anyone got recipes for rusks with flavour?? my daughter is 7 months and not intersted in the plain ones... what could i add to make them more flavoursome??
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anyone got recipes for rusks with flavour?? my daughter is 7 months and not intersted in the plain ones... what could i add to make them more flavoursome??
TUNA MORNAY FOR BUBS
At 8 months i boil up some shell shaped pasta, once it is boiled i drain it add tuna and cheese spread. So easy and my little one loves it for lunch or dinner!
My god, i'm in shock. Just made the following salmon thing for DD, made enough for 2 meals and she scranned the LOT! Swear she weighed a kilo more when i lifted her out of the highchair.... LMAO
Pasta with salmon.
1 salmon steak (mine was about 2 inches wide, i guess a tin of salmon would do fine too, in fact this would work with tuna too)
1 onion, chopped
1 tin peeled plum tomatoes
basil to season
spinach (i used 3 frozen "blocks" but a good handful of fresh would do it i reckon)
Cook some pasta, i used little shells but i also sometimes just crush "grown-up" pasta before i cook it.
Fry the onion in a little oil, add the basil and spinach and tomatoes. I microwaved my salmon from frozen but you could add fresh salmon after the onion and let it cook a little before adding the other ingredients.
Simmer until everything is cooked, mash the salmon down a bit to get smaller flakes (though DD liked big chunks to knaw on too!).
Stir cooked pasta in, grate a little cheese on and serve.
I can't believe how much she ate!
Hana
Whoops! Should have mentioned, this made enough for one meal for me and 2 meals for her (i made my own seperate pasta), so if you're only cooking it for bubs it'd probably do around 4-5 portions, unless your bub is like Esme and decides she wants it ALL. LOL
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.
My LO adores this!
thanks for the reciped horprah, made it the other day for sophie and was very impressed, as was sophie!! i just added more vegies, thanks again
Awesome AJP - Glad it was a hit!!!
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,
These recipies are fantastic. Does anyone else have any other ideas? My DD is 8 months old so stuff to do for her now would be great. ta
I have just send these off to a friend who's little girl is 9 months so you you might find these handy. She is allergic to dairy, wheat and eggs so all recipes are free from these and are made with breastmilk.
Baby Vegetable Stock.
(Use in recipes. Free of additives and salt, makes 900ml and you can freeze it)
½ onion
1 carrot
1 celery stalk
3 cups root veg (eg. Choose Swede, parsnip, turnip, or potato) peeled
1 bouquet garni
1 sprig fresh parsley
1 bay leaf
A few peppercorns (optional)
Chop all. Cover with water. Boil simmer 1 hour. Strain and use flavoured water as baby stock.
Lentil Puree
½ cup red lentils
600ml stock
1 potato
½ small onion or leek
Marg or oil
Rinse and soak lentils in stock overnight or boil 2 minutes, take off heat and cover 1-2 hours until soft.
Dice carrot, potato, and shred onion. Sauté onion in oil until soft, add carrot & potato, stir 5 minutes. Add lentils and stock, bring to boil and simmer 40 mins or until lentils are soft. Puree. You can also puree only half, for a slightly thicker texture, or leave it as is.
Oat and Vegetable Puree
1 celery stalk
1 leek
2 med carrots
1 cup vegetable (eg. mushroom, cauliflower, or broccoli)
3 tablespoons porridge oats (oats add bulk to the meal)
1 tbsp chopped parsley
Prepare veg and finely chop. Just cover with water, add oats. Boil cover simmer 20mins or until tender. Puree to desired consistency. Add parsley.
Spinach Potato Puree
1 small onion or leek
Marg
1 cup chopped spinach white bits removed
2 small potatoes diced
120ml stock
Sauté onion or leek until soft. Add spinach potato, the stock, and simmer slowly for 35 minutes. Puree.
Zucchini, Watercress, Potato Puree
Handful watercress (High in iron calcium safe from 4 months)
1 large potato peeled chopped
1 zucchini, wash trimmed sliced
1 tbsp parsley
350 ml stock
Baby milk (optional)
Remove leaves from watercress and chop. Discard stalks or keep for making vege stock. Add leaves and potato to stock, boil simmer 10 mins. Add parsley zucchini simmer 10 mins. Puree and add optional milk to adjust the consistency.
