Adventures in Baby Food...

I've been making the majority of Sara's food. As she's gotten older, I did introduce a few jarred Stage 3 meals, but she's been eating more and more table food. We went out to eat last week and, due to being out longer than expected, I didn't have any food for Sara. So, she ate off of our plates....chicken, black beans, and avacado. She did so good! Today, I made her some Pasta with Very Veggie Sauce that I found on Annies-Eats. It was super delicious....Brian and I would glady eat it for our dinner! I took Annie's suggestion and used cream cheese, since that's what we had in the fridge. It does make quite a bit, so I froze individual portions that I'll use for her lunches at day care.

Sleepy girl gave it a thumbs up!

Pasta with Very Veggie Sauce

Ingredients: 2 tbsp. light olive oil 1 small onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 2 small carrots, peeled and chopped 1 medium zucchini, trimmed and chopped 3/4 cup cleaned and chopped button mushrooms 3 plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped 1 tbsp. unsalted butter 1 (15-oz.) can diced tomatoes 1/2 cup vegetable stock 1 tbsp. torn fresh basil leaves Freshly ground black pepper 6 oz. pasta shapes 3-4 tbsp. cream or mascarpone cheese (optional) Directions: Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and saute for about 3 minutes. Add the carrots and saute for 4-5 minutes. Add the zucchini and saute for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute for 2 minutes more. Add in the fresh tomatoes and the butter and cook for 2 minutes. Pour in the can of tomatoes with about half of the juice. Finally, add the vegetable stock, basil, and season with pepper to taste. Cover and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Check to be sure all the vegetables are tender, then blend to a puree. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the package instructions (with no added salt) until tender. Toss the cooked pasta with the vegetable sauce and stir in cream cheese or mascarpone, if using. (Note: This recipe makes a fairly large quantity of food, and is suitable for freezing.)