This smooth purée is a delicious combination of fresh ingredients, packed full of greens; creamy spinach and courgette with sweet peas and juicy apple and pear, rounded off with a fresh zingy hint of mint.

NGREDIENTS

• 40g Baby Spinach, washed
• 60g courgette, chopped
• 100g frozen peas
• 2 apples, peeled, cored and chopped
• A pinch of chopped fresh mint or dried, ground mint
• 1 ripe pear, peeled, cored and chopped

METHOD

1. Steam the apples, pear and peas for 8 minutes
2. Add the courgette and spinach for another 6 minutes
3. Take off the heat and drain, reserving a little of the water (or use boiling water if using an electric steamer) add the mint and puree. Add a little of the reserved water or freshly boiled water to the puree if it is too thick.

Stage 1 - 100g