Baby Food Mixes

Baby Food Mixes

PEAS WITH A HINT OF MINT

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup Shelled fresh peas
• 1/2 cup Trimmed green beans
• Sprig of fresh mint
• 1 cup Water

Instructions

1. Put all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Drain, remove the mint, and puree the vegetables in a food mill to get rid of the indigestible husks from the peas.
3. Add water or formula, as needed. In addition to perking up the flavor of the vegetables, mint is well-known carminative, and can help relieve baby’s painful gas or colic.

Cooking time (duration): 15

Diet type: Vegetarian

Number of servings (yield): 4

GEM SQUASH DELIGHT

Ingredients

• 1 Gem Squash
• 1 Small Potato (Diced and Peeled)
• Boiled Water

Instructions

1. Add the the above to a small pan and bring to the boil,
   reduce heat and simmer until the squash and potato are both very soft.
2. Take off the heat, strain the water into a bowl and allow to cool slightly.
3. Scoop the gem squash out into a bowl and add the potato, make a puree out of it.
4. Use a liquidiser, fork or a masher, or you could also push it through a sieve.
   If it becomes too dry, add some of the water you drained, this is full of goodness.
5. Make sure there are no lumps and that it is smooth enough for your baby, it should be quite runny.

Diet type: Vegetarian

BUTTERNUT TEMPTATION

Ingredients

• 1 Butternut (Diced and Peeled)
• 1 Small Potato
• Boiled Water

Instructions

1. Add the above to a small pan and bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer until the butternut and potato are both very soft.
2. Take off the heat, strain the water into a bowl and allow to cool slightly.
3. Make a puree out of the butternut and potato.

ROOT VEGETABLE HARVEST

Ingredients

• 1 Carrot (Peeled and Diced)
• 1 Potato (Peeled and diced)
• Boiled Water

Instructions

1. Add the above to a small pan and bring to the boil, Reduce heat and simmer until both are very soft.
2. Take off the heat and allow to cool slightly.
3. Puree the vegetables.

DOUBLE POTATO

Ingredients

• 1 Sweet Potato (Peeled and Diced)
• 1 Potato (Peeled and Diced)
• Boiled Water

Instructions

1. Add the above to a small pan and bring to the boil, Reduce heat and simmer until both are very soft.
2. Take off heat and allow to cool slightly.
3. Puree.

 CHEEZY POTATO

Ingredients

• 1 medium potato boiled
• 1 Tablespoon grated Cheddar or Gouda (more or less if baby prefers)
• 2 Tablespoons Full Fat Plain Yoghurt

Instructions

1. Mash all ingredients together.

APPLE & PEAR DUET

Ingredients

• 1 Sweet Dessert Apple
• 1 Ripe pear
• 3 Tablespoons boiled water

Instructions

1. Peel, core and roughly chop fruit.
2. Simmer for 10 minutes until soft.
3. Press through a sieve

BANANA BREEZE

Ingredients

• ½ Ripe Avocado
• ½ Ripe Banana
• Baby Yoghurt

Instructions

1. Mash together half and avocado, along with half a banana and a tiny pot of baby yoghurt (Danino would be good) for a quick and nutritious dessert.
2. Give it a twist: You could substitute papaya for the banana. Like the other ingredients, papaya doesn’t require cooking. Or swap the avocado for blueberries. Wash 50g of fresh blueberries, then place them in a pan, cover and cook until soft and purée into a smooth mixture

VEGGIE MIX

Ingredients

• 1 Potato, cooked and chopped
• 1 Carrot, scrubbed and chopped
• 1/2 Baby Marrow/zuccini, scrubbed, peeled -and chopped
• 1/2 Celery stalk, scrubbed and -chopped (or onion)
• Optional: chicken wing meat, cooked, skinned, all bones removed

Instructions

1. Place all ingredients in a small saucepan and cover with cold water.
2. Bring to a boil and simmer until all ingredients are tender.
3. Put in blender or food processor with a little of the liquid to facilitate blending.
4. Remove and serve or freeze in ice-cube tray.
5. If you’re traveling, you can always put this in a wide-holed Thermos and serve whenever you need it.

CAULIFLOWER CHEESE

Ingredients

• 3 – 4 Florets of Cauliflower
• 25g Butter
• 2 Tablespoons Plain flour
• 150ml Milk (Breast or Formula)
• 2 Tablespoons grated Cheddar Cheese

Instructions

1. Microwave, steam or boil three or four florets of cauliflower.
2. Make the cheese sauce by heating 25g of butter with 2 tablespoons of plain flour. Let this melt into a smooth paste, the gradually stir in 150ml of your baby’s usual milk and heat.
3. Once it’s thickened and bubbling, remove the pan from the heat and add two tablespoons of grated mild cheddar cheese.
4. Mash or chop up the cauliflower, then stir in the cheese sauce.
5. Give it a twist: You can also add mashed broccoli to give the dish a bit of colour and variety. Or swap the cauliflower for mashed broccoli and carrots for yet another variation.

SWEET POTATO & APPLE

Ingredients

• 1 Sweet Potato, (Peeled and Diced)
• 1 Sweet Dessert Apple (Peeled, Cored and Diced)
• 175 – 200 ml Boiled Water

Instructions

1. Simmer until soft and press through a sieve

 APPLE & CHICKEN MASH

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup chopped & cooked boneless chicken
• ¼ cup cooked apple (no skin or seeds), very soft

Instructions

1. Puree chicken with cooked apple in a food processor or blender until desired consistency for baby is achieved.

FISH DINNER

Ingredients

• 1 filet of any white fish such as cod, haddock etc..(uncrumbed and cooked)
• 1/8 cup of milk
• 1 tbsp melted butter
• 1/8 cup mashed peas
• 1/8 cup mashed carrots
• 1/8 cup mashed potatoes

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients and blend/puree until creamy – Serve warm

BABY STEW

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cubed cooked beef
• 1 peeled potato
• ¼ cup shelled fresh or frozen peas
• 1 peeled carrot
• 1 stalk of celerywea
• 1/4 cup uncooked macaroni
• 4 cups of water

Instructions

1. Wash vegetables thoroughly and chop very fine.
2. Simmer the veggies for 20 minutes or until softened.
3. Add the macaroni and cook for 10 minutes longer or until very soft.
4. Drain but save the water.
5. Mash or puree the mix until it is of a consistency adequate for your child