WEANING RECIPE: PEA PESTO WITH PASTA SHAPES

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A fresh and flavour-packed homemade pesto with peas and pine nuts, that you and your toddler are sure to love. Perfect for when your child is moving onto more substantial meals

Provided by Caroline Hire - Food writer

Categories     Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Pasta, Supper

Time 15m

Yield Makes 100g - enough for baby and parent

Number Of Ingredients 6

50g frozen peas
20g pine nuts , toasted
20g parmesan , grated, plus extra for sprinkling on adult portion
around 8 basil leaves
5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
cooked pasta shapes, to serve

Steps:

  • Tip the peas into a food processor, along with the pine nuts, Parmesan, basil and olive oil. Blitz until smooth. You may need to use a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl a few times. It should be a really smooth consistency with no chunks of pine nut for babies.
  • Cook the pasta according to the pack instructions, then stir through a little pesto. Babies should need about one teaspoon for a serving.
  • Cover and keep the remaining pesto in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 103 calories, Fat 3 grams fat, SaturatedFat 0.5 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 16 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 0.4 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, Sodium 0.1 milligram of sodium

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