A vegetable puree can get soup or a baking project started without the chopping. Farmer’s Market Foods offers purees including pumpkin and butternut squash.

Bill and Karla Chambers started the business with two crops and a piece of land. Sweet potato is another puree in the range Yellowbird carries.

Stir a puree into soup or pasta sauce, or use the type your baking recipe calls for. It is a useful pantry staple for the nights when preparing another vegetable feels like one task too many.