Baby Food Recipe: Cheese, Leek, Sweet Potato, Cauliflower?

Yup, you read the title correctly – I too was shocked that this could be a baby food recipe!  I thought this was something I would want to eat (maybe not pureed, but you get my drift).  I’ve been introducing new solids to my little girl for a couple months now and I gotta say, I’m loving every minute of it and I love discovering new recipes, cause after a while, they gotta get sick of the same old same old too, right?

This recipe is from my First Meals book that I got from DK Canada.  I love this book, I’ve used it so much since receiving it.  This recipe was intriguing though and I think my baby was ready to try something a little different – other than the usual yam, carrots, broccoli, etc…

Here goes nothing!

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup of chopped leeks
• 3 Tbsp cheddar cheese
• 1 sweet potato, cubed
• 3/4 cups chopped cauliflower
• 1 cup boiling water

Method:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté the leeks for a few minutes
• Add the sweet potato and boiling water and cook for another 5 minutes
• Add the cauliflower and cook for another 5 minutes
• Strain the veggies and reserve 1/3 cup of the liquid for pureeing
• Puree and add the cheese at this point

Note: I didn’t have enough of the liquid left after boiling all the veggies down so I added additional water so that the veggies would puree.  I actually left it a little chunkier because I like giving my little girl some texture, so puree as little or as much as you prefer.

Result:

I’m going to use the word again – shocked!  My little one just gulped up this meal.  I gave it to her for both her lunch and her dinner and she just couldn’t get enough.  This recipe makes enough to freeze a few portions and I’m glad I have them for next week.  She’ll be happy when it’s Cheesy Leek, Sweet Potato and Cauliflower puree night again.