Apple & Pumpkin Baby Food Puree

A delicious and healthy combination of pumpkin, apples and fresh cashew milk made with the NutraMilk along with spices of your choice. A good option for a fall and holiday puree for your little one.

Homemade baby food is the way to go for several reasons. Check out the following post for more details: Transitioning to Solid Foods.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 ½ cups pumpkin puree or 1 (15 oz can organic pumpkin puree)
• 3 medium apples peeled cored & chopped (about 3 cups)
• 1 cashew milk made with the NutraMilk 

INSTRUCTIONS

• Cook pumpkins as below or check out this recipe for homemade pumpkin puree.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Remove the stem from the pumpkin, cut it in half and remove the seeds.
• Place both halves of the pumpkin flesh side down on a baking dish.
• Pour water in the bottom of the dish until it fills the dish about ¼” high.
• Cover pan/pumpkins with foil and bake for 45-60 minutes or until the pumpkins are soft to the touch (the skin depresses when pushed).
• Set pumpkin halves flesh-side up to cool.
• Once cool, remove pumpkin flesh from the skin and measure out 1 ½ cups.

• Place peeled & chopped apples and 1 cup of water in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Cover and cook, stirring occasionally until the apples are soft (about 10-12 minutes).
• Remove from heat and let the water and apples cool (do not discard water, reserve it to use in the baby food).
• You can also bake apples with pumpkin. Simply put raw apples on baking sheet and cook about 45 minutes or till tender.

• Add all ingredients to the NutraMilk and process until smooth. Use more cashew milk depending on desired consistency. For younger babies (4-7 months) need thinner purees, while older babies (8+ months) can handle a little bit of texture)!

• Freeze in 1-2 TBS portions using an ice cube tray or silicone mold.
• Once frozen, remove cubes from tray/mold and transfer to an airtight container and store in the freezer. 

Prepared and photographed by NutraMilk nutritionist, Florencia Tagliavini.