A great alternative to jarred baby food (Heinz Cook At Home 3 Cheese Sauce)

Member Name: SamPerry

Product:	Heinz Cook At Home 3 Cheese Sauce
Date:	25/03/09 (190 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to heat up and serve.

Disadvantages: None.

When shopping in Tesco about 3 months ago, I was browsing the baby food aisle as I tend to do every time I go shopping! It was then that I spotted the Heinz cook at home sauces for babies and toddlers.

I have been advised by my health visitor to avoid using jars and sauces that we usually use in cooking as they can tend to be high in salt and sugars, which can be too high for a little baby to have. So I thought that a sauce that was especially made for babies and toddlers was a great idea. I purchased a 3 cheese sauce for 52p, for an 85g sachet.

The sachet is plastic and stands on its base; it has the Heinz cook at home logo on it and has a picture of someone cooking, with a pan full of cheese sauce and vegetables around the pan. It states on the front that the sauce can be used for ages from 4-6 months and upwards, so is suitable to use from the start of weaning. You will find this sauce wherever the baby food is.

On the back of the packet it states that there are no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives, carefully controlled level of salt, so it does contain salt but the amount that it contains is suitable for a baby's tummy. It has no added sugar, is microwaveable and is suitable for a gluten free diet.

The serving suggestion advises you to simply mix it with or pour over your baby's meat, pasta or vegetables. The ingredients contain water, potatoes, carrots, cheddar cheese, whole cream cheese, parmesan cheese and cornflour.

The cooking instructions advise you to empty the pack contents into a pan and heat gently until it reaches the correct temperature for you child, alternatively you can heat the pack for approximately 20 seconds. You then simply pour the heated sauce over your child's food.

The sachet is quite large and tends to be too much for my son to eat in one go, so when I use it I tend to make a big batch and then serve a portion and freeze the rest for another time. Alternatively I sometimes pour out a small amount of the sauce and then refrigerate the rest of it to use another time, once opened you can keep unheated sauce in the fridge for upto 48 hours.

My son adores this cheese sauce and will eat it with anything; his favourite is potatoes, broccoli and sweet corn with this sauce poured all over it!!! I find that this sauce is great value and is much better than serving a jar as this can be served with fresh vegetable or home cooked food.

Summary: My son adores this cheese sauce on anything!!