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Chickpeas + Rice + Zucchini Mediterranean Bowl for Babies (9-12 months)

Cooked chickpeas, soft rice and tender zucchini can be combined into a mild Mediterranean-style bowl. All chickpeas must be crushed, and the rice quantity refers to rice that has already been cooked.

9-12 monthsLunch21 minMedium
Chickpeas + Rice + Zucchini Mediterranean Bowl
  • Age Range9-12 months
  • Prep 3 min · Cook 18 minutes
  • DifficultyMedium

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup (about 40g) fully cooked soft chickpeas
  • 2 tbsp fully cooked soft rice (not dry rice)
  • 1/4 zucchini, washed and finely diced
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • Safe water, as needed for a moist consistency

Preparation

  1. Prepare chickpeas fully before starting: use already cooked tender beans, rinsing canned versions where appropriate; crush every chickpea thoroughly so none remain round or firm.

  2. Steam or simmer finely diced zucchini until it crushes easily with a fork, trimming any tough peel if necessary.

  3. Use freshly cooked tender rice, or rice that was cooled rapidly and refrigerated safely. Check it is completely cooked; do not treat the measured cooked-rice quantity as uncooked rice.

  4. Combine soft rice, crushed chickpeas and zucchini. Mash or blend with safe water until the mixture is moist, spoonable and free of sticky rice clumps and whole beans.

  5. Stir in olive oil and cool to feeding temperature. Serve immediately or follow the strict cooked-rice cooling and reheating instructions.

Serving by Age

Offer as a soft moist spoon-fed mash rather than dry grain pieces or intact round chickpeas. Serve with baby seated upright and supervised, adapting consistency to individual feeding skills.

9 months+

Moist soft rice with fully crushed chickpeas and fork-tender zucchini, with no whole beans or compact sticky grains.

Allergen Information

Plain chickpeas, rice, zucchini and olive oil do not intentionally contain a usual major allergen, but chickpeas are legumes and may cause allergic reactions. Check any packaged ingredients or added stock separately.

Storage

Cool cooked rice and this rice-containing mixture within 1 hour and refrigerate or freeze promptly. If refrigerated, use within 24 hours; reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, stir and cool before feeding. Discard leftovers from baby's bowl.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How should I store Chickpeas + Rice + Zucchini Mediterranean Bowl?

Cool cooked rice and this rice-containing mixture within 1 hour and refrigerate or freeze promptly. If refrigerated, use within 24 hours; reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, stir and cool before feeding. Discard leftovers from baby's bowl.

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