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Toddlers love to play with their food. Dipping sauces make foods taste good and provide your child with an activity that makes meals and snacks more fun. These two recipes are for children one-yer old or older. Enjoy these yummy dipping sauces – one for fruits and another for veggies, tofu, and meats.

What age to introduce cranberries to baby?

Over 12 months (cooked/juice/sauce).

Over 18 months (dried).

Creamy Cranberry Dipping Sauce

Healthy Toddler Treat: Creamy Cranberry Dipping Sauce

Recipe by Sugar Bee BabyCourse: Ages and Stages

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking timeminutes

Calories

kcal

Ingredients

3/4 cup 100 percent cranberry raspberry (or grape) juice
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt

Directions

Combine ingredients in a small mixing bowl, whisking until smooth.
Serve hot or at room temperature.
Perfect for dipping fruits and veggies

All about cranberries

The cranberry is a Native American fruit that grows on trailing vines like a strawberry, and thrives in wetland areas, called bogs. Cranberries are harvested in September and October.

The most common technique for harvesting is known as a “wet” harvest, which involves flooding the bogs with water to float the fruit for easy collection. In the winter the frozen water insulates and protects the vines.

The North American cranberry has a distinguished history. Native Americans used cranberries as food, in ceremonies, and medicinally.

Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall planted the first commercial cranberry beds in Dennis, Massachusetts in 1816. Today they are farmed on approximately 40,000 acres across the northern United States and Canada.
Cranberries are available in a variety of product forms including fresh, juice, dried, and sauce.

Cranberries are a healthy fruit.

They contain no cholesterol and virtually no fat and are low in sodium and contain significant amounts of antioxidants and other phytonutrients. They may help protect against heart disease, cancer, aging, and other diseases. Cranberries contain bacteria-blocking compounds that are helpful in preventing urinary tract infections, and possibly ulcers and gum disease.

Cranberries for the family

Cranberry up your Thanksgiving meal by trying some of these tasty and simple ideas.

1. Football snack: Add dried cranberries to any nut mixture.

2. Salad: Sprinkle dried cranberries on mixed green or spinach salad. The sweetness of the cranberries is terrific with any vinaigrette dressing and is a great compliment to crumbled blue cheese or goat cheese.

3. Side dish: Add dried cranberries to your favorite stuffing, wild rice, or couscous recipe.

4. Veggie: Sauté onions, diced zucchini, and dried cranberries in olive oil. Season with a dash of turmeric, cinnamon, and rep pepper flakes. Great taste and awesome color!

5. Most important cranberries are yummy toddler food!

5. All American apple pie: Add ½frac12; cups of fresh cranberries to your favorite apple recipe.

6. Treat the whole family to fresh cranberry sauce. Make this simple recipe that can be made ahead of time.