As you may remember once a month we have a cheat night for dinner, which normally involves a walk round one of the local Supermarkets and us picking up a prepacked meal. Top Ender and Baby Boy are quite fond of the Little Dish meals and will chose a favourite meal out of the range (see
The Little Dish Review if you want to know about them) and everyone will be quite happy.
The other week though I noticed a new addition to the range, a puree in a pouch and I thought that it must be aimed at the weaning market. A smart idea in my opinion because the purees are the sort of thing that I made for Top Ender and Baby Boy when they were both learning to eat solid food, and because they are fresh they are a good alternative when you realise that you have run out of ice cubes of mashed butternut squash or potato and parsnip which my two were very fond of.
I didn't think much more of it, even when my sister mentioned that she had seen them and that they do fruit flavours too.
The Little Dish asked if we would like to try some. Even though Top Ender and Baby Boy are well past weaning it was suggested that these would be good as a snack or a dessert because the pouches make them easily transportable and they can be out of the fridge for up to four hours.
When the package arrived I was just about to go on the school run, so I quickly signed for the package ran up to school and let Top Ender open it when we got back.
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| They sent them to me in a lovely little cooler backpack which Baby Boy has obtained from Top Ender! |
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| Top Ender having a check of what it contains |
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| Theres more! |
She pulled out six pouches;
- Butternut Squash, Carrots and Apples,
- Sweet Potatoes, Parsnip and Leek,
- Peas, Pears and Apples
- Strawberries and Apples
- Blueberries and Apples
- Mangos and Bananas
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| I could of been an artistic director, look at how I arranged these! |
The three savory pouches were passed over and she and Baby Boy tucked into the three fruit pouches. Baby Boy was expecting something less thick I think, but he was very pleased with the taste and kept telling me it tasted of Strawberry (he had the strawberry one!) and Top Ender really liked the Blueberries and Apple one. I was left with the Mango and Bananas one (which was fine by me as I like both fruits) and it was very strong so probably not a good one for my two to taste.
I didn't want to waste the savoury pouches and so I passed them to a friend who is a few weeks into weaning her little one. She let her little one try all three and there wasn't a drop left if the bowl that she squeezed them into! They of course passed the Mummy taste test too, with my friend commenting that if she got hungry later in the evening she might end up just sucking on one of the pouches herself!
The three fruit pouches are something that I would consider buying again for snacks when we are on our adventures, as the packets are quite robust and the price (£1.19 for one or two for £2) is reasonable for a healthy on the go snack of this sort and style.
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| Yummy yummy yummy, food for my tummy! |
So if you want to try these head for your nearest chilled foods aisle in your nearest Tesco's!
