🫘 Can babies eat lentils?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Cheap, quick and iron-rich. Red lentils cook down soft.

From
6 months
Choking risk
Low
Common allergen
No
Iron-rich
Yes

How to serve lentils by age

6 months

Cook red lentils into a thick mash or patties.

  1. Cook red lentils
  2. Make into a thick mash or patties

Amount: 1–2 tbsp

9 months

Thick lentil stew or patties.

  1. Cook lentils into a thick stew
  2. Or form into patties

Amount: 1–2 tbsp

12 months (1 year)+

Any lentil dish.

  1. Cook the lentils
  2. Serve them in any lentil dish

Amount: 2–3 tbsp

Is lentils a choking hazard?

Low risk Low risk.

Nutrition

Iron, protein, folate, fiber.

Goes well with

carrot, butternut squash, orange

More beans & legumes