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Annabel Karmel's quick cheesy pasta is perfect for weaning little ones and is packed with nutritious veg.

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Introduction

This fresh tomato sauce is very tasty and, because it has vegetables and cheese blended into it, it is more nutritious than an ordinary tomato sauce.

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Ingredients

1 medium carrot, peeled and sliced
100g / 4oz cauliflower, cut into florets
3 tbsp tiny pasta shells or other tiny pasta shapes
25g / 1 oz butter
300g / 11oz ripe tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and chopped
50g / 2oz grated Cheddar cheese

Method

Put the sliced carrot into the bottom of a steamer. Cover with boiling water and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes. Put the cauliflower florets in the steamer basket over the carrots, cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Cook the pasta shells in boiling water according to the packet instructions.

Meanwhile, melt the butter and sauté the tomatoes for about 3 minutes or until mushy. Stir in the Cheddar cheese until melted. Blend the cooked carrots and cauliflower together with the tomatoes and cheese. Mix with the pasta shells.

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