Make your own fruit and veg pouches - Real Recipes from Mums

Pouches are great for when you’re out and about as they are a hit of fruit and or veg without the mess or the fuss. It’s so easy to make them yourself – the beetroot is a great sweetener and provides a serve of veg for the day – plus it makes the fruit a really cool bright pink colour!

Ingredients (serves 1 | makes 6 pouches)

1 beetroot
2 green apples
2 pears
1 brocolli stem

Method

Dice up the fruit and veg.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
Blitz it all up with a stick blender or power blender and funnel into your reusable pouches. They will keep in the freezer for a good month.

Notes

You can buy reusable pouches online cheaply and they usually deliver quickly. I've had mine for over a year and they are still going strong!

46 Comments

- - mom465794 said
  - 30 Nov 2024
    6:29 am
Great idea to get some broc in

- - BellaB said
  - 03 Sep 2024
    6:56 pm
I must admit that I refer to beetroot as “the horrible staining agent”.

- - GemmaLaurenMary said
  - 09 Jan 2023
    10:58 pm
I truly believe homemade is the best. They look great. Well Done.

- - meedee said
  - 29 May 2021
    10:42 am
Love it. Great way to get a mix of veggies in there.

- - mom363826 said
  - 31 Mar 2021
    2:54 pm
Great for make ahead meals

- - mom460689 said
  - 26 Oct 2020
    2:46 pm
So easy to do and good to know baby is eating super healthy things.

- - mom462038 said
  - 09 Apr 2020
    12:07 pm
Oh wow, I didn’t even know you could buy these pouches! What a brilliant product, I’m going to buy myself some asap

- - mom327228 said
  - 01 Feb 2020
    10:29 am
Brilliant idea for kids meal for traveling

- - mom327228 said
  - 19 Nov 2019
    12:35 pm
Great idea for kids meal during travel

- - Blossom said
  - 02 Oct 2019
    7:36 pm
It’s s great idea using broccoli stems and not the flower section at all. The flower has a much stronger flavour and spoil the flavour of the fruit. Beetroot is powerful enough but adds more vegetable. I would be tempted to use carrot or sweet potato instead of beetroot.

- - mom129591 said
  - 06 Jul 2019
    9:38 pm
A really good easy idea that I like. Thank you.

- - mom62624 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    10:51 am
Brilliant and great on the go!

- - teegsmrstee said
  - 28 Apr 2019
    4:20 pm
Such a great idea, lot of work but good idea!

- - mom350461 said
  - 23 Apr 2019
    8:56 pm
I did this for both of my children when they were on mush foods. I figured that I could make much better food than what was in packet food and it’ll be a lot more cost effective

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    10:31 am
Wow imagine all the money you’ll save by making your own

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 11 Jun 2018
    8:52 am
What a healthy economic way to make kids food

- - mom265671 said
  - 31 May 2018
    4:22 pm
Great idea. Cheaper than store bought and healthier

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 18 Apr 2018
    7:27 pm
this is such a good recipe, I have found it hard to find the right ratios for veg and fruit but I shall give another go

- - Ellen said
  - 07 Jan 2018
    3:20 am
I like your reusable pouches !

- - mom266216 said
  - 21 Oct 2017
    6:47 pm
It’s a great idea and easy to carry home made fruits and veggies purée when going out with bub.