Chicken and Veggie Mash Baby Food Recipe – easy recipe for chicken and veggie mash using chicken, carrots, cooked peas, and chicken stock.
I went the make your own baby food route when my children were babies. I made the baby food out of necessity because of my daughter’s food allergies but I soon saw other benefits of making my own baby food.
In addition to not having to worry about nutrition labels, I loved the convenience of storage and the DIY route was a huge money-saver! Plus, making your own baby food is relatively easy. Baby food is easy to freeze/store so you always have it on hand and all preparation and storage costs are minimal. You can store A LOT of baby food with very little freezer space. You will need a decent blender or hand mixer, and even those don’t break the bank.
Chicken and Veggie Mash Baby Food Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
- 2oz (1/4 cup) chicken, cut into small pieces
- 1 small carrot, peeled and diced
- 2oz (1/4 cup) cooked peas
- homemade chicken stock or water
Chicken and Veggie Mash Baby Food Recipe Directions
- Put all ingredients into a saucepan and just cover with the stock/broth.
- Simmer gently until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
- Drain (reserving the broth) and puree with an immersion blender, adding back a little of the reserved cooking broth to create a thinner texture if necessary.
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Having a proper blender or immersion blender is very important to the process of making this or any other baby food recipe. It’s the one are in the kitchen I won’t skimp or cut corners on.
Krups sent this chicken and veggie mash baby food recipe for Chicken and Veggie Mash. Krups produces a nifty hand blender you can buy off of their website, at stores like Target, or on Amazon designed to make do it yourself baby food making a snap.
