Roasted butternut squash & garlic purée

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Prepare a delicious and nutritious Roasted Butternut Squash & Garlic Purée for your little one. This toddler-friendly dish involves roasting butternut squash and garlic until soft and then blending them until smooth.

Ingredients

Winter squash (butternut, acorn, buttercup, etc.)

1 small, halved

Garlic

1 bulb

Butter

1 knob

Steps

1.

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Place the butternut squash cut-side up on a baking sheet. Cover with foil and roast in the oven for 45 mins, put the garlic on the tray and roast for another 15 mins or until you can easily slip a knife through the flesh of the squash. Take the garlic out if necessary.

2.

Allow to cool a little, then scoop the flesh out of the squash with a spoon, discarding the seeds and skin. Squeeze the garlic out of the skin, discarding any tough bits and purée the garlic pulp together with the squash in a food processor.

3.

You can add a knob of butter, or a splash of water or milk to loosen the purée.

Roasted butternut squash & garlic purée

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Complexity

Easy Medium

Time

75

Min

Servings

1

Smooth puree

Purees

Oven

Vegetables

Toddler foods

Thicker puree

Stage 3 (9-12m)

Stage 2 (6-9m)

👀 Eyesight

🩸 Blood health

🤲 Skin health

🧠 Brain development

🦠 Immune system