Apricots and Apricot Swirl – Dr Sarah Schenker

For your baby: Apricot swirl - Place 1 tbsp of baby rice cereal and 2 tbsp of plain Greek yogurt into a bowl. Mix well and swirl through 2 tbsp of the pureed apricots.

For you: Here is a tasty dish to make for dinner for you. It’s so simple! You can use dry brown basmati or a ready steamed pouch for extra ease. Ingredients: The remaining half of the tin or the remaining apricot puree; 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 skinless chicken breasts; 100g brown basmati rice ; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 stick celery, thinly sliced; ½ red pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced; 1 tsp hot curry paste; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 30g cashew nuts; 100ml white wine or chicken stock; Handful of fresh coriander. Method: Peel and finely chop the onion, finely chop the celery, deseed the pepper and cut into strips and slice the tinned apricot halves if using. Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and add the chicken breasts. Cook for about 10 minutes on each side, making sure they are thoroughly cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside. Meanwhile, cook the rice according to the packet instructions. Add the onion, celery and pepper to the pan in which you cooked the chicken and cook for 10 minutes until softened. Stir in the curry paste, tomato purée, apricots, cashew nuts and wine or stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes until the sauce has reduced and become thicker. Return the chicken breasts to the pan to heat through and then serve with the rice. Scatter over the fresh coriander to garnish.

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