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Courgette and cauliflower purée and finger food recipe

Courgette and cauliflower purée and finger food recipe

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Created by The Tesco Real Food team

With creamy cauliflower and vibrant courgette, this purée is perfect for kicking off your baby weaning journey. It's suitable for little ones from around 6 months* – reserve some pieces of veg to serve as finger food, if you want. You can whizz this together in no time and it's ideal for portioning up and freezing for another day. See method

Ingredients

  • 150g courgette, cut into 8cm fingers
  • 150g cauliflower florets, large florets halved

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    80kj
    19kcal     1%

  • Fat

    0g 0%

  • Saturates

    0g 1%

  • Sugars

    2g 2%

  • Salt

    trace 0%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 2.5g Protein 1.4g Fibre 0.9g

Method

  1. Put the vegetables into a steaming basket over a pan of simmering water (don’t let the water touch the bottom of the steamer) and add a lid.
  2. Cook for 8-10 mins until the veg is soft, then purée together until smooth using a stick blender or food processor, leaving out any pieces you would like to serve as finger food.

Tips:

  • If your baby is ready to move onto a lumpier texture, you can roughly mash the veg with a potato masher or the back of a fork. Just make sure there are no big lumps. 
  • You can serve both the purée and the finger food at the same time to help your baby explore different textures. 
  • If you’d like the purée to be looser, just stir in a splash of your baby’s normal milk a little at a time, until it’s the consistency you want.

Freezing and defrosting guidelines

Freeze the purée in an ice cube tray and simply defrost and reheat until piping hot before allowing to cool. In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.

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*This recipe is appropriate for babies at the first stage of weaning, from around 6 months of age. Babies will have different texture preferences – some will progress to mashed or lumpy quickly whilst others may prefer smooth, blended foods for longer. Soft finger foods can be offered at start of complementary feeding.

When weaning your baby, introduce allergenic foods one at a time and not before 6 months.

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