Siu~V: darren's vege

Darren has been taking solids for months now; his favourite being soft and mushy slow-cooked porridge. At only 10 months, he's able to gulp down 1 rice bowl of porridge laden with fish meat and mashed-up vegetables - all in one seating. He eats 2 bowls of those in a day. If it isn't fish, i'd cook the congee in some chicken stock for the taste.

Now when it comes to preparing the vege (of the day), i found the most practical way was to prep the vege and store batches of them in the freezer. This can be done for almost all types of baby-friendly vege, and i've since tried carrots, sweet potato, broccoli, green peas, corn and spinach.

Important note though, all vege should be steamed rather than cooked in boiling water (All the nutrients would end up in the water which you would be discarding anyway).

select only the young shoots of the spinach as they cook and mash easier

The cooked vege goes into the food blender; a few 'whurr whurr's and voila, you're almost done!

Any regular ice cube tray will do, though i did try getting those with lids (to protect from freezer burns on the surface of the food). Couldn't find any (sigh), so settled for those regular type.
I love spooning the gooey mushy vege into the tiny square sections.

Freeze them enough and you can remove them from the tray, into air tight storage bags or just containers like this. I love making and storing a variety of vegetable cubes so i can cook with different types of vege daily. Also this means Darren doesn't end up getting orange hands and legs from consuming too much carrots for too long a time. ^^