Rice and beans
12 months+A soft, humble Caribbean staple, unsalted and iron-rich.
Ingredients
- • 1/3 cup Rice
- • 1/3 cup Well-cooked kidney beans
Good to know
Important: kidney beans must be fully cooked, never raw or undercooked, because raw or undercooked kidney beans contain a natural toxin.
Canned beans are already cooked.
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
- Warm well-cooked or canned (rinsed) kidney beans and lightly mash them so none is whole and firm.
- Stir through soft-cooked rice with a little of the bean liquid.
- Serve warm.
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