Beets + Apples with Cloves Baby Food Puree

ingredients

• 2-3 small red beets
• 4 organic apples [I used golden delicious]
• ¼ - 1 cup of water
• ¼ tsp cloves

method

Cut off greens on beets and wash. Place beets in small sauce pan and pour in water until the beets are just covered. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer for 25-20 minutes or until tender. Reserve 1 cup of water from pan and let beets drain in small colander.

Meanwhile, wash and then cut the apples off the core. You can peel the apples but I left the peel on and didn’t notice a difference in the puree. Place the chunks of apple in a medium sauce pan with 1/4 cup of water and cloves. Over medium heat, cook for 10 minutes or until tender.

When both the beets and apples are cool, blend both the beets and apples. You can definitely do this at the same time or you can do it separately and add them together later. For the beets, I left the peel on but cut off the hard base. Place in blender and blend on high adding your reserved water until you have a fine puree. For the apples, place the apples and all of the clove water into a blender and blend on high until you have a fine puree. If you are blending them at the same time, place everything in the blender – beets, apples and clove water and blend on high adding the reserved beet water until you have a fine puree. This mixture will be the most beautiful shade of pink you have ever seen. It will make you smile.