baby food: pasta vegetable soup

When pressed for time, I serve whatever mashed vegetable I have left stored in the freezer or in the fridge. But when I checked the fridge and found nothing but uncooked carrots, squash and meat, I decided to give vegetable soup a try.

Grabbed 1 onion, 1 small potato, 1 carrot and chopped them all up. That didn't seem enough so added about 50 grams of uncooked pasta, broken into bite-size pieces. Feel free to add more vegetables, I would have done that, except my littlest one was already in his high chair, impatiently blabbering, asking for food.

Place a pot or pan filled with water on the stove (over medium heat). Toss in the carrot and onion. Add the potato and pasta. Let simmer for 10 minutes or until pasta is cooked. I sprinkled black ground pepper for added flavor (it's safe to add herbs and spices to your baby's food once they've turned 6 months) but NEVER add salt. Your baby's tiny kidneys are not yet equipped to process high amounts of sodium.

  

PASTA VEGETABLE SOUP IS READY!

 

The rest were stored in the freezer. Following the storing process, I let the soup cooled down before transferring into a lidded freezer tray.







Preparing breakfast the next day only took minutes, just popped out three sticks of frozen soup...








and thawed on the stove (on low heat).














Trust me, cooking for your baby is such a rewarding experience.

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