Chicken, Squash & Cauliflower Baby Food (Puree or BLW)
This Chicken, Squash & Cauliflower Baby Food sheet pan meal is easy to make into a smooth, easy to eat puree for baby or is an ideal meal for baby-led weaning. Great for 6+ months and up.
Sheet Pan Chicken Meal for Baby
I love the ease of sheet pan meals for quick and easy weeknight dinners 🍽. Very little prep, hands-off cooking and minimal cleanup time. PERFECTION❤️!
All of that is true for my baby 👶 sheet pan meal, which is perfect whether your little one is eating purees, if you are doing baby-led weaning or if your baby is in the finger food stage.
Just three ingredients make this chicken baby food from scratch that is beyond quick and easy to make!
Make up a big batch, as it freezes really well, too!
Chicken Squash Meal for Baby Video
Ingredients
- Chicken: Use a small boneless and skinless chicken breast.
- Butternut Squash: roughly peeled and chopped, or frozen squash works as well
- Cauliflower
How to make it
- Preheat the oven and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, tin foil or a silicone mat.
- Place the cauliflower and butternut squash on the baking sheet. Place the chicken on a piece of tin foil and wrap up like a present, so no moisture can escape.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, flipping vegetables halfway through baking time.
- The meal will be done with they can be pricked by a fork and the chicken is cooked all the way through.
FOR A BABY FOOD PUREE
- Let the food cool slightly and chop chicken.
- Transfer all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor and puree for 1-2 minutes, adding water, broth, formula or breast milk in 1/4 cup increments if needed.
FOR BABY-LED WEANING
- Let cool, slice chicken into long 2-3″ strips and serve to baby.
HOW TO SERVE IT TO BABY
BABY FOOD PUREE
This recipe makes enough for 20 ounces of baby food, or 8 2.5ounce servings. Let the puree cool to room temperature before giving to baby in their favorite bowl.
BABY-LED WEANING OR FINGER FOODS
Slice the chicken into strips. Place a strip of chicken, a piece of cauliflower and 3 slices of squash onto on a plate.
HOW TO STORE
Both the finger food and the puree can be stored in a baby food container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
The puree can also be frozen for up to 4 months and thawed in the fridge to serve.
Get the recipe: Chicken, Squash + Cauliflower Baby Food Meal
Ingredients
- 1 small boneless skinless chicken breast
- 2 cups butternut squash, seeded, peeled and sliced into 2-3" strips (for finger food) or chopped (for puree)
- 1 1/2 cups cauliflower, florets
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, tin foil or a silicone mat.
- Place the cauliflower and butternut squash on the baking sheet. Place the chicken on a piece of tin foil and wrap up like a present, so no moisture can escape.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, flipping vegetables halfway through baking time. The meal will be done with they can be pricked by a fork and the chicken is cooked all the way through.
- For a Baby Food Puree – let cool slightly, chop chicken and then transfer all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor and puree for 1-2 minutes, adding water, broth, formula or breast milk in 1/4 cup increments if needed. I had to add in 1/2 cup of water to my puree.
- To serve as a finger food or Baby-Led Weaning – let cool, slice chicken into long 2-3" strips and then place each ingredient onto on a plate and serve to baby.
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6 Comments on “Chicken, Squash & Cauliflower Baby Food (Puree or BLW)”
After thawing how do you heat and should you heat to a certain temp since containing chicken. I know you can thaw and serve veggies cold but unsure of meat
The chicken is already cooked when you blend it down into the puree before freezing. you can put it in a small saucepan over low heat and heat it to take the chill out. Hope your little one enjoys it!
hi! how can I sweeten this? I added chicken bone broth to the mix and my baby is not taking to it. I feel as if I could add apples to it, it could help?
I love that you added in bone broth to this puree, but it sounds like that taste was a bit overwhelming for your baby. You could try half bone broth and half water next time. You can add in apple puree, pear puree, mango puree or yogurt to this recipe to see if that helps.
My daughter is 10 months old and we are looking to introduce her to led weaning. Some items that are chunkier baby food she doesn’t prefer but shows signs of being ready for led weaning. Now I see in this recipe that the cut of the meat is chunkier, I was chopping mine very small and see that it is harder for her to tray and grab. Is the size is the picture the correct way? Does it allow them to have better control. I’m just scared of chocking as this is our first time trying this.
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what type of seasonings might go good with this?