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Original poster

Need a replacement for tomato....

38 replies

GingGangGooley · 27/03/2007 13:35

Basically I am flicking through my recipe book ready to do the old tesco online shop (such a lazy cow i know!) and there's a few things I want to make but tomato irritates my dd's skin on her face.

I have seen garlic puree like tomato puree can you get any others? I really liked the look of making some mini pitta pizzas but i am lazy so wondered if you could buy any other tubes of puree i could swap tomato with?

any other suggestions welcome!

Tah muchly

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wurlywurlyCOVEREDinCHOCOLATE · 27/03/2007 13:37

could you do a cheesie sauce and then just put toppings on??

MamaG · 27/03/2007 13:42

Just cook some veg, like carrot/sweet potato/butternut squash and puree it.

its not hard!

goingfor3 · 27/03/2007 13:43

I agree with mamag, they are perfect substitutes.

Original poster
GingGangGooley · 27/03/2007 13:58

Lol I know it's not hard but when I am already cooking i wondered if there was an alternative to getting the blender out.

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MamaG · 27/03/2007 13:58

no

make, blend, freeze!

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GingGangGooley · 27/03/2007 14:07

Think i'll go with the cheese idea thanks wurlywurly. I have a small freezer and i didn't do BLW just to puree food for the freezer for cooking ingredients.

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jetjets · 27/03/2007 14:09

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USAUKMum · 27/03/2007 14:40

You can get pesto in tubes as well. and that is yummy on pizza with cheese, but maybe too strongly flavoured?

MamaG · 27/03/2007 22:21
Hmm
MamaG · 27/03/2007 22:30

"any other suggestions welcome?"

obviously not

Greenleeves · 27/03/2007 22:33

MamaG, go to bed, you narky cow

Hathor · 27/03/2007 22:33

Go to bed MG

MamaG · 27/03/2007 22:33

rofl!

misdee · 27/03/2007 22:36

go to bed mamaG

Flamesparrow · 27/03/2007 22:36

PUREE!!! Its not like you're feeding them straight to her from the pot.

Its called cooking...

TooTicky · 27/03/2007 22:37

There is a range of tomato-free products such as baked beans, ketchup and I think a pasta sauce, called Nomato. We tried the ketchup and it is a little bizarre.

TooTicky · 27/03/2007 22:38

I have to puree pasta sauce/pizza sauce for my dcs because they are fusspots

Rhubarb · 27/03/2007 22:39

HP sauce used to go down well with mine, from a spoon obviously!

Boco · 27/03/2007 22:42

God i really want to know what is this blw! I've been resisting for weeks. Is it when you kind of hand your child some broccoli, instead of pureeing it first?

And judging by this thread, is it totally against blw law to blend anything into a puree / sauce? So is it just antti-runnyness, pro-solids? What about cheese sauce though, it's still runny? I'm not being snide, i am genuinely curious. What is bad about the blender - does it destroy goodness?

MamaG · 27/03/2007 22:43
Rhubarb · 27/03/2007 22:44
Flamesparrow · 27/03/2007 22:45

Its madness when taken to the extreme - its not mixing foods together, giving them as they should be naturally to feed themselves iyswim - so not swede carrot mash etc.

I did lazy weaning.. chucked food in front of him and left him to it, spoon fed cereal when he would let me...no rules.

Flamesparrow · 27/03/2007 22:45

I've had alcohol btw

MamaG · 27/03/2007 22:46

soooo you CAN use tomato puree? As long as its from a tomato puree tree?

SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 27/03/2007 22:46

I agree with the previous posts, cook some veg and puree it.

However, Tescos do a range of purees, including a 'vegetable puree', which may suit your needs.