Blueberries, etc.

I love this recipe. I found it in "Top 100 Baby Purees" by Annabel Karmel. 

Its a great recipe because you don't have to stick to it. 

You can change it up however you like.

Sienna holding her own spoon... at least she wasn't dropping it on the floor :)

AGE: 6+ months

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Blueberries
1 extra juicy Peach
1 ripe Pear
(after 14 months you can add rice cereal to thicken)

...:::Hold off on ALL grains until about 14 months, babies don't have the enzymes to digest them, despite what doctors suggest about rice cereal, though once baby is 14 months feed them the rice cereal first:::...

Directions:

Wash the fruit. Dry immediately (especially the berries, they will absorb water if left in too long). Peel, core and chop the pear and peach. Make sure there aren't any stems on the blueberries - this is common to find if bought from the farmer's market.

Put the fruit into a small sauce pan over low heat and cover. Stir occasionally. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Puree in a food processor.

Refrigerate up to 3 days or freeze up to 3 months.

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VARIATIONS:
Add an apricot, nectarine, or pitted/stemmed cherries.
You can use cherries instead of blueberries.
Use the apricot instead of the peach.
Use two nectarines instead of a pear.
be creative. :)

Triple this recipe and freeze.

California Girls Eat Avocado

Plus, its SO easy to make.


What you'll need:

Utensils:
Bowl
Fork
Spoon
Knife
Cutting Board (if you want one)

Ingredients:
1/2 an Avocado
teaspoon of Lime or Tangerine juice




Directions:
Slice the avocado in half length-wise. Remove the pit (do this with the knife by tapping the pit and then twisting while the knife is still lodged in the pit, should come out pretty easily if you do it right). Scoop the meat out of the skin with a spoon- or I just use to fork so I don't dirty more dishes, careful not to get any of the bitter dark meat, squeeze the lime juice in and mash it up with a fork. Now baby is ready for a snack!


NOTES:

• if you want to save the avocado then just keep the pit in the half and it will last longer. 
• baby probably won't eat much of this, especially if its her first time, so you get to eat the other half as a snack :)
• you can always puree this in a food processor, it will give it a completely different texture - VERY smooth and creamy 

Sorrry this is on Thursday & not Wednesday. Better late than never??