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Sweet potato and lentil puree

• Sarah Barker

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A little work

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 35 mins

Introduce your baby to protein-packed lentils with this tasty puree, suitable from 6 months

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Ingredients

• A knob of unsalted butter

• 1 Carrot

  peeled and chopped into small pieces

• 60g Red lentils

• 200g Sweet potato

  peeled and chopped into chunks

• 1 Bay leaf

• 475ml Very low salt vegetable stock

  or water

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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.

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Sarah Barker

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