This Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Pasta is a great recipe for Baby Led Weaning! Easy to make and freezes really well. Suitable from 6+ months without salt added.
Served on one of our favorite bamboo plates. The cute Little Lamb from Bamboo Bamboo.
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Table of Contents
Ingredients to Make Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Pasta
- Red peppers
- Onions
- Garlic
- Cashews – unroasted and unsalted.
- Milk
- Sun-dried tomatoes
- Black pepper (optional)
- Olive oil
- Pasta
- Salt (omit for babies <12m old)
Step by Step Instructions
- Cut the red peppers, remove the seeds, and place them on a baking tray with the garlic and onions. Drizzle olive oil and roast at 200C for 30-40 minutes until starts to brown.
- While the veggies are roasting, boil the pasta water.
- Let the roasted veggies cool a bit, add to a blender with the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Cook the pasta according to package instructions.
- Heat the sauce in a pan and add the pasta with some pasta water.
Storage Instructions
You can freeze this pasta sauce into small baby portions or in Ziploc bags for a quick and nutritious dinner.
The tray I used is Nuk’s Homemade Baby Food Flexible Freezer Tray.
To defrost, add frozen pasta sauce to a pan and heat. Add some pasta water if needed. Or defrost overnight in the freezer or in the microwave.
🥣Recipe
Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Pasta
Equipment
- 1 Baking tray
- 1 Blender
- 1 Pan for boiling pasta
Ingredients
- 3 red peppers
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 60 g cashews raw and unsalted
- 180 ml milk
- 30 g sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 tsp salt omit for babies < 12m old
- 1/4 tsp black pepper optional
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 300 g pasta
Instructions
- Cut the red peppers, remove the seeds and place them on a baking tray with the garlic and onion.
- Drizzle olive oil, mix well and roast at 400F (200C) for 30-40 minutes until starts to brown.
- While the veggies are roasting, boil the pasta water.
- Let the roasted veggies cool a bit, add to a blender with the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Cook the pasta according to packet instructions.
- Heat the sauce in a pan and add the pasta with some pasta water.
Notes
Nutrition
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