Easy baby oatmeal

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Easy recipe on how to make homemade oats for babies (plain and flavored options). Ditch your store-bought infant cereal and make nutritious homemade baby oatmeal in no time. Protein-rich and fiber packed, it keeps baby full for longer.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Diet Low Fat

Fridge Life? 3 days

Freezable? 3 months

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 5

Total Time 7

Servings

Calories 145kcal

Author Dora

Ingredients

¼ cup old fashioned rolled oats
½ cup water or breastmilk or formula

Optional

¼ banana
½ teaspoon peanut butter
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon coconut oil

Instructions

Place the oats in a saucepan with double the amount of water breastmilk or formula. Add all the optional ingredients now also.
Bring to boil, then lower the temperature to medium until oats absorb the water (and add all the additional ingredients you want) - about 5 minutes.
Cool and serve. For how to serve to baby check post.

Notes

water can be replaced with cow's or goat's milk once you have tested for allergens
on how to serve to baby check post
for instructions on how to make baby oatmeal with steel-cut oats and instant/quick oats check post
oats do not need to be blended for a baby as they do not pose a choking hazard. If you wish to blend, wait until they cool a bit after cooking and then blend with a little bit more water.

Nutrition