Simple Carrot Puree for Baby Weaning
Learn the best way to make homemade nutritious carrot puree for your baby's first stage food. Perfect for introducing solids safely.
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 medium Carrots
- 1/4 cup Liquid water, breastmilk, formula milk, sodium free vegetable or chicken stock
- 1/2 tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil/Coconut Oil
- 1/8 tsp Cinnamon/Cumin/Dry Ginger Powder/Nutmeg optional
Instructions
- Peel and chop carrots roughly.
- Cook the carrot chunks by steaming or boiling till they are tender. This will take approximately 10 minutes. I prefer steaming them. Refer Cooking Method above to know which method retains the maximum nutrition.
- Transfer cooked carrots in a blender. Carrot puree can be a little thick for stage one food. To make a smooth thin puree, you can use liquid of your choice. This could be breastmilk, formula milk, sodium free chicken or vegetable stock or boiled carrot water.
- Transfer the puree to a bowl. You can serve the puree as it is or add spices like cinnamon, cumin, dry ginger powder. For this recipe, I have added cinnamon and dry ginger powder.
- Also add 1/2 tsp of extra virgin olive oil to the finished puree to add healthy fats. Refer Fat Soluble Vitamin above to know why you must add healthy fats to carrots.
- Serve carrot puree cool or warm or portion into storage containers or ice cube trays for later use.
Notes
- You can store carrot puree in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer. It will last you 3 days in the refrigerator and about 2 months in freezer.
- You can serve carrot puree as it is or deepen the flavour by adding spices like dry ginger powder, nutmeg, cinnamon or cumin.
- Stage one puree is thin. Make carrot puree thin by adding liquid of your choice. This could be breastmilk, formula milk, sodium free chicken or vegetable stock or boiled carrot water if you choose to boil carrots and not steam.