100+ Foods To Try Barley

Fortified

Cereal
Oatmeal

Infant
Before Baby Turns One!

Iron
Try a variety of food and textures to: Rice
*Prevent picky eaters, USDA Wheat
*Prevent allergies, LEAP Study
*Build motor skills, USDA Mixed
*Give babies the iron & zinc they need, USDA Infant cereal can count as either
from iron fortified infant cereal, meat, cooked dry beans or peas a meat alternate OR grain.

Garbanzo Beans
Beans &

Black Beans Kidney Beans Navy Beans

(Chickpeas)
Peas1

Soy Beans
Pinto Beans Blackeyed Peas Split Peas
(Edamame)
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Beans and Peas can count as either a meat alternate OR vegetable,
Lentils but NOT in the same meal.
Meat/Meat

Beef Chicken Fish (unbreaded) Pork

Alternate
(MEALS ONLY)

Colby Jack Mozzarella

Tuna Cheddar Cheese
Cheese Cheese
Swiss Cheese Cottage Cheese Eggs Lamb

Salmon Shrimp Turkey Yogurt

Breadsticks,
Bagel Biscuits Bread
soft
(SNACKS ONLY)
Grains

Corn Muffin Crackers Croissant English Muffin

Ready-to-Eat
Pita Bread/
Pancakes Pretzel, soft Breakfast
Flat Bread
Cereal

Teething Biscuit Corn Tortilla Flour Tortilla Waffles

 Apples Apricots Bananas* Blueberries*
(mashed)

Cranberry
Cantaloupe Cherries Sauce, whole Figs
(pitted, dried)
berry

Grapefruit Grapes* Guava Honeydew

Fruits

Mandarin
Kiwi Mango Oranges
Oranges

Papaya Peaches Pears Pineapple

Plums Prunes Raspberries* Starfruit

(pureed or cooked)

*Choking hazard; serve cooked &

Strawberries* Watermelon mashed, grated, or pureed

Artichoke
Asparagus Avocado Lima Beans
Hearts

Beets Broccoli Brussels Cabbage

(cooked) (cooked) Sprouts (cooked) (cooked)

Carrots* Cauliflower Corn* Cucumber

(cooked) (cooked) (infant or creamed)
Vegetables

Eggplant Green Beans Greens Kale

(cooked) (cooked) (cooked)

Okra Parsnips Peas* Peppers, Bell

(cooked) (cooked)

Plantain Potatoes Pumpkin Rutabaga

(cooked) (cooked) (cooked)

Salsa Sauerkraut Spinach Acorn Squash

(cooked)

Butternut Sweet Potato Tomatoes

Spaghetti Sauce
Squash (cooked) (cooked) (cherry-quartered)

Turnips *Choking hazard; serve cooked &

(cooked)
Zucchini mashed, grated, or pureed