What to Prepare for Baby's First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is the best time of the year to bring family and friends together. It can be a little difficult figuring out what to feed your baby, when you want them to try everything. I discovered these great recipes from the blog, Wholesome Baby Food, where you can create traditional dishes that are baby friendly. I have even included a tofu recipe for those vegetarians out there. I do want to stress how important it is to buy local and organic - we need to support our small, local farms who help provide us with the best produce, pesticide-free!

Enjoy and have an amazing Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Baby Food
*For babies 4 to 6 months old and for babies 6 to 8 months old

Mix ingredients only once your baby has had them separately and you have checked for allergies.

Squishy Squashy Sweet Potatoes
Take a small scoop of that baked acorn or butternut squash and mash in some sweet potatoes.

Orange and White Potatoes
Take a small scoop of (pre-seasoned) white mashed potatoes and blend in some sweet potatoes.

Baby's Apple Pie
If you will be offering your baby cereal at Thanksgiving, make him a Baby Apple Pie - mix some applesauce together with oatmeal or rice cereal.

Baby's Sweet Potato Apple Pie
Mix in some sweet potatoes and applesauce with oatmeal or rice cereal.

Pumpkin Pie
Baby Pumpkin Pie is easy, simply blend pumpkin puree together with oatmeal or rice *

*For babies 8 to 10 months

Spicy Squash
Dish up some of the Thanksgiving squash and add some cinnamon and/or nutmeg to baby's squash.

Green & White Potatoes
Green beans and mashed potatoes are a staple of many Thanksgiving meals, for your baby, make a blend of white potatoes and green beans.

Baby's Turkey Dinner
Serve your baby a yummy Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner mélange.

1 slice of Turkey
applesauce
sweet potato
squash

Blend all of the above Thanksgiving food together for a yummy meal.

If your baby is eating finger foods, simply cut the turkey into small pieces and arrange in baby's dish with the squash, sweet potato and applesauce.

Tofu Dinner
If you will be offering your baby tofu at the Thanksgiving Dinner table, you can make your baby's tofu meal fitting and festive too. Blend or dice the tofu into manageable bites and blend with squash or sweet potato for a yummy meal; add some applesauce to extra yum.

You can also arrange the tofu bites in baby's dish with squash, white potato and another veggie like carrots or green beans.

Sweet Potato Pie
Mix sweet potato, yogurt, cereal and a dash of cinnamon then top with powdered Cheerios or Oatie O's and mix well.

For additional fun and enjoyment, let your baby do the blending of her own Sweet Potato Pie.

Apple Pie
Combine cereal, yogurt and applesauce together adding a dash of cinnamon, top with powdered Cheerios or Oatie O's and mix well. For additional fun and enjoyment, let your baby do the blending of her own Apple Pie.

Pumpkin Pie
Combine pumpkin puree together with cereal and yogurt and then add a dash of cinnamon or nutmeg. Top this yummy mix with powdered Cheerios or Oatie O's and mix well.

For additional fun and enjoyment, let your baby do the blending of her own Pumpkin Pie.