Boil or steam?

How to best cook carrot and sweet potato as first food for a baby? Do you steam or boil before mashing? My girl just tried steamed mashed carrot and had rashes all over her body!

Mummy D

Nurturer of 3 lovely princesses

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Steaming is better. You lose a lot of nutrients in the water when you boil. Was the mashed carrot mixed with anything else? I’m asking because allergy to well cooked carrots is highly unusual.. or was it undercooked, by any chance?

Mummy D

Nurturer of 3 lovely princesses

4y ago

It was steamed properly; mashed and mixed with organic powdered brown rice. She had the brown rice without any incident, 3 days prior taking the carrot. It’s only the 2nd food we intro and she had this. Now we’re kinda wary to intro another food. 😢

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