Pumpkin puree

PUMPKIN PUREE FOR BABIES

It’s in season and it’s such a nutritious food for babies: pumpkin puree. Wonderfully loaded with beta-carotenes, vitamin C, iron, and other nutrients, pumpkin puree can be served to your little ones starting from 6 months in a very simple and light way. For the basic pumpkin puree the ingredients are:

– 1 medium “sugar pie” pumpkin, more or less 1lb (850gr.)

– 1 cup of hot water (I used the one from the steamer) or breast milk or formula milk.

How to proceed:

– cut the pumpkin in half and peel it with a  sharp knife. Be careful 😉

 

– remove the seeds

– slice the pumpkin in 8 slices and remove the inner peel in the center (once cooked it will still taste threadlike…)

– cut the pumpkin in small pieces

– steam the pumpkin for 15 minutes

– place the pumpkin in a bowl and add the liquid (either hot water or breast milk or formula milk) and puree it with an immersion blender. You can always use a food processor, it works the same!!

– add as much liquid as you need in order to create a smooth and creamy texture. I ended up using 1 cup of hot water from the steamer.

– your little one can enjoy it right away or you can store the puree’ in small portions in an air tight container or in a fun reusable pouch like the one in the video in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

If you like the baby food reusable pouches in the video, they are from BabyMaya and you can find them on Amazon, here

Babies usually love pumpkin puree as it is smooth and sweet; you can really play adding other ingredients all appropriate for babies from 6/7 months. Here you are some ideas:

1 Sweet Potato + Pumpkin + Bananas + Blueberry

2 Pumpkin + Sweet Potato + Pear

3 Spinach + Pumpkin + Chickpeas

4 Pumpkin + Apple + Yogurt

PUMPKIN PUREE FOR ADULTS

If you want to prepare the pumpkin puree and use it as a basic ingredient for all the wonderful fall recipes, just follow the instructions above and add hot water at the end (…you will not need breast milk or formula milk…).