After a difficult transition from exclusive breastfeeding to solids, Wriggly now enjoys food, thank goodness! She eats anything she can feed herself, but when it comes to purées, she prefers vegetables mixed with a bit of fruit.
This recipe was a bit of a happy accident. I simply tweaked a recipe from Annabel Karmel’s Quick & Easy Weaning cookbook. All you need is sweet potatoes, butternut squash, pears, olive oil and rosemary.
The smell coming from the roasted vegetables was incredible!
The purée was so delicious I could not stop eating it after I had blended it.
It would make a nice mash to go with white fish and green vegetables. I will definitely make it again for all of us!
Just one more photo before I share the recipe!
Sweet Potato, Butternut Squash, Pear & Rosemary Purée
Ingredients
- 300 g sweet potato 3 small ones
- 300 g butternut squash half a small one
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 sprig of rosemary
- 2 ripe pears
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to gas mark 6 (200 degrees Celsius / 400 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Peel and chop the vegetables. Put them in an ovenproof dish with the rosemary on top and brush with oil.
- Cover with foil and bake for half-an-hour.
- Peel, core and chop the pear. Add it to the vegetables and blend.
Recipe Notes
You can freeze portions of the purée for later.
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Your pictures are so beautiful. I need your food styling help xx
Oh that is such a nice comment! Thank you hunny. I will have to give you a hug next month!
Oh yum, this has brought me right back to weaning! Thanks for linking up x
He he! I am definitely going to make it again for all of us to go with fish. I will just make it a tad thicker. x
Mmmm, bet that was delicious! I could fancy a bowl of that right now!
I seriously loved it. Probably had more than Wriggly did in the end!
What a great combination of flavours, sounds delicious! 🙂 x
It really is yummy. If Callum likes his veg, he probably would love the combination in a mash form, or even as roasted veg. x
I’m going to try this today! 🙂
Ooooh, what did you think?
Really nice, and Callum loved it. A definite thumbs up! 🙂
Brilliant, I’m glad he liked it!
J’aime beaucoup ton purée Mel ! Je crois que la poire doit le donner un petit goût sucre très bon ! ça ne m’étonne pas que les enfants ont adoré !
C’est franchement super bon! Moi aussi j’adore.