Little Tummy Yummies: Chicken Sweet Potato Lentils

We continue on our journey into the wonderful world of lentils with this post. For more information about the goodness of lentils, check out wholesomebabyfood.com's great information on lentils. Also

I was perplexed when I started to actually prepare the "Chicken Potato Lentils" receipe on wholesomebabyfood.com's site. The directions listed ingredients that were not in ingredient list so, I improvised. If your little one does not like this dish---blame me because I kinda made it up!

Ingredients:

2 cups of water
3/4 cup of red lentils (or check out this website with some lentil cooking guidelines)
1/4 cup brown rice
1 small sweet potato that has been peeled and diced
1/4 carrots diced/sliced
1 uncooked chicken breast diced into small pieces
Dash of lemon pepper

Steps:

Spread lentils out in a single layer on a white kitchen towel or a light colored work surface. Check for and discard any dirt, tiny stones, and damage lentils.
Mix all ingredients together in a large or medium pot.
Bring to a boil
Reduce heat to simmer and allow to simmer approximately 20 minutes or until veggies are soft and lentils have melted (you will know what I mean by melted once you check your dish after 20 minutes; also I covered my pot for about 3/4 of the cooking to ensure the veggies got soft)
Allow to cool, but serve warm

Yield: Probably about 6-10 meals. Maybe, depends on how much your little one eats at each meal.

Storage: Refrigerator for about 3-5 days and freezer for a month maybe. Just guessing here

Timing: 10 months due to the chunks of chicken and lentils. The potatoes and carrots get very very soft so not many teeth are needed for that. It is really the lentils and chicken chunks that make me recommend this for an older baby.

Epicutie Rating: Somewhat Yummy -- See right side of page for descriptions

Little Joy liked the first few bites but became less and less enthusiastic with each bite. As we offered this meal again over the next few days, she started turning her nose up at it. I think I will freeze the right and try again in a week or two.

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