Pasta for Babies
Your baby or child is going to love this vegan-friendly Pasta for Babies. It's nourishing & filling with potatoes, peas, corn & pasta
Ingredients
- 2 tsp unsalted butter
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- ½ cup diced potato (chopped into small cubes) (NOTE 1)
- 4 cups salt-reduced chicken stock (or vegetable stock for vegan) (NOTE 2)
- 1 tsp tomato paste (salt-reduced if available)
- ¾ cup macaroni elbow pasta (dried) (NOTE 3)
- ⅔ cup frozen peas and corns (NOTE 4)
Instructions
- Peel (optional) and chop up the potatoes into small cubes. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, then add in the garlic and potatoes and cook for 2 minutes, stirring regularly. Pour in the chicken or vegetable stock and stir in the tomato paste, then bring the mixture to a boil.
- Once the mixture bubbles, reduce the heat to medium-low, then add the pasta and cover for 5 minutes. Add in the peas and corns and cook for a further 2 minutes uncovered, stirring occasionally or until the pasta and potatoes are soft. Leave the pasta to cool at room temperature (or lukewarm) before feeding your little one.
Notes
(NOTE 1) Potatoes - Choose potatoes that are good for boiling, such as all-rounders. I cleaned the potatoes and chopped them, but you could peel them first if you wish.
(NOTE 2) Chicken stock (or vegetable stock for vegan) - To keep the sodium levels low, I used salt-reduced (low sodium) stock.
(NOTE 3) Pasta - I used gluten-free elbow pasta, however, any type of small pasta would work such as macaroni. To make this meal even healthier, you could use macaroni pasta made from wholemeal (wholewheat) or spelt.
(NOTE 4) Frozen vegetables - My toddler tolerates sweet baby corn and peas, which we get premixed and frozen from the supermarket. You may wish to substitute for veggies that your little one would likely eat.
Leftovers - Allow the pasta to cool completely at room temperature, then transfer into an airtight container and refrigerate. It'll be good for up to 3 days. Freeze batches of pasta in little/baby containers for up to 3 months.
A Third-Party Application calculated the calories and nutritional information. Please use this as an approximate guide only.
Cooking measurements are in Australian standard spoon and cup measurements.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 125kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 5gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 62mgPotassium: 198mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.4gVitamin A: 813IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 11mgIron: 1mg