Annabel Karmel won the Lovedbyparents ‘Best Family Brand’ 2011 parenting award.
This month, she shares with Lovedbyparents one of her favourite recipes from her new book, ‘Top 100 Meals In Minutes’ by Ebury Press.
CHERUB’S CHOWDER
MAKES 6 PORTIONS
Suitable for Freezing
Suitable from 6 months
Fats from dairy produce like butter, cheese, yoghurt and milk are fine for babies and they provide vitamins A and D. It’s not good to only give fruit and vegetable purees that are low in calories.
A knob of butter
1 small celery stick, finely diced
1 small leek, roughly chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and finely diced
100g potatoes, peeled and chopped into small dice
1 tbsp plain flour
350 ml milk
15g parmesan cheese, grated
Half tsp Dijon mustard
150g cod or haddock, skinned and sliced into 2 cm cubes
1 tbsp chives, chopped
Half tsp lemon juice
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the celery, leek, carrot and potatoes. Coat in the butter and gently sauté for 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle over the flour. Add the milk, stir until blended. Bring up to the boil, stirring until thickened. Cover and simmer for 8 minutes until the vegetables are cooked. Add the cheese, Dijon mustard and haddock and continue to simmer for 5 minutes until the haddock is cooked through. Stir in the chives and lemon juice.
Top 100 Meals In Minutes’ by Ebury Press is available at all good bookshops for £9.99.
.