Puree Recipes
Apricot Nectar
Puree 10 ripe apricots (pits removed).
Add 1 cup cold sparkling water and 1 cup white grape juice. Stir until blended.
Serve over crushed ice with sprigs of fresh mint.
Baby Foods
Caution: Prior to feeding your baby any
food, ensure your baby is not allergic to
the food's ingredients
Garden Vegetable Puree
Combine fresh green beans (with tips
removed), peas, zucchini squash, and
carrots. Cook until very tender in a small
amount of water, then puree along with
cooking juices.
Add filtered water to puree as needed to
achieve a smooth texture.
Banana Applesauce Mush
Peel, core, and slice 2-3 medium to large
apples into chunks. Cook in a small amount
of water until tender, then puree along with
cooking juices and one peeled ripe banana.
Sprinkle with wheat germ.
Apricot Puree
Cook 1 lb apricots (pits removed) in a small
amount of
water until tender, then puree.
Add up to 1 cup apple juice
to puree until a smooth, thin
consistency is achieved.
About Homemade Baby
Foods
Give your baby a great start
in life by making fresh, all-
natural baby foods at home
using the pureeing feature
of your Nutrex Juicer.
Proper nutrition is vital to
the health and well-being
of your baby. Making baby
foods at home is simple
and economical and will
provide your baby with the
best in quality, nutrition, and
taste.
The exact timing of
starting solid foods
depends primarily upon
an infant's development
and growth. Your baby's
doctor will advise you of an
appropriate time to begin
offering solid foods and the
types of foods with which
to start.
Caution: Always
check food for proper
temperature before
offering it to your baby.
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Vitamins And Minerals Chart
Vitamin A
Promotes growth, healthy skin and eyesight, especially night and color vision.
Apricots, nectarines, cantaloupe, carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, hot red
pepper, kale, collard greens, Swiss chard.
The B Vitamins
Help the body make and use energy, involved in red blood cell production.
Leafy green vegetables, beans, peas, citrus fruits, hot red pepper, peaches,
wheat grass.
Vitamin C
Important to health of teeth, gums, and muscles; helps the body heal and
resist infection.
Citrus fruits, cantaloupe, strawberries, tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage, kale,
collard greens, parsley.
Vitamin D
Helps body absorb calcium; promotes strong bones and teeth.
Milk and dairy products fortified with vitamin D, fish, egg yolks. Not found in
significant amounts in fruits and vegetables.
Vitamin E
Maintains the body's tissues; protects lungs from damage from air pollution;
helps form red blood cells.
Leafy green vegetables, whole grains (wheat and oats), wheat germ.
Vitamin K
Plays important role in blood clotting.
Leafy green vegetables.
Calcium
Builds strong bones and teeth.
Kelp, leafy green vegetables, broccoli.
Iron
Transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; important in the
formation of hemoglobin.
Kelp, alfalfa sprouts, hot red pepper, leafy green vegetables, broccoli.
Potassium
Keeps muscles and nerves functioning properly; regulates fluid amounts in the
body.
Wheat grass, kelp, hot red pepper, bananas, broccoli, tomatoes, leafy green
vegetables, broccoli, citrus fruits.
Zinc
Helps immune system; promotes healing of wounds and cell growth.
Wheat grass, turnip.
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