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Pumpkin Soup

No-added-salt    Vegetarian    No-added-egg

 

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup pumpkin, cubed
  • 1/4-1/2 cup cooking water (from boiled pumpkin)
  • 3 tsp baby rice cereal
  • 1 tbsp cream

Stove or oven method:

Boil pumpkin till soft. Reserve cooking water.

Drain and mash with a fork through a sieve or blend into a purée.

Add 1/4 cup cooking water to the mashed pumpkin and mix in baby rice cereal. Vary the consistency according to your baby's ability to handle solids. You can further thin down the soup with more cooking water, follow-on formula or warm water.

Add cream and mix until smooth.

Store excess in the refrigerator for not more than 24 hours.

Tips:

This creamy soup is rich in vitamins and minerals from the fortified rice cereal and is an excellent source of beta carotene.

Warm in a hot water bath or microwave on low making sure that the soup is stirred well to prevent formation of hot pockets.​​​

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