Apple Brown Rice Breakfast
Suitable for: 8 months to 10 months old baby
Ingredients:
- 3 cups water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (omit if needed)
- 3/4 cup quick-cooking brown rice
- 1 Granny Smith apple
- 1 Red Delicious apple
- 1 large peach
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 container (8-ounce) low fat vanilla or plain yogurt
Cooking Method and Preparation:
Step 1: Cook grains for 30 minutes then add diced apples, diced peach and chopped raisins.
Step 2: Return to cooking for another 15 minutes or until everything is soggy and cereal-like. Keep a close watch on the pot as you may need to add more water. Stir often.
Step 3: Just before serving, stir in yogurt of an amount you desire.
Nutritional Value of Apple:
| 1 | Folates | 3 ug |
| 2 | Vitamin A | 54 IU |
| 3 | Vitamin C | 4.6 mg |
| 4 | Vitamin E | 0.18 mg |
| 5 | Vitamin K | 2.2 ug |
| 6 | Calcium | 6 mg |
| 7 | Dietary Fiber | 2.4 g |
| 8 | Phosphorus | 11mg |
| 9 | Potassium | 107 mg |
Nutritional Value of Brown Rice:
| 1 | Calcium | 19.5 mg |
| 2 | Magnesium | 83.9 mg |
| 3 | Phosphorus | 162 mg |
| 4 | Potassium | 83.9 mg |
| 5 | Manganese | 1.8 mg |
| 6 | Vitamin K | 1.2 mg |
| 7 | Dietary Fiber | 3.5 g |
Remarks on Apple Brown Rice Breakfast:
Apple contains both insoluble and soluble fiber, which can help maintain bowel regularity.
Brown rice is high in manganese, which is essential for healthy bones. Manganese also reduces the symptoms of asthma and is a powerful, energy-providing antioxidant.
Brown rice is also high in many beneficial minerals such as phosphorus and high in fiber.
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