When to Give Broccoli to Babies? With 7 Broccoli Recipes!

Broccoli is one of my favorite winter vegetables. Soup, boiled, pureed, each one is a store of different flavors and vitamins. When is broccoli, such a beneficial food, given to babies? What are the broccoli recipes you can make for your little one? Let’s start!

When is broccoli given to babies?

Broccoli, one of the most popular winter vegetables, is both very useful and rich in content. Due to the vitamins and benefits it contains, broccoli recipes are among the favorites of mothers. So when is broccoli given to babies ?

You can give vegetables such as zucchini, carrots and broccoli to your baby by steaming them during the complementary feeding period. However, since some foods are not easy to digest, consuming them in the early period can cause gas in the baby, broccoli is one of them. Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, you can give broccoli to your baby from the 8th month.

1. Broccoli soup for babies

Materials
1 bunch of broccoli
1/4 bunch dill
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1.5 cups chicken stock
1/2 onion
1/2 cup water/milk

Preparation of
Chop the onions into cubes and add them to the olive oil you have heated in the pan.
Add broccoli and chicken stock to the pan.
Cook until the broccoli is soft.
Add the dill to the mixture and pass it through the blender.
Strain the soup you passed through the blender 1 more time through the fine mesh strainer.
Add milk/water and boil for 2-3 more minutes.

Note: If your baby is less than 1 year old, use water instead of milk in the recipe. You can also turn this recipe into mashed broccoli for babies by adding less water and potatoes.

2. Boiling broccoli for babies

Materials
3 broccoli
3 tablespoons of olive oil
5 glasses of water
1 handful of rice
1 glass of bone broth
A little bit of butter

Preparation of
Chop the broccoli into small pieces, put it in a saucepan and boil it by adding olive oil and water.
Add 1 handful of rice to the pot and add the bone broth and butter on it.
Drain the mixture and cook it until it boils like rice.

3. Broccoli soup with yogurt for babies

Materials
3 broccoli
3 tablespoons of yogurt juice
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon of whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon of butter
1.5 teaspoons of water

Preparation of
Whisk egg yolk, whole wheat flour and yogurt in 1 bowl.
Put the butter in a small saucepan, add the flour and broccoli, turn it 2-3 times, add the water and let it cook.
When it starts to boil, add the mortar to the mixture and cook.
You can filter and serve.

4. Minced broccoli soup

Materials
2-3 bunches of broccoli
half a baby potato
1 small carrot
1 small slice of pumpkin
1 teaspoon of olive oil
1 large walnut size lean ground lamb mince

Preparation of
Grate all the vegetables with the fine side of the grater.
Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil and ground beef to the pot.
After frying for 1 minute, add 1 tablespoon of water and fry it.
Add the grated vegetables and add water to it and let it cook.
You can also add rice or einkorn bulgur if you want.

5. Broccoli dish for babies

Materials
Baby fist broccoli
1 carrot
1 potato
1 small onion
2 glasses of water
1 clove of garlic
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 small capia pepper
3 scoops of bone broth
1 tablespoon of semolina

Preparation of
Finely chop the onion, garlic and capia pepper and fry in olive oil.
Add the diced broccoli, carrots and potatoes to the pan.
Add 3 scoops of bone broth to the pan and add 2 glasses of water.
When the vegetables are soft, throw the semolina and cook together for 2-3 minutes.

If you want the recipe, you can cook it without semolina.

6. Broccoli patties for babies

One of the most delicious flavors made as a broccoli recipe for babies is broccoli patties. It is both unusual and very nutritious and the little ones love its taste.

Materials
1 handful of broccoli
1 egg
1 tablespoon of bread crumb/breadcrumbs
1 clove of garlic
1 tablespoon of watery yogurt
2 tablespoons of grated cheddar cheese
Butter
Dill
Parsley
Scallion
Salt
Black pepper

Preparation of
Steam the broccoli, place it in a bowl and mash it with a fork.
Add the other ingredients except bread/bread flour, egg and butter and mix.
Heat the toaster and lay out greaseproof paper, make balls from the mortar and put them on greaseproof paper.
Cook the meatballs thoroughly and drizzle butter on them while you buy them, so that they will not be dry and will be more delicious.

7. Broccoli pancakes for babies

Materials
2 handfuls of broccoli
1 egg
2 tablespoons of whole wheat flour
half a teaspoon of salt
Half a teaspoon of baking soda
1 large walnut size lean ground lamb mince

Preparation of
Wash the broccoli with the stems and pass all the ingredients through the rondo.
Cook the broccoli paste in a pan brushed with oil.