Something I have noticed since turning thirty, is that most of my friends are getting married or having babies, I guess it’s an age thing! My friends that are mothers or mothers to be, all share one major concern, how to make sure they provide a healthy balanced diet for their children. Ingredients and nutrition are of course the greatest priority but time and cost play large roles too.
Many women are working mums and struggle to juggle everything, they have to rely on pre-made baby food to make life easier. Many of them also share an interest in food ethics and would love to feed their children organic, ethically produced foods. After many discussions with my girlfriends I decided to look into their options and do some research. As a result I discovered a whole host of organic baby food producers and I couldn’t help falling in love with one company in particular.
Plum stood out head and shoulders, their ethics and mission to produce organic, ethically sourced baby foods, are exemplary to say the least. Susie Willis founded Plum Baby Superfoods and has developed a truly inspirational company, whose policies on re-cycling, environmental impact and supporting charities for the disabled, are admirable and impressive.
This company has seriously impressed me, they are doing absolutely everything possible to minimise their impact on the environment and take so much care in sourcing their ingredients. The recipes which bring all these great intentions together are utterly healthy and delicious. Susie has very kindly given us a selection of superfood baby food recipes which we’ll be featuring over the coming weeks along with some words from Susie herself.The first recipe from the selection is easily adaptable to a ‘grown-up’ meal, so everyone can eat the same thing, it’s simple to prepare and really doesn’t take long at all.
Baked Sweet Potato with Cod, Parsley and Swiss Cheese
1 Sweet Potato
1 teaspoon of Unsalted Butter
15 grams of Gruyere or Emmenthal Cheese
1 small piece of Cod Fillet
½ Pint Milk
Pinch of Parsley
Set oven to gas mark 5 / 190 C / 375 F and simply bake a sweet potato wrapped in tin foil until the flesh is soft, this should take about 30 minutes.
Scoop out the flesh and add a small dollop of unsalted butter to make a creamy mash. Grate the Gruyere / emmenthal cheese and set aside.
Meanwhile, gently simmer a small piece of cod fillet in the milk until the flesh is cooked. Then flake together and mash with the sweet potato.
Finely chop the parsley and add to the final mash and spoon away!
Enough to serve 1 hungry little baby aged 9 months plus
Grown-up version
Increase all your ingredients to suit the number eating, bake numerous small sweet potatoes rather than large ones which will take longer.
The fish will cook quickly, so you can almost have the mash ready when you start simmering the fish.
Keep the cod fillets whole and serve them alongside the mash. I also served a parsley sauce and you could add another vegetable such as peas.
A really delicious, simple meal, the milk gives the fish such a creaminess. I loved it and can’t wait to try out more of Susie’s recipes. More Plum coming soon!
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3 Comments on "Plum Baby"
hi - i have linked to this post on my site - we got an invite too and it sounds like a great opportunity. Good work!
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