The breakfast that introduces peanut properly, at the age the evidence says to do it. Oats, banana and a thinned spoonful of smooth peanut butter.
Short, because there is nothing in it to make it last longer.
Contains PEANUT. Introduce it on its own, in the morning, at home, on an ordinary day when you can watch your baby for a few hours afterwards.
Start with a quarter of a teaspoon of the peanut butter, not the full amount, and build up over several days.
SMOOTH peanut butter only, thinned as described. Never a spoonful of thick butter and never whole or chopped nuts — both are choking hazards.
If your baby has severe eczema or an existing food allergy, speak to your GP or health visitor before introducing peanut at home.
Also contains gluten from the oats.
Put the oats in a small pan with the milk and bring gently to a simmer, stirring.
Cook for 4 to 5 minutes until thick and soft, adding a splash more milk if it stiffens.
Take off the heat.
Mash the banana thoroughly with a fork until there are no lumps at all, and stir it through.
Put the peanut butter in a small bowl and loosen it with two tablespoons of the hot porridge, stirring until smooth and pourable. This step matters — stirred in straight from the jar it stays in sticky lumps.
Stir the loosened peanut butter back through the porridge.
Blend if your baby is not yet managing texture. Cool until barely warm before serving.
| Nutrient | Per serving | Of what a 7–9 month old needs |
|---|---|---|
| 🥕 Vitamin A | 42.5 µg | 12% of daily need |
| ☀️ Vitamin D | 0.02 µg | 0% of daily need |
| 🧬 Vitamin B12 | 0.30 µg | 75% of daily need |
| 🌱 Folate | 17.5 µg | 35% of daily need |
| ⚙️ Thiamin (B1) | 0.24 mg | 119% of daily need |
| ⚙️ Riboflavin (B2) | 0.17 mg | 42% of daily need |
| ⚙️ Niacin equivalents * | 1.83 mg | 46% of daily need |
| ⚙️ Vitamin B6 | 0.23 mg | 78% of daily need |
| 🪨 Magnesium | 47.0 mg | 63% of daily need |
| 🍌 Potassium | 312 mg | 45% of daily need |
| 🧠 Iodine * | 18.2 µg | 30% of daily need |
| 🛡️ Selenium | 1.43 µg | 14% of daily need |
| 🪙 Copper | 0.15 mg | 49% of daily need |
| 🦴 Phosphorus | 159 mg | 40% of daily need |
| 🧂 Salt | 0.15 g | 15% of daily need |
Percentages are measured against UK dietary reference values for this age
group — Public Health England's Government Dietary Recommendations
for ages one and over, and COMA 1991 for infants. They are not adult figures.
Where boys and girls differ, both are shown.
* Not every ingredient in this recipe has a
measured value for that nutrient, so the true amount is likely to be
higher than shown. We would rather say so than quietly round down.
A recipe is one meal, not a day. These figures show what this dish
contributes, not whether a child is getting enough overall.
For about twenty years parents were told to keep peanut away from babies. That advice was wrong. The LEAP trial and the work that followed showed that early, regular exposure substantially reduces the risk of developing a peanut allergy, and that delaying past twelve months appears to increase it.
So this is not a recipe that happens to contain peanut. It is a recipe for introducing peanut, at around six months, in the safe form — smooth and thinned, never whole.
The rest of it earns its place too. Oats carry iron, beta-glucan fibre and B vitamins, and the banana brings potassium and enough natural sweetness that nothing needs adding.
Once introduced without a reaction, keep peanut in the diet — roughly once or twice a week. Introducing it and then stopping undoes much of the benefit.
Every recipe in The Grow Well Kitchen is built to this standard. Not as a marketing position — simply because none of it needs to be there.