Vegetable Weaning Recipes

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Cheeky Corn Puree

• 75g sweetcorn
• 100g carrot peeled and diced
• 350g potato peeled and diced
• 1 small onion
• 450ml full fat milk

• put all the ingredients except the sweetcorn into a pan
• bring to the boil and then cover and simmer for 10 minutes
• add the sweetcorn and simmer for a further 5 minutes
• puree using a blender or by pushing through a sieve
• add extra milk if needed to improve the consistency

Baby's Vegetable Patch Puree

• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1potato,
• 1 carrot peeled and chopped
• 1 tablespoon peas
• 2 tablespons sweetcorn

• heat the oil and add the carrot, fry slowly till soft
• add the remaining vegetables with 4 tablespoons of water
• bring to the boil then cover and simmer for around 15 minutes
• puree using a blender or by pushing through a sieve

Baby's Root Veggie Puree

• 200g parsnip
• 200g carrot
• 200g swede peeled and cubed
• 300g potato peeled and cubed
• 300ml full fat milk
• 150ml water

• place all ingredients in a sauce pan (saving 1/3 milk)
• bring to the boil then cover and simmer for around 20 minutes
• puree using a blender or pushing thorugh a sieve
• use extra milk to improve consistency of puree if necessary

Colourful CousCous

Suitable for the older child but not suitable for freezing!

• 1/2 pepper finely diced
• 50g courgettes finely diced
• 50g green beans finely sliced
• 50g sweetcorn
• handful peas
• 100g couscous
• handful sultanas
• 250ml boiling water
• squeeze orange juice

• steam all vegetables for 5 minutes or until tender
• put couscous in a bowl, cover with boiling water and leave for 5 mintes
• puree vegetables to desired texture add to couscous, fluuf up with a fork and add a squeeze of juice

 

 

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