Baby Led Weaning Meal Prep: Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins

It’s time for another BLW meal prep recipe. In true fall spirit, we are making pumpkin muffins! These are super easy to make, super healthy, and perfect for little hands. Make these ahead of time and freeze or refrigerate to make baby led weaning a breeze.

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These can be served as breakfast or a snack. But honestly, my son will eat them anytime I offer them.

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Is Pumpkin Healthy?

Pumpkin is a very healthy choice for babies! Pumpkin has vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin B6, folate, and fiber, vitamin C, iron, potassium, and more! You can see more information from Solid Starts.

It’s also super easy for babies and they absolutely love it!

Ingredients used

In these muffins, we only use a few ingredients:

Pumpkin Puree – This give the muffins their color, flavor, and nutrition. You could easily swap pumpkin for other foods that are similar in texture. Some of these would include: butternut squash, banana, and sweet potato.

Oatmeal – Oatmeal expands and helps to bind the ingredients. It also provides zinc and small amounts of other nutrients. In this recipe, I used quick oats because it’s what I had on hand, but you can use old fashioned as well.

Apple Sauce – Apple sauce is used to sweeten these just a little. I used a packet for this recipe. You can forego applesauce if you don’t want them sweet, or if you’re already using a ripe banana. You can increase the amount of pumpkin puree to replace this.

Flour – There is just a little flour in here to hold everything together. I have not tried this recipe without, but if you want to skip it, replace it with two tablespoons oats.

Eggs – eggs create structure and emulsify. They keep the recipe glued together. Eggs are also super healthy for babies! We try to eat as many eggs as we can.

Baking Powder – Just to lower acidity and add a little lift to our muffins. If you don’t have it on hand, you can skip it.

How to store or keep

These will keep in the fridge for a week or the freezer for three months. I like to wrap individual portions in parchment paper before putting them in a freezer bag so I can grab what I need out of the freezer and they won’t be stuck together.

If you plan on storing them in the freezer for longer than a week or two, I would consider getting a food sealer. If you don’t want to fork over the money for a Food Saver Brand, there are other units that will get the job done. I have this one and it works well.

Why meal prep for your baby?

Meal prepping baby friendly meals makes it so much easier. At first I didn’t think it was necessary, but as my baby has grown and gotten hungrier, I wasn’t prepared with any food when he was ready to eat. This leads me to pick less healthy choices and I get mom guilt about that (but when don’t we have mom guilt).

By prepping meals, I always know I have something ready to go when it’s breakfast, snack, lunch, or dinner time.