Mums and Babies

Home Made Cheese Sauce Recipe for Babies

Cheese Sauce is a good weaning recipe for infants. Babies can start eating cheese sauce from 6 months onwards and new moms can quickly prepare home made cheese sauce any time without any hassle. In following cheese sauce recipe, we will first prepare roux.

Roux is the basis of most of the classic sauce recipes prepared specially in french cuisine. Roux is nothing but just a cooked mixture made of floor and fat (clarified butter) in equal proportion which acts as a thickening agent for sauces, gravies, soups and stews.

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp all purpose or wheat floor
• 2 cups of breast milk or organic whole cow milk
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar or swiss cheese

Method:

Heat a nonstick saucepan over medium-low heat and melt the butter in it. Stir in the floor gradually, mix butter and floor well together and let it cook for next 2-3 minutes. Now, add the milk gradually in multiple steps and keep whisking with a spoon in between. Let it cook for another 10-15 minutes while stirring often until it gets thicken like sauce consistency and just start boiling. Add the cheese and melt it by stirring regularly. Turn off the heat and allow it to cool.

Weaning cheese sauce is ready for your growing baby. As advised, no salt and sugar should be added to baby weaning recipes but if you want to convert this recipe as cheese sauce dip for adults, just add little salt and pepper as per taste and other seasonings as per your wish and enjoy this yummy homemade cheese sauce with snacks.