Baby Diet Plan: Healthy Meals and Food Timetable (Kenya)

Below is a baby diet plan, timetable to help mothers with deciding on what foods a baby should eat. The feeding schedule is meant for Kenyan Babies because most of the ingredients listed are available locally. 

The meal timetable below ensures that your baby eats a weekly balanced diet foods that is proteins, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins, fats, Water, Minerals e.t.c

Monday Meals 

• Breakfast: Porridge 
• Snack (10 am): Apple 
• Lunch: ½ c Boiled Rice, ½ c Ndengu and ½ c Cabbage 
• Snack (4pm): Fruits (Mango/ Ripe Banana) 
• Supper: ½ c Mashed Matoke/Irish Potatoes, ½ c Lean Beef and ½ c Vegetables 

Tuesday Meals 

• Breakfast: Sweet Potatoes, 1c Fresh Mango Juice 
• Snack (10am): Yoghurt 150ml (low fat) 
• Lunch: ½ c Pasta, ½ c Lentils, and Dark Green Vegetables 
• Snack (4 pm): Nuts (Peanuts/groundnuts) and a glass of Water 
• Supper: Ugali (1 fist size), Palm Size fish and 1c Kunde/spinach 

Wednesday Meals 

• Breakfast: Arrowroot (1 fist size) and 1 c porridge 
• Snack (10 am): 1c Mango juice  
• Lunch: 1 soft Chapati (White/Brown), ¼ Beans and 1c broccoli + Carrots 
• Snack (4 pm): Pineapple/Watermelon 
• Supper: ½ c Mashed Potatoes, 1c Vegetables, and ½ c Fresh Milk 

Thursday Meals 

• Breakfast: 2 Slices Brown Bread Sandwich (Tomatoes+Cucumber+Avocado), ½ c fresh milk 
• Snack (10am): 1c porridge 
• Lunch: ½ c Boiled Rice, ½ c Lentils and Cabbage 
• Snack (4 pm): Tangerine Fruit 
• Supper: ½c Matoke + Carrots and ½ c Green Peas (Minji) Stew 

Friday Meals 

• Breakfast: Cerelac mix with warm clean water/ Fresh milk 
• Snack (10 am): Orange/Pawpaw (Blended/Whole Fruit) 
• Lunch: ½ c Soft Githeri and Vegetable Salad (Tomato+Onions+Cucumber etc) 
• Snack (4 pm): Ribena 
• Supper: ½ c Beans and 1c Lightly Fried Cabbage 

Saturday Meals 

• Breakfast: 1 Boiled Egg, 2slices of Bread (white/Brown) and ½ c Fresh Milk 
• Snack (10am): 1c Porridge 
• Lunch: ½ c Baby Rice, Green Grams (Ndengu) and 1c Spinach 
• Snack (4 pm): 150ml Yogurt (Low fat) 
• Supper: ½ c Matoke, 1c Pumpkin Leaves, and Green Peas (Minji) Stew 

Sunday Meals 

• Breakfast: Malenge (Fist size), 1c Porridge 
• Snack (10am): 1c Porridge 
• Lunch: 1 Soft Chapati, 4 pieces of Liver and 1c spinach 
• Snack (4 pm): Kiwi Fruit/Tomato (Blended/Whole) 
• Supper: Whole Meal Ugali, 1c Managu/Kales and Fish/Omena/1Piece Chicken 

Using the Baby Food Timetable  

1c (one cup) equal to 250mls 

Lean Meat means no visible fats in meat 

Skin out the chicken before cooking 

Use cooking oil sparingly 

Remember to give water after every meal 

Fruits (one type at a time either blended or whole fruit 

You can always interchange the foods but keep the portions 

NOTE: Let us know if you have any suggestion on the baby food timetable. What worked for your baby and what did not work. Tell us on the foods that you highly recommend for 1 to 36 months babies and toddlers.