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Fish + Rice + Zucchini Gentle Meal Bowl for Babies (7-12 months)

Tender white fish, cooked rice and soft zucchini make a mild spoon-fed meal. Cook the fish completely and inspect carefully for bones, while keeping rice storage especially strict.

7-12 monthsLunch19 minMedium
Fish + Rice + Zucchini Gentle Meal Bowl
  • Age Range7-12 months
  • Prep 3 min · Cook 16 minutes
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Allergen InformationContains: Fish

Ingredients

  • 40g boneless white fish fillet (hake or cod)
  • 1/4 cup fully cooked soft rice
  • 1/4 zucchini, finely diced
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • Safe water as needed for a moist mash

Preparation

  1. Use fresh, fully cooked soft rice or rice that was cooled and refrigerated correctly. Wash zucchini and steam or simmer until it crushes readily with a fork.

  2. Cook the white fish until its thickest part reaches 63°C (145°F) on a food thermometer, then remove any skin and meticulously inspect every flake for bones.

  3. Blend or mash deboned fish, tender zucchini and soft rice together with a little safe water until moist and spoonable, without dense rice clumps. Stir in olive oil and cool before offering; follow the strict cooked-rice storage instructions.

Serving by Age

Offer a moist spoonable mash with no fish bones, hard zucchini or dense sticky rice. For babies managing texture, serve soft fish flakes thoroughly mixed with tender rice and vegetables.

7 months+

This recipe is listed for 7–12 months, so the 6m+ field does not recommend serving it earlier. Within the listed age range and when your baby can manage the texture, blend deboned cooked fish, zucchini and soft rice until smooth, if appropriate for the baby's feeding stage.

9 months+

Moist soft fish flakes (checked for bones) with tender zucchini and rice, without hard grains or clumps.

Allergen Information

Contains fish, a major allergen. Check any packaged stock or sauce for additional allergens and follow your child's individual allergy-management plan.

Storage

Cool within 1 hour and refrigerate or freeze promptly. If refrigerated, use within 24 hours because the recipe contains cooked rice. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, then cool before serving.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How should I store Fish + Rice + Zucchini Gentle Meal Bowl?

Cool within 1 hour and refrigerate or freeze promptly. If refrigerated, use within 24 hours because the recipe contains cooked rice. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, then cool before serving.

Which allergens does Fish + Rice + Zucchini Gentle Meal Bowl contain?

It contains Fish. Check the labels of the products you use, and follow any allergy advice your baby has been given.

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