But I guess we adults many times struggle with the idea of home-made food for ourselves. Processed food are quick and easy to prepare, and we hardly think about the actual nutrition value when buy what we need off the shelves. Convenience is the key. But for the sake of our children, mums can go great lengths and pay extra money to buy the freshest organic greens, fruits, fish and poultry and whip up the food just to ensure our little ones get all the nutrients that they need to grow..
I bought a packet of sweet peas at NTUC the other day so I thought I'll do a demonstration on how to do a home-made sweet pea puree!
Firstly, wash the sweet peas thoroughly and steam it for about 5 mins till it is cooked soft.
Then you can peel open the pocket to remove the seeds onto a strainer.
After gathering all the seeds, you can use a pestal to pound lightly so that the bigger seeds are mashed coarsely.
Now for the finer touch. Use the back of a spoon to press and scrape the sweet peas till the skin is totally separated from the fruit.
And after all the scraping action... you'll find all the sweet puree underneath the strainer!
You can prepare the puree in bulk and transfer them into ice-cube trays or a Baby Cubes container like this and store them in the freezer. Once they freeze as puree cubes, you can just remove them from the freezer and add them into your baby's favourite cereal or porridge anytime!
This is how it looks like in my freezer! I've got puree cubes of potato, chinese spinach, sweet potato and pumpkin :) It takes some effort, but certainly more cost-saving and nutritious.. and convenient too!
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