🥬 Mixed vegetables
Allergen note
The usual vegetables in a mix, such as carrots, peas, corn and green beans, are not common allergens. Check the pack, though: some blends include soy (edamame) or celery, or come in butter or cheese sauces that contain milk. Introduce those allergens on their own first, from around 6 months.
How to serve
At 6–8 months, steam mixed vegetables until very soft and blend or mash them, or spread the mash thickly on toast strips. From 9 months, offer the small soft pieces as finger food, pressing peas and corn flat first. Toddlers can have about 1/4 cup stirred into rice, pasta or soup.
Preparation
Choose plain frozen or fresh vegetables with no added salt or sauce. Steam, boil or roast until every piece squashes easily between your fingers; carrots often need longer than peas. Frozen vegetables can be cooked straight from the freezer, and cooked food should cool to lukewarm before serving.
Texture and choking risk
Whole peas, corn kernels and firm pieces of carrot or green bean are small, round or hard enough to block a baby's airway. Cook everything soft, flatten peas and corn, cut green beans into small pieces, and always supervise your child sitting upright.
Starting ages are typical guidance for healthy, full-term babies who show signs of readiness. Your paediatrician may advise differently, especially where there is a family history of allergy.
Track first tastes and reactions
Log when your child first tries mixed vegetables, note any reaction and see it in the allergen tracker.
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