Firstly, please accept my apologies as this is the first, new baby food recipe in a long time. This is a baby weaning recipe using yummy cannellini beans. Cannellini beans originate from Italy and can be bought as dried or canned. I would recommend suing canned bean for all intents and purposes as there is much less preperation but for the food purists, use the dried beans!

A good source of

• Molybdenum
• Folate
• Fibre
• Manganese
• Vitamin C
• Iron

Ingredients

• 2 x cans of Cannellini beans
• 3 x medium leeks
• 1 x small onion
• 1 x carrot
• 3 x rashers of streaky bacon
• 25g x unsalted butter
• 1 Teaspoon x Fresh, chopped Marjoram
• 2 x cloves of garlic
• Approx. 1 x pint of hot water

You will need

• 1 x Food processor or hand-held blender or a Baby Dan Food Mill with Serving Spoon
• 1 x Ice Cube Tray or Happy Mummy Baby Cubes Food Portioners (Stage 2)
• 1 x Chopping Board and Sharp Knife

Method

1. Prepare the leeks by removing the outer layer and chopping into rings about half a centimeter thick. Prepare the carrot by grating into a bowl, and prepare your onion and garlic by chopping and dicing finely.

2. Slice your bacon into small strips and add to a medium hot sauce pan along with the butter. Fry off gently until the bacon starts to turn crispy.

3. Add your onion, leek, carrot and garlic and continue to cook gently for about ten minutes or so, turning occasionally.

4. Finally, drain the canned beans and add these to the pan. Cook for another 3-4 minutes and add your hot water. Turn the heat up and bring to a boil. Once boiling you can turn it right down and continue to simmer for about 20 minutes.

5. Finally, take off the heat and stir in your chopped herbs.

6. Now, add the whole mixture into your blender of choice. Add enough water or breastmilk or baby formula to adjust the consistency. You may want to do this in batches if there is too much.

7. Fill up you ice cube tray or portioner evenly with the puree and place in the freezer.

8. Once frozen you can empty you portions into a freezer bag so you can use the portioners again!

Et Voila !

Please note, I am not a pediatrician or a nutritionist and my information is based on personal experience and thorough research only.

1. Paula Says:
   May 2nd, 2010 at 10:19 pm

   I tried this the other night and even without the bacon (had none in the fridge) it was really tasty. My 7mth old wolfed it down as a fork mash rather than blended. I’ll definitely be making this again. Thanks for posting.

2. admin Says:
   May 3rd, 2010 at 8:21 am

   I’m glad you liked it Paula, thanks for trying!

3. Shantae Fealy Says:
   May 9th, 2010 at 6:24 pm

   I came across this site from Google and found this article quite yummy!

4. admin Says:
   May 13th, 2010 at 8:00 am

   I’m glad you did. Thanks for stopping by!