Pea and mint pasta
- Age: 10–12 months (Self-feeding)
- Texture: Family meal
- Prep: 3 min
- Cook: 10 min
- Makes: 2 portions
Ingredients
- 60 g small pasta shapes
- 4 tbsp frozen peas
- 1 tbsp cream cheese
- 2 leaves fresh mint, chopped fine
Contains: Wheat, Milk
Method
- Cook the pasta in unsalted water until soft; add the peas for the last 3 minutes.
- Drain, keeping a spoonful of the water. Stir in the cream cheese and mint, loosening with the water.
- Squash the peas lightly with the back of a fork. Cool to lukewarm.
Safety: Peas squashed, not left whole and round.
Storage: Fridge 1 day.
Tip: Fresh herbs are flavour without salt. Mint with peas is the classic, and most babies take to it.
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