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Babies don’t need to eat bland food! Yes you CAN season and spice and flavor your baby’s food safely. In this episode Kanchan Koya, PhD aka @chiefspicemama and the author of the book Spice Spice Baby is joining me to show you exactly how to flavor, season and spice your baby’s food.

If you’ve been wondering about what sort of spices and seasoning babies can have and how to add those to your baby-led weaning recipes, you are going to love this episode. Kanchan is a Harvard-trained molecular biologist and in addition to all of her fabulous food flavoring tips, in this episode she’s also sharing some great info on the health benefits of different spices babies can safely eat, plus she shares a little insight about spice allergies as well.

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Dr. Kanchan Koya, PhD

SUMMARY of episode

In this episode, I’m interviewing author and blogger Kanchan Koya about how to season and flavor your baby’s food the RIGHT way from his or her first bites. Kanchan shared:

• WHAT seasonings and spices babies can have...and a little bit about the few you should steer clear of and why

• HOW spices not only enhance the flavor of foods for babies, but they also convey health benefits and how these ingredients can promote your baby’s overall wellness

• IDEAS for seasoning, flavoring and spicing up your baby’s food - no matter whether or not you consider yourself to be especially adventurous in the kitchen.

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LINKS from episode

• Kanchan’s digital home is at www.spicespicebaby.com where you can also pick up her book “SPICE SPICE BABY: 100 Recipes with Healing Spices for Your Family Table” by Kanchan Koya, PhD

• On Instagram you can find Kanchan @chiefspicemama

• Listen to Kanchan Koya’s podcast Momlight

• If you’re looking for great spices, you can also check out Spice House. Code BLWT10 gets you 10% off your order of $25 or more (offer not valid for gift cards). The offer expires at the end of 2021.

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• SUBSCRIBE to the Baby-Led Weaning Made Easy Podcast here - new episodes are released on Monday and Thursday and subscribing means you’ll never miss what’s new (+ you’ll get notified about special bonus episodes too!)

• FOLLOW my baby-led weaning Instagram page @babyledweanteam for daily video trainings - lots of great info on starting solid foods, whether you’re feeling ambitious about seasoning baby’s food or not sure where to start

• SIGN UP for my online workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS here. Inside this free online workshop you’ll learn everything you need to know to get your baby to eat 100 foods before turning 1 without you having to spoon-feed purees or buy pouches. Everyone on the workshop gets a copy of my 100 First Foods list...so you’ll never wonder what sort of foods you can add all that flavor to for your baby!