Have you tried adding other things to the vegetables, like grated cheese or some rice? That would give it a little bit of a different flavour. At the moment I'm having the opposite problem....Jacob is going great guns with his vegies, but is on some kind of fruit protest LOL!!
1 cup aborio rice
approx 1 litre (maybe a bit less) of veg or chicken stock - i buy the salt reduced kind
1 onion finely chopped
1/2 celery stick (otional) - finely chopped
Parsley and/or other basic herbs -chopped(optional)
U CAN ADD: any vegetables u desire - i usually make a mushroom risotto where i add a lge handful of chopped mushrooms
- or frozen peas and corn
- or boiled til soft: diced sweet potato, pumpkin, carrot
- tinned (in brine) tuna, salmon or finely diced chicken tenderloins (steamed) is another variation if u don't want plain veg risotto
Put stock in saucepan and bring to boil then reduce heat until simmering.
Lightly spray a lge saucepan with cooking oil and heat on med. Add onion, garlic and celery - cook for 2-3mins. Add 2 tblsp of water and cover for few mins or until veg have softened.
Add aborio rice and stir in 2 more tblesp water until rice is well covered.
Gradually add - 1/2 cup at a time the stock to the rice mixture, stiring constantly over low heat until all stock had been absorbed and rice is tender....but just before u add the last 1/2 cup of stock add the vegetables/fish/chicken u desire and herbs.
Can sprinkle parmesan or grated cheese through it (my bub can't have dairy so we don't add that)
*** i absolutely love this recipe...it mightn't sound like it but it's really easy and makes a heap (so i freeze in separate containers for other meals). It's great cause u can vary it to whatever u like.
Double the recipe and there's enough to feed the whole family and have left overs for bubs meals (i always add some seasalt and cracked pepper to it if its for me and hubby)
Just been looking through for some meal ideas for coco (9 1/2 months). I am going to try the baked beans and pumpkin and also a tuna risotto. What she usually eats is:
spag in the Slow Cooker!
Mince
tin organic tomatoes (nothing added, available woollies)
leek chopped
jerusalem artichoke chopped
carrot chopped
pumpkin chopped
(any veg of choice)
I let it cook all day. You can also just do it on stove top.
Add pasta to it, or potato, or just plain. It's a hit!!
I also tried the following...NOT a hit!!:
tinned salmon
avocado
cottage cheese.
Wish she liked it as it's soooo easy and healthy!!
I also do lamb shanks and vegies (just chop some of the meat off).
Salmon rissoles
I made these the other day. I made them for DH and I but didn't add egg for coco's so hers went like this
Tinned salmon (one or two cans)
mashed potato (about 3 potatos)
a little grated ginger
crushed garlic
chopped coriander (all of these I just estimated).
I then dipped in breadcrumbs and fried. She loved them!! Great for her to pick up too!
xoxo
1 Chicken Breast (Fried or Baked)
3 Cups of Chicken Stock or Water
3 Carrots
1 Small Sweet Potato
1 Parsnip
1 Cup Almost Cooked Risoni
1/2 Cup Whole Milk
Cook Chicken and chop.
Boil chopped vegetables in stock or steam if prefer.
Drain.
Put chicken and vegetables into bowl and blend with stick blender or into a blender jug.
Blend until consistency that bubbe will eat.
Mix in the Risoni and milk.
Freeze in portions you require.
I only part cook the risoni as it soaks up more liquid before freezing and when i heat up to feed, the risoni cooks.
1 Pear
1 0z or 30g unsalted butter
1 Large potato
1 small turnip
little mayple syrup ( optional)
peel and core the pear and cut into quarters.
peel and dice potato and turnip
preheat oven to 350*F.
Melt butter (add syrup if want) toss pear in til all the pieces are covered.
Place pear pieces on baking tray and roast for 45 minutes, should be very tender
puree pear along with any butter mix
Simmer potato and turnip for around 20 - 30 mins, til tender and drain.
Puree turnip and mash potato with a fork. then combine all together,
Potato Turnip puree with Pear
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