Use your Iron Foods list and Health eKitchen to find recipes with iron! All recipes in Health eKitchen use at least one WIC approved food. Use your states WIC Food List and the Iron Foods List as you prepare for your search.
Step 1: Go to our wichealth.org and scroll down to Health eKitchen.
Step 2: Select View Recipes.
Step 3: Select Recipes from the 4 tabs at the top.
Step 4: Locate the magnifying glass and type the name of an iron food into the search field.
Here are two examples:
Recipes using Bean and Lentils
Step 5: Write down and/or bookmark your favorite recipes so you can return to them quickly! You can find your bookmarks in the "Recipes" tab under "My Bookmarks.” Add these recipes to next week's meal plan.
Tips
Avoid offering foods that are choking hazards to your baby or child. The Center for Disease Control has a list of common choking hazards.
Figure out if you have enough time to prepare the recipe you have chosen. You can find the total time needed under the recipe image on the recipe page.
To maximize your WIC benefits, choose recipes that have a high number of WIC ingredients.
To maximize meals with iron, choose recipes that have 2 or more foods with iron in them.