First mac and cheese
9 months+Two-step stovetop mac with real cheese and none of the packet sodium.
Ingredients
- • 1 cup Small pasta shapes
- • 2 tbsp Whole milk
- • small handful Cheddar, grated
Good to know
Contains wheat and milk: introduce each on its own first.
Boxed mac sauce packets are heavily salted, which is the whole reason to make this one.
Keeps 2 days in the fridge; loosen with warm milk when reheating.
No added salt (a baby's kidneys can only handle a little), no added sugar before age 2, and no honey before age 1 (it can carry a botulism risk). More on salt, sugar, and honey.
Instructions
- Cook 1 cup of small pasta shapes until fully soft, a couple of minutes past the package time.
- Drain the pasta, saving a splash of the cooking water.
- Return the hot pasta to the pan with 2 tbsp whole milk and a small handful of grated cheddar.
- Stir off the heat until the cheese melts into a light sauce, loosening with the saved water if it clumps.
- Cut the pasta smaller for a baby still working on chewing, and cool before serving.
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