Zucchini and Pea Puree for babies - Real Recipes from Mums

For babies 6 months and over

Ingredients (serves 4)

1 cup small zucchini
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup mashed potato, optional

Method

Wash and cut the ends off the zucchini, and cut into small pieces
Bring a small saucepan of water to boil on a stove. Add the peas and zucchini and cook until soft, around 5 minutes
Puree together in a blender until smooth.
If it’s a little too lumpy for your child, push through a sieve to remove the zucchini and pea skins that haven’t been pureed
Stir in the mashed potato, if desired

Notes

The mashed potato will thicken up this vegetable puree and make it smoother. Can be frozen for up to six weeks - but only if fresh peas were used. Otherwise refrigerate and eat within two days

61 Comments

- - GemmaLaurenMary said
  - 03 Jan 2023
    8:05 pm
I like how vibrant the colour is

- - mom462038 said
  - 10 Nov 2020
    2:42 pm
Beautiful vibrant green colour. Pretty much pea flavour here as zucchini is much bland

- - MrsA said
  - 20 Sep 2019
    10:24 pm
I love the colour of this one

- - ella12 said
  - 18 Oct 2017
    4:41 pm
Lovely, simple and healthy, thank you.

- - mom93821 said
  - 22 Oct 2016
    6:43 pm
A gorgeous and colourful looking zucchini and pea puree.

- - mom62624 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    8:27 am
Looks great; thanks for sharing!.

- - mom109229 said
  - 21 Sep 2015
    10:04 pm
My bubba liked this type of combo when she was little.

- - dannsbuild said
  - 17 Sep 2015
    6:26 pm
Cool! This is interesting recipe! Thank you for sharing this!

- - Kell said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    4:03 pm
Thanks for the note on frozen peas

- - grandmahamon said
  - 27 Jun 2015
    8:21 pm
Nice classic recipe – Thanks so much for sharing.

- - GeoEllie said
  - 30 Jan 2015
    3:16 am
One of our babies fave combos =)

- - GeoEllie said
  - 25 Jan 2015
    2:41 am
Awesome start to solids for babies!

- - mom72215 said
  - 19 Dec 2014
    9:59 pm
I love this simple and very healthy meal to get babies onto solids.

- - Lov'n'Life said
  - 09 Dec 2014
    10:24 pm
Thanks my freezer and ice cubes always had mash in them

- - mom57808 said
  - 09 Dec 2014
    7:10 am
different

- - deangunna said
  - 08 Dec 2014
    11:28 pm
Baby food, we all know how good it is for them, but some of it we really don’t want to eat ourselves.

- - cherz said
  - 08 Dec 2014
    10:09 pm
yep think mashed potato added is the go ..thanx.

- - mom102977 said
  - 08 Dec 2014
    3:22 pm
I was looking for a way how to introduce zucchini to my LO. Thanks.

- - pakeko said
  - 08 Dec 2014
    2:31 pm
Love the colour off this one

- - june11 said
  - 08 Dec 2014
    1:33 pm
These are 3 vegetables with a high water content. You would have to cook them with the mininum amount of water needed or you would lose all the nutriment. Also it may go watery when thawed, the longer it is frozen for the more so.
- mom57522 replied
  
  12 Jan 2015 , 9:46 pm
  Thanks for these pointers, makes sense.