This Apple + Mint with Cottage Cheese Baby Food Puree is a great smooth or chunky combination for baby. Filled with sweet apples, refreshing mint and chunky cottage cheese for a delicious meal for baby. Great for stage 2 or Stage Baby Food!

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Apple + Mint with Cottage Cheese Baby Food Puree

The other week, I made a rather excellent puree with just roasted bananas and rosemary, and it got me thinking about what other fruits I could mix up with a savory spice or herb. So I decided to start with apples. Apples and cinnamon are one of my go-to purees for babies, toddlers and even adults [yes, including myself]. But I wanted to give it a fresh twist, something equally as delicious but with a fun summer punch.

Enter Mint.

Mint is one of my all time favorite summer herbs and I love tossing it into smoothies, salads, cocktails, ice cream, pasta and just about anything else.

Spread on a wooden board with a clear jar of cottage cheese and mint leaves.

Apples and Mint just seem right together.

A puree combination that is sweet, smooth, fresh and cool.

You can totally stop with just the puree, but why not add another fun surprise but mixing it with some full fat cottage cheese.

We don’t get cottage cheese at our house very often, mostly because I am beyond addicted to greek yogurt, but cottage cheese is a great thing to add to purees for some additional calcium and protein. If the chunkiness of the cottage cheese is a little much for your little one, just pop the puree and cottage cheese into a blender and whirl around for a couple of seconds.

  • Bowl filled with apple puree with a mint leave on top.

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Get the recipe: Apple + Mint with Cottage Cheese Baby Food Puree

5 stars (2 ratings)
Filled with sweet apples, refreshing mint and chunky cottage cheese for a delicious meal for baby.
Yield: 20 ounces
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Author: Michele Olivier
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Baby Food
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Ingredients 

  • 4 apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 6 mint leaves
  • 1 cup organic full-fat cottage cheese

Instructions 

  • In a medium saucepan, place the apples and water. Cover, and cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes or unitl easily pricked with a fork, stirring occasionally. Let cool slightly.
  • Transfer the cooked apples to a blender or food processor. Add in the min leaves. Puree on high for 1-2 minutes or until you have reached your desired consistency, adding additional water in tablespoon increments if needed.
  • For a Stage 2 puree – add the cottage cheese to the blender and blend until smooth. For a Stage 3 Baby Food – pour the puree into a seperate medium sized bowl and gently stir in the cottage cheese.

Notes

Age: 6+ months
Yield: roughly 20 ounces
Notes on Consistency: for a Stage 2 puree – add the cottage cheese to the blender and blend until smooth. For a Stage 3 Baby Food – pour the puree into a seperate medium sized bowl and gently stir in the cottage cheese. 
Storage: Fridge – store in an airtight container in the fridge for 4 days. Freezer – I would not recommend freezing this puree as a chunky puree but you can freeze the apple and mint puree for up to 3 months. I have had success freezing the stage 2 smooth puree with cottage cheese in it though. 
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