Free 201 Organic Baby Purees by Tamika L. Gardner Page A

the two purées together with a butter knife for an interesting effect.
    6 SERVINGS
    1 small Yukon Gold potato
    1 ⁄ 8 cup water
    Â½ teaspoon butter (optional)
    4 tablespoons Simply Sweet Potato ( Chapter 4 )
    1.   Wash and peel potato and cut into small chunks.
    2.   Add potatoes and water to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook until tender.
    3.   Transfer potato to a blender. Purée.
    4.   Combine both potato purées. Stir in butter if desired.
    Â  Squash-Apple-Pear Medley
    FREEZER/SUPERFOOD
    If you aren’t able to find butternut squash at your local grocery or farmers’ market, feel free to use another variety of winter squash—or even pumpkin!—for this recipe.
    6 SERVINGS
    Â½ cup peeled butternut squash chunks
    Â¼ cup water
    2 tablespoons Enchanting Apple ( Chapter 4 )
    2 tablespoons Sparkling Pear Purée ( Chapter 4 )
    1.   Combine squash and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil.
    2.   Stir while cooking to ensure that squash cooks evenly.
    3.   Cook until tender, 8–10 minutes.
    4.   Transfer squash to a food processor or blender. Purée, using reserved cooking water as necessary to achieve age-appropriate consistency.
    5.   Combine squash with Enchanting Apple purée and Sparkling Pear Purée.
    Â  Butternut Squash Plus Carrot Purée
    FREEZER/SUPERFOOD
    Take advantage of autumn when both of these vegetables are in season. Don’t forget to freeze any leftovers to enjoy in the spring!
    1 SERVING
    Â½ cup butternut squash chunks
    2 tablespoons One-Carrot Gold Purée ( Chapter 4 )
    1.   Steam large butternut squash pieces for 25 minutes to soften and loosen the skin. When cool enough to handle, remove skin from squash and cut into 2-inch cubes.
    2.   Add squash to blender and purée until desired consistency is reached.
    3.   Combine 2 tablespoons of resulting butternut squash purée with carrot purée and serve.
    4.   Freeze remaining butternut squash for up to eight weeks.
    Â  Apple-Banana Oatmeal
    SUPERFOOD
    Most babies prefer the taste of sweet apples over tart apples, so it’s best to stay away from Granny Smith apples when making apple purées for the earliest eaters.
    3 SERVINGS
    2 tablespoons prepared iron-fortified oatmeal cereal (with either breast milk or formula)
    2 tablespoons Enchanting Apple ( Chapter 4 )
    2 tablespoons mashed banana
    Combine all ingredients.
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    Â  MENUS FOR SIX- TO SEVEN-MONTH-OLDS
    Always introduce new foods separately for four to seven consecutive days to watch for signs of allergies. Once your baby has shown no reaction to the foods alone, you can introduce mixtures of previously tolerated foods and follow the sample menu. EVERY DAY: Breast milk or formula: 24–32 ounces per day Iron-fortified infant cereal: ¼ cup per day
Week
1
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Homemade Rice Cereal
Homemade Oatmeal Cereal
Homemade Rice Cereal
Avocado Mash
Pumpkin Patch Purée
Simply Sweet Potato
Blushing Bananas
Just Peachy Purée
Amazing Apricot Purée
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Homemade Oatmeal Cereal
Homemade Rice Cereal
Homemade Oatmeal Cereal
Homemade Rice Cereal
Green Bean Bliss
Crazy about Cantaloupe
Mango Tango
Sparkling Pear Purée
Blushing Bananas
Baked Winter Squash
Green Bean Bliss
Zealous Zucchini

Week
2
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Apple-tastic Oatmeal
Homemade Barley Cereal
Homemade Barley Cereal; Avocado Mash
Avocado-Banana Mash
Squash-Apple-Pear Medley
Simply Sweet Potato
Green Beans and Rice Combo
Plumtastic Purée
Peachy Mango Rice Cereal
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Banana Oatmeal Mash
Island Breakfast Cereal
Papaya-Pear Oatmeal
Homemade Barley Cereal; Plum Delight
Plummy Potatoes
Simply Broccoli
Green Bean Bliss
Bright Zucchini and Rice
Hiya Papaya
Enchanting Apple
Cucumber-Melon Mashup
Plum-Pear Yogurt Yum-Yum

Week
3
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Apple-Plum-Barley