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    Home » Recipes

    How to Start your Baby with Pasta

    Published 14 January 2013 by Liz Gardner | Leave a Comment

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    Here is Baby Recipe #2. Caramel and Parsley is all about helping prevent disease by eating a wholesome, nutritious diet and living a healthy Lifestyle and what better way to give your child a head start. Here is another super simple baby (one year plus) recipe idea for the busy caregiver for maximum food benefit.  

    Preservative Free Pasta Sauce Ingredients

    • ½ Onion - chopped
    • Two Medium sized carrots – diced
    • ½ Pepper (colour of your choice) – chopped
    • 5 or 6 Organic mushrooms (Crimini is a good choice) - sliced
    • 1 or 2 Garlic cloves to taste – crushed
    • One Tomato (optional) - chopped

    Directions

    Saute the above ingredients in a little olive oil in a medium-sized pot, until cooked and then add:

    1. One cup Water
    2. ½ cup Red Lentils *
    3. ½ Teaspoon Basil dried
    4. ½ Teaspoon Oregano dried

    Bring to boil and simmer until lentils are cooked, about twenty minutes. Let cool and puree with a blender. This is your finished pasta sauce.

    Healthy pasta for baby
    Healthy pasta for baby

    Pasta Options

    (non wheat, no additives) - substitute any of the following :

    • Whole grain pasta only
    • Brown rice
    • Kamut
    • Quinoa
    • Prepare per package instructions

    To serve pasta

    Sprinkle with grated goat mozzarella cheese or Parmesan cheese

    This is a highly nutritious meal for your child, complete with “every food group”.

    An excellent lunch or dinner.

    Healthy food choices = lots of energy for playtime

    Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
    ~Welsh Proverb

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