Ingredients

This recipe, for babies over 9 months, was given to Linardakis by Mee Kim-Chavez of Chicago, who combined root vegetables with apples that "reach for the sky."

2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
2 small beets, cooked and diced
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
1/2 apple, washed, cored and diced
1/3 cup pure apple juice

Directions

Simmer carrots, beets, parsley and apple in apple juice until all are tender, about 10 minutes. Puree in blender.