Apple Blueberry Crisp

One of Andrew’s favorite foods currently is Apple Blueberry Crisp. It is a great recipe for when your baby is ready to start eating more complex flavors. Andrew has been eating foods for two months now and he is starting to get bored of all of the 1st food flavors, so I have been trying to combine those foods with new flavors and textures. One recipe that I came up with was Apple Blueberry Crisp. It uses a basic puree for Apples and Blueberries and then I add some single grain oatmeal to make the “crisp”!

Apple puree seems like it would be easy to make but I have found that you have to find the right combination of apples and the preparation is very important. When I first made apples for Andrew he thought they were horribly sour because I used Red Delicious apples and boiled them. I found that babies like sweeter apples and that if you bake the apples they retain more of their natural sugars. Here is an Apple recipe that is simple to make and hopefully your baby will not find it too sour!

Simple Apple Puree

6 Royal Gala or Sweet Lady Apples (or a sweet baking apple of another variety)
Fresh Boiled Water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Peel apples, slice in half and take out core. Place half apples on a cookie sheet and put in oven, bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Once apples are soft, take out of oven and let cool for about 10 minutes. Once apples are cool enough to handle, cut up apples into smaller pieces. Puree apples in food processer or blender until smooth adding water until an applesauce consistency.

You can freeze the puree for 3 months and keep it in the fridge for 2-3 days. Apples are great alone or mixed with many fruits and vegetables.
Blueberries are more of a 2nd food since they have a stronger taste. I chose to introduce them after I introduced all of the first foods. Andrew really seems to enjoy them mixed with Apples, Pears and Peaches! I think he would like them with bananas too if he were able to eat them.

Simple Blueberry Puree

Frozen Blueberries (1 bag), can use fresh if in season
Fresh Boiled Water

If you chose to use frozen or fresh blueberries you can cook them in the microwave or steam them. I chose to use the microwave because I used frozen blueberries and I was able to defrost and cook them at the same time. Once defrosted and cooked, simply puree them in the processer or blender until smooth.

I found my blueberries to be a little grainy, but I didn’t need to add water to make a nice consistency. If you use fresh, you might need to add a splash of water. Blueberries can be frozen up to 3 months and can be kept in the fridge for 2-3 days.

As for the Apple Blueberry crisp, I wanted to mix it up a little so I decided to come up with a simple recipe with a fun name to make a special treat!
I mix two cubes of apple with two cube of blueberry and defrost them in the microwave. Once the cubes are thawed, I mix a Tablespoon of Oatmeal cereal into the fruit. Sometimes you have to add a little more and sometimes less to make a good consistency. If you need to you can also mix some sterilized water in.

Trying different combos of fruits and veggies are fun for you and fun for your baby! Try to come up with something creative today and remember your baby’s tastes are not as discriminative as yours and they might just love something you would think of as yucky!