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Baked Carrots

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Suitable for: 6 months to 8 months old baby

 

Ingredients: Any amount of fresh carrots you desire

 

Preparation and Cooking Method:

Step 1: Peel carrots and cut length-wise into thick slivers.

Step 2: Oil a glass casserole dish with Olive Oil and then place the carrots into the glass casserole dish.

You may add some spices over the carrots if your baby is 8 months+ and eating spices.

Step 3: Bake carrots at 350 F for approximately 45 minutes or until carrots have turned fork tender and have changed to a dark orange.

Step 4: Puree, adding water as needed, and serve or freeze. You can also cut the carrots into little bits and serve as finger food.

 

Nutritional Value of 100g of Carrots:

1

Folates

19 ug

2

Vitamin A

16706 IU

3

Vitamin C

5.9 mg

4

Vitamin K

13.2 ug

5

Calcium

33 mg

6

Copper

0.045 mg

7

Iron

0.3 mg

8

Niacin

0.983 mg

9

Carotene-a

3427 ug

10

Carotene-B

8285 ug

 

Benefits of Baked Carrots:

Carrots are very high in beta carotene, which is a Carotenoid. Carotenoid are a set of darkly colored pigments called pro vitamin A carotenoids that can be converted to Vitamin A. Vitamin A is essential in a developing infant’s diet.

Carrots are also easy to digest and packed full of nutrients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Calcium.

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