato masher or a fork to make the vegetable bits smaller.

If you will be using a blender or food processor, as much as possible use it exclusively for making baby food to avoid contamination. Clean it very well right after using so that it will be ready for next use. I'm an OC Mom so I put a cup of purified/distilled water at room temperature in the blender. Run it for 1 minute at power 1. Drain the water. Put another cup of boiling water then run it for another minute at power 1. Drain the water turning it around carefully making sure that all the sides of the blender had been "sterilized" by the very hot water. I don't know if it's just me. I just want to make sure no dish detergent is left in the blender and all the other possible dirt/germ or bacteria are removed. I can't think of any other way to sterilize the blender. That's the closest I can think of.

Well, babies need a little bacteria sometimes. That will boost their immune system but I'm so careful when they are very young babies. I don't want them to have colds and cough at a very young age.