Baby Food Recipe - Butternut Squash Risotto

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Serving cooked rice with vegetables is nice and soft so it’s a good way to introduce texture to your baby’s food. Butternut squash is now more readily available in supermarkets and it is rich in vitamin A. You could also make this with pumpkin instead of squash.
 

 

 

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Ingredients

1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon unsalted butter 
1/2 cup basmati rice 
1/2 medium butternut squash (6 ounces) chopped and peeled
2 cups boiling water 
2 medium tomatoes (approx 8 ounces) peeles,seeded and chopped 
1/2 cup grated Cheddar cheese

 

Method:

Saute the onion in half the butter until softened. Stir in the rice until well coated. Pour in the boiling water, cover the pan, and cook for 8 minutes over a high heat. Stir in the chopped butternut squash, reduce the heat and cook, covered for about 12 minutes or until the water has been absorbed.

Meanwhile, melt the remaining butter in a small saucepan, add the chopped tomatoes and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the cheese until melted, then stir the tomato and cheese mixture into the cooked rice.

 

Information:

Cooking time: 24 minutes
Suitable from 9-12 months
Suitable for freezing
MAKES 4 PORTIONS

Comments !

My 9 month old loves this! The recipe makes more like 6 portions though!!!! Which is always good! :-)

 

My 9 month old loves this! The recipe makes more like 6 portions though!!!! Which is always good! :-)

 

Fab dish - my DD loves it @ 10months

 

This is a fab recipe which all my boys love from the yonugest who's 9months to the oldest who's 14!

 

 

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