Baby’s Pea Puree Isn’t Smooth Enough

Rebecca wrote to us this weekend about a problem she’s experiencing when trying to puree peas for her baby…

I steamed a bag of frozen baby peas and then pureed them in my food chopper. But no matter how much I puree the peas, the skins of the peas will not puree. And they make my baby gag. Am I using the wrong peas?

Don’t worry, you’re not using the wrong peas – unfortunately, peas are notoriously difficult to puree to a completely smooth texture.

Some types of food processor give better results than others – for example, we gave up trying to puree peas with our hand blender because the results were very poor.

Pureeing them in small batches in our Magic Bullet Blender worked better, although they were never totally smooth.

Having traces of the skins remaining in the puree is not, in itself, a problem… UNLESS they are causing your baby to gag (which is happening in your case).

The best solution is to pass the pea puree through a very fine mesh strainer AFTER processing in the blender – it’s a bit more work, but it does remove those stubborn little bits of skin and will make the puree more enjoyable for your little one.

UPDATE: We received a message about pureeing peas from Renee in Madison, US which we thought other mommies and daddies would find useful…

I too have a bullet and I am making my own baby food. I found the with the “extras” that you strained, you can actually put that back into the bullet add half the amount of water to the remains & blend that up.

You can actually get a nice puree and there is no waste. If you mix that in with the original strained puree of peas the baby will never know the difference. My son loves it. Thought this could help. 😉

Thanks Renee for your tip!

Have YOU discovered a good way of removing every trace of skin from your baby’s pureed peas? Then please do click ‘comments’ and share your technique!

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