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Weaning recipe: Chicken & mixed veg purée

By Caroline Hire
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Prep: 5 mins Cook: 10 mins

Easy

Makes about 500g

Once your baby is accustomed to weaning purées, introduce them to slightly more texture with this chicken and veg recipe that uses sweet potato, courgette and broccoli

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable
  • Healthy
  • Gluten-free

Nutrition: Per 2 tbsp

  • kcal25
  • fat0.6g
  • saturates0.2g
  • carbs2g
  • sugars1g
  • fibre0.6g
  • protein3g
  • salt0.03g
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Ingredients

  • 1 small sweet potato (about 150g), peeled and cut into chunks
    Sweet potatoes

    Sweet potato

    sweet po-tate-toe

    Sweet potatoes have a creamy texture and a sweet-spicy flavour that makes them ideal for savoury…

  • 1 chicken breast, cut into chunks
  • 1 small courgette (about 150g), cut into chunks
    Courgette

    Courgette

    corr-zjet

    The courgette is a variety of cucurtbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…

  • 4 broccoli florets
    Broccoli

    Broccoli

    brok-o-lee

    Like cabbage and cauliflower, broccoli is a brassica and is sometimes known by its Italian name…

  • 2 tbsp plain yogurt
    yogurt

    Yogurt

    yog-ert

    Yogurt is made by adding a number of types of harmless bacteria to milk, causing it to ferment.…

  • baby's milk

    Milk

    mill-k

    One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a complete food. While cow…

Method

  1. Put the sweet potato into a medium saucepan, cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 3 mins, then add the chicken, courgette and broccoli and simmer for around 7 mins until the chicken is cooked through and the veg are tender.

  2. Drain, then transfer to a food processor with the yogurt. Pulse until smooth, adding enough milk to loosen. Serve one portion and divide the rest between small containers and freeze.

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