March Menu (6 to 9 months)
Here is my Once a Month Baby Food March Menu that I am planning on making for my son. He will be 7 months at the end of this month, so everything in this month’s menu is for an infant between the ages of 6 to 9 months. There are a couple of things I want to try to accomplish with this month’s menu:
- I will be introducing my son to some simple meat purees.
- I feel it is important to introduce as many different tastes as possible. With this said, I will have a few veggie purees that have more than one ingredient. The recipes I chose have more bitter veggies in them (broccoli and spinach mixed with sweeter ones such as sweet potato and carrot), and since I worry about the ratio and my son’s pickiness I thought making them from a recipe would be my best bet. With fruits, I typically mix equal parts of different fruits since most fruits go well together, but freeze them individually. So this will add a few extra steps but I feel it will be worth it to give my son unique tastes that have been tried out prior to me.
As you will see in my menu I have 3 categories. With my first son, I always strived to give him one meal a day, typically dinner, that had protein in it. I must admit, there isn’t any science to back this up, just mother’s intuition. The other two meals, I kept simple with fruit or veggies. So I will do the same with my second son. So I have planned for 30+dinners with some form of protein, 30+ veggie, and 30+ fruits meals. I am actually trying to plan a little bit more than 30 for each since the recipes may yield slightly different amounts based on unique sizes of produce.
So here is what I will be making this month:
Dinners
- Tasty Ground Meat with Rutabaga & Tomato
- Baby Beef Stew
- First Chicken Casserole
- Chicken with Sweet Potato and Apple
Veggies
- Sweet Potato, Carrot and Broccoli
- Rutabaga, Carrot and Peas
- Spinach, Potato, Parsnip and Leek
The above 3 makes approximately 16 servings.
- A variety of single veggies from the 4 – 6 month menu. Most likely carrots, peas, green beans and butternut squash (if I can find it), and possibly corn.
Fruits
The beauty of fruit is that most fruits mix well with each other. So I will be making the following fruits individually and mix them day by day.
- apples
- bananas
- blueberries
- pears
- peaches
- avocado
All of these mix well with each other, so one day I might pull out a cube of bananas, a cube of peaches and a cube of blueberries and mix together.
Here is a link to my Google Documents Spreadsheet that has all the recipes that I will be using for the March Menu. Please note that each recipe is on a different sheet and the tabs for those sheets are on the bottom of the spreadsheet.
I will post the grocery list in the next few days with total combined quantities.
Hi– Just FYI here, my son went gaga for avocados as one of his first veggies and freezing worked fine for us. I sprinkled a bit of lemon juice on and tried to get as much air out of the baggie as possible. The outside did turn brown when I thawed it, but he still gobbled it down. It wasn’t pretty anymore, but it tasted just fine.
Hi Megan,
Thanks for the tip…if I find a good deal on avocados this month I might try freezing a few and see what happens. I also freeze bananas which most people don’t do because of the same reason as the avocados, so I can’t wait to try it! Thanks again.
C.
I freeze avocados as well. I usually buy four or five at a time, wait a couple days until they’re fully ripe, peel, pit and put them in the food processer. You can also dice the meat and feed as a finger food. It’ll turn brown but it’s truly okay. I also freeze bananas this way, as well as whole without the peel. When they thaw they’ll brown, though.
And only use citrus if your baby is old enough for it.
You can totally freeze avocados! I buy a bunch when they’re on sale, puree them with my immersion blender and freeze in ice cube trays. They work well and actually, never turn brown this way.
Also, good luck with the rutabaga veggie combo! I made it and my girls hated it. I tried it and hated it as well. The rutabaga added a very bitter taste, so make sure to get a small rutabaga.
I’m a newbie, and am having trouble the grocery list, and cooking day schedule for this menu!
Thanks!
This menu looks great!!! Where do I find the grocery list and instructions????
Where do I find the grocery list and instructions????
The Baby Food section needs a bit of an overhaul – so many things have changed since then – here is the link to the grocery list: http://onceamonthmom.com/once-a-month-baby-food-grocery-list-march-menu/ – There is no instructions for this menu that I have found.
I cant seem to find the recipes and how to make each meal for the month of march 6-9 months. Is it not posted yet? Or am I not looking in the right spot? I am very new to this website.
Some of the very early menus aren’t complete with recipe cards and instructions. Sorry. I have been meaning to go back and fix that for some time.
Just found your websie via the Healthy Home Economist and I am so glad I did! I have a 6 month old I am working on foods with and it is a relief to read some of your recipes. I am still struggling with my family for them to understand I am doing FOOD and not Rice Cereal for my baby!
Glad to have you. And we have some exciting new baby food resources coming to you soon as well.
Can you “steam” veggies in the microwave w/o taking away too much nutrients? I read somewhere that you don’t advise the microwave?
Nikki, from what I have read all food when cooked lose some nutrients. So you are not losing any more by microwaving than you would if you cooked them on the stove. That is just what I have read.
I’m a new Mom and new to the website. I am looking for great ways to start my son out on food for the first time. He is 5 months old and I am very excited to be making my own baby food. A few questions I have one being how does everyone store the food? What do you feel is the best way?
We have a couple of get started posts for Baby Food in this series that might help you: http://onceamonthmom.com/get-started-five-easy-steps-and-resources-for-starting-freezer-cooking/
Could you post the peaches recipes?
It is in the documents.