Sweet potato and lentil puree
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Introduce your baby to protein-packed lentils with this tasty puree, suitable from 6 months
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- A knob of unsalted butter
- 1 Carrotpeeled and chopped into small pieces
- 60g Red lentils
- 200g Sweet potatopeeled and chopped into chunks
- 1 Bay leaf
- 475ml Very low salt vegetable stockor water
Method
step 1
Melt the butter in a saucepan.
step 2
Add the sweet potato, bay leaf and stock or water.
step 3
Bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 minutes or until the lentils and vegetables are soft.
step 4
Remove the bay leaf, then blend into a puree, or mash for older babies.
step 5
Combine the sweet potato with chunks of squash and white potatoes for a tasty winter stew for older toddlers.