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Poached Chicken & Carrot Purée

Chicken is a firm favourite with babies and this tender poached chicken pairs beautifully with soft creamy carrots.  Chicken’s nutritional profile includes vitamins B3, B6 and B12, iron, zinc, choline and selenium.  Together, these nutrients help to fuel cellular energy, create healthy blood, boost brain function and support antioxidant activities.  

Carrots for Healthy Kids

Carrots are found in many colours, including yellow, white, orange, red, and purple.. Carrots contain many nutrients, including beta carotene and antioxidants, that may support your overall health as part of a nutrient-rich diet.

Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Courses:
Difficulty: Beginner
Description

Baby Nutritionist - Approved Recipe

Chicken is a firm favourite with babies and this tender poached chicken pairs beautifully with soft creamy carrots.  

Ingredients
  • 1 chicken breast (skinless and sliced)
  • 2 carrots (sliced)
  • 1/4 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 lemon (slices)
  • 1 1/4 cup bone broth (or water)
Instructions
  1. 1

    Add the carrots to a saucepan with enough bone broth or water to cover the veggies. Bring to the boil, reduce to simmer and cook until tender.  Remove the carrots and allow the broth/water.

  2. 2

    Add the sliced chicken and lemon to the pot of simmering broth/water. Add more water if needed so the chicken is covered and continue to simmer for 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

  3. 3

    Drain the chicken. Add the carrots, garlic clove and ground cumin and chicken to a food processor and blend until desired consistency is achieved – adding more water or bone broth if needed.

  4. 4

    You can safely store this purée in the fridge for up to 3 days.

    • Age:  8+ months
    • Makes: 2 cups
Note

Age:  8+ months

Makes: 2 cups

Freeze:  Yes

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Read it online: https://thechildrensnaturopath.com/recipe/poached-chicken-carrot-puree/
Fiona Stock
Paediatric Naturopath & Nutritionist

Fiona Stock

Melbourne Naturopath 

Fiona Stock is a respected Paediatric Naturopath & Children’s Nutritionist with a career spanning over 25 years. Armed with an abundance of experience and a true desire to transform your child’s health, she’ll listen closely to understand the underlying causes of their troubling condition.

Fiona gets to the heart of your child’s presenting symptoms by deciphering what their body is trying to tell you. She will suggest simple and specific changes as well as herbal or nutritional medicine where required to nurture and restore your child, so they can enjoy the good health they deserve.

If you’ve tried everything and are yet to find solutions to your child’s health challenges – this could well be the path to take.

Fiona, The Children's Naturopath is skilled at getting to the heart of childhood health challenges – helping to initiate lasting change. 

  • Eczema

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  • Behaviour Issues

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  • Plus much more...

 

Fiona is a Naturopath in Melbourne based in St.Kilda

She provides face-to-face appointments to families in Melbourne as well as phone consultations to families in rural Victoria, interstate and internationally.