Weaning Potato & Parsnip
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Tasty potato and parsnip with carrot
- Prep Time 10 mins
- Cook Time 15 mins
- Serves 4
- Difficulty Level Easy
Preparation
- Total Time 25 mins
- Preparation Time 10 mins
- Cooking Time 15 mins
- 1 potato (peeled and diced)
- 1 parsnip (peeled and diced)
- 1 carrot (peeled and diced)
- thyme (fresh or dried)
- Peel and dice the vegetables.
- Place the vegetables and a small sprinkle of thyme in a steamer or cover with water and bring to the boil.
- Cook for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.
- Puree adding some of the reserved cooking water to loosen the mixture so that it becomes soft.
Tips
It's better to mash potato or use a mouli as a blender will release the potato’s starch and create a glutinous consistency.
However, you can also skip the pureeing stage altogether if you like! Just be sure to cook the vegetables thoroughly until they're soft enough for your baby to gum. If you're trying baby-led weaning, just cut the potato, parsnip & carrot into adult-finger-sized sticks, that your baby can easily pick up and munch on.
Variations
Babies love the sweet flavours of parsnip and carrot. To make it even more tempting for your baby, why not try using sweet potato instead of regular potato? Or, if you're trying to introduce your baby to new flavours, why not stir in a bit of a more bitter food like cooked spinach? Start with a small amount, and gradually add more to help your baby learn to like the new flavour.
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Reviews
★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ 2 ratingsRate this recipe
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Very quick to put together and smells divine!
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4
Great quick and easy weaning recipe! My babba loves it :) Thank you.
Guest
Looking forward to making this, just in the process of starting to wean my lil boy.
Guest
This is a great recipe - quick, easy and cost effective. It also tastes great.
Guest
This is one of the first meals that i made for my 24 weeks old son. He loved it, it was cheap and easy to make.
Guest
A delicious puree for babies just starting. I served it with some home made meatballs to use as finger food, alongside the puree for a veg/soup side. Lovely.
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