12 Deliciously Green Baby Food Ideas For St. Patrick's Day

The second best thing about St. Patrick’s Day, after all the green clothes and leprechaun searches, is the opportunity to serve green food and have your kids get excited about it!  But what about baby?  Baby can’t really enjoy a bright green cupcake, corned beef, or many of the other treats we eat to celebrate the day of the Irish.  But baby can get in on the festivities by adding some green food at meal time!  Here are 12 totally appropriate, baby-friendly meal options that will have baby seeing, and eating green for St. Patty’s Day!

Spinach and Grape Smoothie

Three ingredients is all you’ll need to make this nutritious and yummy green smoothie for baby to sip on. Find the recipe here

Italian Green Vegetable Puree

This delicious puree is a simple mix of some veggies with a bit of pasta sauce and Parmesan added into for flavor. Add some alphabet noodles for novelty and cute factor. You can find this recipe on Weelicious

Green Chicken Quinoa Puree

This actually sounds so good I want to try it! A mix of chicken, quinoa and a couple of simple vegetables make this an interesting mix of flavors and textures for baby to try! Get the recipe from One Handed Cooks

Green Goodness Puree

Chock full of nutritious green veggies, this puree of broccoli, peas and zucchini is easy and quick to make, and just perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! Find this yummy recipe at One Handed Cooks

Zucchini and Pea Pasta

For a bit more advanced eater, ready to move on from purees, try this simple recipe for adding zucchini and peas to pasta. Nutritious and great for helping baby learn to self feed. Find the recipe at One Handed Cooks

Green Eggs

Add a bit of food coloring to the traditional deviled egg recipe for a fun and festive touch that everyone, in the family, including baby can eat. Find the recipe here

Green Baby Food

The titles says it all, well almost all. This baby food is indeed green, but with an interesting flavor mix of ingredients, it’s anything but ordinary. Add this green food to your St. Patrick’s Day menu and get the recipe from One Handed Cooks

Simple Homemade Green Beans

Sure it’s fun to get adventurous with your baby food recipes, but every now and then you just want to keep it simple. Steam up some green beans and puree for a simple quick and easy way to add some green to your baby’s St. Patrick’s Day meal. Get the recipe at Crackers and Carrots

Green Spinach Pasta

Toddler Tastes shares how to make this yummy spin on chicken pasta, great for St. Patrick’s Day and all year long really.

Green Peas

Like green beans, green peas make another yummy and very green baby food puree. Super easy and quick, get the recipe at Fabulous Finds By Tiffany

Pot Of Gold Soup

While not exactly green, I couldn’t resist including this recipe in the mix for my St. Patrick’s Day feast. Made of butternut squash, this soup looks and sounds tasty and delicious for the whole family, including baby. Get the recipe at Spoonful

Sweet Shamrocks

Using refrigerated breadsticks, you can make these darling clover shaped pretzels for baby to gnaw on! Feel free to leave off the sanding sugar if you wish, but either way this fun finger food is a great and festive snack for the whole family! Get the recipe and how-to at Spoonful

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