Mommy FTW

I’ve been struggling to get Cameron to eat his vegtables lately, and I had a nice butternut squash my mom had brought me from her garden, so I thought I might as well use it and make some soup – I hoped Cameron would eat it.  But at least I knew I would enjoy it, if he didn’t. Well, it turned out to be a hit, so I thought I would share my recipe:

Tasty Butternut Squash Soup

1 butternut squash cubed

1 apple (I didn’t bother to peel it) cubed

3 carrots cut in big chunks

2 onions cut in big chunks

2 cloves of garlic

Butter, Olive Oil

Low Sodium Chicken Stock

nutmeg, salt, and pepper to taste

Here’s what it looked like before I pureed it

Saute the onions and garlic in 1 TB of olive oil and 1TB of butter on medium heat until translucent. Add the rest of the veggies and fruit, stir around and let cook another minute or so. Add enough chicken stock to cover all the veggies. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer untill everything is tender – 30 minutes or so.

Puree or use a food mill. Add nutmeg, salt, and pepper to taste. I didn’t really add any salt to the soup, but instead added it to my portion as I heated that up. Also to mine I added some hot sauce.

I served Cameron his soup over some rice yesterday, and today I am going to serve it over some orzo (little pasta that looks like rice).

I’m pretty sure you could make this soup with any squash, and just throw in any veggies you have in the fridge!

Cameron loves food... and spoons

Feeding solid foods has presented a whole new challenge – variety!  Before the only choice to be made was breast milk, or formula?  Now there’s a whole world of possibilities, and I find myself getting stuck in a rut a lot.  One topic I always try and bring up at mommy group is “what are you feeding your baby now?”  So, I thought I would try and do some posts about what Cameron is eating to give some ideas to the moms out there.  Granted most of what I make isn’t groundbreaking, but sometimes all a mommy needs is a little inspiration!

So, today Cameron was eating Ricotta Cheese and some yellow summer squash (which had been steamed and pureed).  Today was his first time having Ricotta.  Apparently, it’s totally awesome!