Apple Baby Food Puree – 3 Delicious Ways
Apple Baby Puree – 3 Delicious Ways! Using apples as the base ingredient, you can make these 3 different homemade baby food purees by adding in a couple of other ingredients to the apples while cooking. In 10 minutes or less per recipe, you can have over 60 ounces of baby food to last through the month.
Apple Baby Food Puree – 3 Delicious Ways
My good friend, who happens to have a 9 month old baby, texted me the other day a list of a couple of ingredients she had on hand that she wanted to make into baby purees. She had gotten some bulk apples, sweet potatoes and beets and she wanted to know what else she could add to these fruits and veggies in order to get a selection of different purees. She wanted her baby to have a variety of tastes for the next month.
I had never thought about making baby food like this before.
I guess my brain works backwards, or maybe her’s does, not sure which one.. but since she’s still not sleeping through the night, let’s go with the later;)
Apple Puree – 3 Ways Video
Watch this video to see how to make apple puree for your baby 3 different ways!
Anyway, I always think about baby food, and cooking in general, as a here is the end recipe I want to make so what are the ingredients I need to go and get to make this.
She flipped that thinking for me.
She thought, here are the ingredients that I have on hand, now what can I mix with them that will give me the end recipe.
And since I am sure you buy produce in bulk to make baby puree recipes yourself, I decided to run with this idea and theory on making baby puree recipes. I bought a bulk container of organic apples, then went home and raided my fridge for more ingredients to mix with the apples. Since you don’t need a ton of produce to mix with the apples, I was able to pull out of my fridge one sweet potato, a couple of carrots, a small container of raspberries, some spinach (which I had to pick through to get the still good pieces) and a little broccoli. It was fun to see what I could make with just the simple ingredients I already had in the fridge.
So, I started with APPLES!
Apples are one of my favorite fruits to both eat and make into baby purees. I have found through the years that apples provide a really great base for baby food purees – they are sweet, they make a great smooth and creamy puree and they are also super nutritious. Apples are also readily available during all seasons of the year and can be found at all grocery stores.
Apples are a great source of fiber, potassium, antioxidants, vitamin C, K and B6. Apples are great at improving gut health, have cancer fighting antioxidants, prevent inflammation and help fight heart disease.
Organic Vs. Conventional Apples
Since apples are one of the top foods on the Dirty Dozen List, I would recommend buying organic apples for your baby purees. Depending on your store and time of year, these days the price difference is not as steep as it used to be and I have found organic apples only $.50 more a pound then conventional. I don’t say this about all produce, but in this case the few extra dollars are worth it to buy the organic apples.
Recipes
Okay, now for the fun part – the recipes!
Starting with the base fruit of apples, I went a little sweet, a little savory and a little green.
Apple, Raspberry + Vanilla Baby Food Puree
Apple, Carrot + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree
Apple, Spinach + Broccoli Baby Food Puree
You can make each of these baby purees in 10 minutes or less and if you make them all, you will have over 60 ounces of delicious baby purees to last you through the month.
If you are just starting out on your baby food-making journey, here is The Ultimate Guide on How to Make and Serve Homemade Baby Food to help you get started.
Apple, Raspberry + Vanilla Baby Food Puree
Apple, Raspberry + Vanilla Baby Food Puree
Apple, Carrot + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree
Apple, Carrot + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree
Apple, Spinach + Broccoli Baby Food Puree
Apple, Spinach + Broccoli Baby Food Puree
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3 Comments on “Apple Baby Food Puree – 3 Delicious Ways”
For the apples/carrots/sweet potatoes, approx how much chopped carrots? And how much sweet potato? Im using baby carrots and my sweet potatoes are small so i wanted to make sure and use the right amounts. Thanks!
What type of apples do you recommend using in purees?
You can use any sweet apples – figi, gala, mcintosh, honeycrisp, etc. I would just stay away from red delicious and granny smith if you can.