Cauliflower

I serve cauliflower similar to broccoli although cauliflower is a bit harder. For that reason, I serve it steamed and break it into small bite-size florets. Cauliflower is a great vegetable to give a baby as it is very nutrient dense. As babies aren’t eating a huge amount of food at this point I really like them to get some bang for their buck.

Cauliflower is one food, even more than broccoli, that gets a reaction from babies when they start eating it and this baby was no exception. This is not a bad thing. Some parents will ask me if they should continue feeding certain foods to their baby if it seems like their baby doesn’t like the food. I will always encourage you to keep feeding your baby the same foods as it may not mean that they don’t like it, but instead that it is just an unfamiliar flavour or something that they weren’t expecting.

Cauliflower is another great finger food for the baby to try. By this point the baby had a good idea of what to do with these finger foods that were being offered and after a few bites he accepted that this taste was like no other that he had experienced before.


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Watch a baby self feeding cauliflower:

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