Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Baby Lentils and Spinach
I'm a bit obsessed when it comes to those vitamins and minerals some non-vegetarians suspect I'm incapable of providing for my children at the appropriate levels...B vitamins, iron, calcium. When Finn went to his first-year check-up he was just shy of the perfect level of iron. He had to take the oral iron supplement for a few weeks, which made me inappropriately irritated with myself. :)
So! I decided to start making this super iron-rich meal for Aksel! I'm sure he'll be eating this for dinner the night before his first-year check-up!
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup lentils, picked over and rinsed
2 cups filtered water
2-3 handfuls of spinach, rinsed and spun in a salad spinner (awesome kitchen tool!)
Place lentils and water in medium saucepan and cover. Bring to a boil then simmer until lentils are tender (15-20 minutes). Some water should still remain in saucepan. Place spinach in saucepan and recover. Cook until spinach is wilted (5-10 minutes).
Pour into glass bowl to cool for about 30 minutes. Place in food processor and puree to your desired consistency (depending on the age of your child). Place in ice cube trays for many iron-rich meals to come!
TO SERVE:
2 cubes, warmed
1 cube other green vegetable, warmed AND/OR few shakes of baby cereal
filtered water or breast milk
Mix and serve at desired consistency. Makes 1/2 to 3/4 cup.
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Thanks for this. I look forward to Sawyer eating baby food and will have to try this recipe. I keep my babies vegetarian their first two years. I am still in negotiations with myself about going back to vegetarianism.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erin. I'm looking forward to making baby food for the baby on the way. I made all of Margaret's food which was great but am always looking for more ways to get all those vitamins on the plate. As you know, we do eat meat and poultry but I try to do less of that as time goes on.
ReplyDeletetheresa