3 homemade baby puree recipes to whip up with a blender

Expert Advice – 23 May 24 By Fiona Wright

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Our blender of choice? One that can handle ALL of the chopping, steaming and blending.

Starting your baby on solids is an exciting milestone, marking a new phase in their development. Making at-home purees can be a fun and rewarding way to ensure your baby gets the best nutrition.

With a blender like the Vitamix E310, you can easily steam and puree almost anything, making the process simple and efficient.

Baby food doesn’t need a lot of ingredients; you can often use what you already have in your kitchen to prepare fresh, homemade purees, giving you the peace of mind that your baby is eating nutritious food without any added preservatives.

3 puree recipes your baby will love…

Banana Berry

The classic flavour combination of strawberries and banana, puréed to perfection.

Makes: 4 servings (120 ml)

Ingredients:

120 g (1) banana, peeled, diced
200 g (Approx. 10) strawberries, stemmed, steamed

Directions:

Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure the blade base.
Start the machine, and increase to its highest speed. Blend for 20 seconds or until smooth.

Pear, Mango & Avocado Baby Food

A fruity purée including pears, mango, and creamy avocado.

Makes: 20 Servings (600 ml)

Ingredients:

225 g pear, seeded, quartered, steamed
200 g avocado, halved, seeded, peeled
400 g mango, peeled, seeded, halved andsteamed

Directions:

Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
Start the machine, and increase it to its highest speed.
Blend for 1 minute, using the tamper to push ingredients into the blades.

Tomato Rice

Brown rice and tomatoes are all you need for this simple baby food purée.

Makes: 8 Servings (240ml)

Ingredients:

¼ cup (60 ml) water
1 cup (185 g) cooked brown rice
2 (225 g) tomatoes, stemmed

Directions:

Place all ingredients intothe Vitamix container in the order listed and secure the lid.
Start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to its highest speed. Blend for 60seconds, using the tamper to push ingredients toward the blades.

Handy tips for starting baby on solids

What age should you introduce solids?

Start introducing solids around 6 months. Begin with finely mashed, smooth foods and gradually move to coarser textures. Your baby might only eat a spoonful at first, but they’ll eat more with time and practice.

Signs your baby is ready to start solids

Your baby is ready to start solids when they have good head and neck control, can sit upright with support, show interest in food by looking at your plate, reach for your food, and open their mouth when you offer food on a spoon.

What are the best pureed foods for babies?

Introduce new foods to your baby one at a time and choose foods that are nutritious and easy to mash like bananas, avocados, peaches, pear, watermelon, stewed apples, potatoes and pumpkin.

We’re loving this blender & cup adapter…

Vitamix E310 Explorian Blender

from $499 (usually $699) at Myer

Not just for whipping up baby puree, the E310 blender is a versatile tool that can replace multiple appliances, offering blending, heating, puree, ice crushing, chopping, grinding, whipping, whole food juicing, mixing and churning.

Use this high-performance Vitamix blender for smoother and faster nutritious smoothies, juices, hot soups, flours and doughs, butters, frozen desserts, batters, dressings and more!

Key features:

Includes a motor base, 1.4 litre container with two part lid, low profile tamper and recipe book
Compact blender machine with a blending capacity perfect for making medium batches of healthy recipes at home
10 variable speeds and pulse options let you manually adjust blending power to achieve your desired food texture and consistency
Two part lid has a plug that doubles as a measuring cup with measurement markings
Low profile tamper pushes down thick or frozen ingredients without hitting the blades
Self cleaning – use a dash of water with dishwashing soap and the Vitamix can clean itself within 30 to 60 seconds
Jug, tamper and blade are dishwasher safe

Available at:

$499 (usually $699) at Myer
$549 at The Good Guys
$529.95 (usually $699) at Kitchen Warehouse
$587 (usually $699) at Appliances Online
$563.95 (usually $649) at Amazon AU

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Vitamix Personal Cup Adaptor

from $208.77 at Amazon AU

The Personal Cup Adaptor provides on-the-go convenience of a personal blender to your full-size Vitamix® machine. The individual portion size of the 600ml cup lets you blend just the right amount and avoid food waste.

Perfect for making smoothies, dips, dressing, and of course, baby food.

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