Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Ideas for fruit/vegetable purees please?

My daughter seems to like fruit much more then veg so I'd like some ideas for fruit/vegetable combinations so I can get her to eat more vegetables.

Ideas for fruit/vegetable purees please?
swede and carrot, sweet potato and butternut squash, parsnip added with any of these!! to make veg more bland and milky add 2 oz of milk to the dish it works well!!!
Reply:I thnk your baby likes fruit because its sweeter. I dont know but mixing fruit and vegetables sounds weird. Why dont you try sweet vegetables, like mashed boiled carrots, sweet potatoes, sweetcorn, baby peas? You could use a blender to make a thick puree.
Reply:I found with my two boys they both loved carrot and apple, carrot, parsnip and turnip, sweet potato, butternut squash etc. These root veg all tend to be a bit sweeter than the greens and you can mix them in with some of the more bitter veggies to sweeten them for your baby's palate and gradually reduce the amount of sweeter veg and increase the others.
Reply:Try mixing Carrott with with fruit. Carrott has little flavour so she probablt wont notice. Banana and mash potato is another good one to try.Any Fruit will mix with potato or carrott.
Reply:Everyone I know that has babies that are weening swear by 'Annabel Karmel' cookbooks. I am 100% there will be something in there for your daughter. Alternatively, why don't you try sweet tasting vegetables such as sweet potato, sweetcorn and parsnip? They are all sweet and vegetables too! Weening seems to be really trial and error, keep at it!
Reply:try some sweet potatoes or butternut squash.
Reply:You could mix any that you want. Baby's have different tastes than we do. Does she like orange/yellow veggies? Those are sweeter. If she takes to those, you may try sneaking in some mixed veggies with some green ones.
Reply:Apple and potato

Avocado and banana

butternut squash mashed with freshly squeezed orange juice

Squash also mixes nice with pear

Carrot and orange juice



Basically you can try anything!
Reply:if you have a blender or a smoothie have fun trying out different ways of combining fruit with veg as my child would not eat when i first tried so i just got busy and well you just have to try and see its the fun in trying that gets the answer!!and now 4 yrs later there she is eating fresh carrots on the way to school as well as 2-3 fruits during the day and then once home tomatoes lettuce cucumber gherkins and even mushrooms and all fresh as no blending evrything takes time and they always like one or two from the testing goodluck!!


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