Sweet Potato & Cinnamon
1 sweet potato, peeled chopped
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp milk
Cover potato with water boil simmer 30 mins or until soft. Mash with milk and cinnamon.
Carrots with Brown Rice
2 tbsp brown rice
6 small carrots chopped
350ml stock or water
1 tsp marg or milk (optional)
Cover carrots with the water, cover, and simmer 30 to 40 minutes or until water absorbed. Puree with marg or milk until smooth.
Pumpkin and Chickpea Combo
2 cup pumpkin chopped
1/4-cup chickpeas
water or stock
Drain & rinse chickpeas. Put all ingredients into a saucepan & boil for 15-20 minutes. Drain half the fluid out & mash or puree.
Baked Banana
1 banana sliced lengthwise
Brown sugar or maple syrup
Powdered cinnamon
Marg or oil
Place in oven dish add sugar or syrup, dab with marg and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover with foil bake 180deg 10 mins.
Apple and Banana with Fresh Orange Juice
Steam apple 10 mins or until tender. Puree and mash with banana and juice. Can also make using grated apple instead of steamed when older.
Chicken with Beans and Brown Rice
75g beans
50g brown rice
3 tbsp apple juice
50g cooked chicken chopped
Cook the rice and steam the beans over water for 20 mins. Mix juice rice beans and puree, adding more juice if too thick.
Chicken with potato and tomato
25g cooked chicken chopped
2 tbsp milk
1 potato peeled
1 med tomato skinned and seeded
Boil the potato, mash with milk and tomato, and then add chicken. Puree adding extra milk if too thick.
im not really very adventurous yet but mason loves a big piece of fish that has been steamed, then mixed with veges and formula.
Thanks Angel! i see these can be made dairy free so they are exactly what i ewas looking for ;):
:DHello I'm new to this thread, I found it 2 days ago and I have finally the time to give you some recipe.
These Recipes are from the Women's Weekly Fresh Food For Babies and Toddlers.
Suitable for 8-12 months
Vegetable and Cheese
1 Tablespoon of mashed asparagus
1 tablespoon mashed parsnip
1 tablespoon of finely grated cheese
Combine all the vegies and sprinkle cheese on top.
Leek and Mushroom;):lol::dance::babygirl::bedtime:
combine 3 tablespoon of mashed leek with 1 tablespoon of mushroom.
Fruit yogurt
Combine 1 tablespoon of mashed strawberry 1 tablespoon mashed blueberry and 2 tablespoon of natural or vanilla yogurt.
Peach and Apricot
combine 2 tablespoons of mashed apricot with 2 tablespoon mashed peach.
Creamy Cheese Polenta
1 cup (250ml) water
1 1/2 cups (375ml) of milk
1/3 cup (55g) polenta
1/4 cup (30g) coarsely grated cheddar
Combine the water and milk in small saucepan, bring to a boil. Gradually add polenta to liquid, stirring constantly.
Reduce heat, simmer, stirring about 10 minutes or until polenta thickens. Stir in cheese, cover and cool 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
Hope this helps and I hope to post more soon. Thanks guys
Hi, does anyone have a receip for meatballs for 6 month old baby?
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a recipe for meatballs for a six month old baby?
I am new to this, but would you give meatballs to a 6 month old? I thought they were meant to eat mushy puree food at this age and definately no meat until 8 months?
Hi Mel,
I gave my baby all sorts of food as soon as she showed an interest in what we had, which was really early on.
I found this recipe for you from "Cooking for You Baby, The Natural Way" by Laraine Toms. Its a really good book, and I would recommend it to anyone. I'm just not sure if it is still available. My Mum gave me this copy, which she got in about 1978. It has been reprinted many times, but PM me if you want me to copy you any other recipes, or food guides, etc. Its a very realistic book I think.
Meat Balls (suggests 8-10 months old)
500 grams lean minced beef
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup wheatgerm (or wholemeal breadcrumbs)
1 apple, grated
Combine all ingredients and shape into small balls. Grill until cooked. Serve with homemade tomato sauce, or hand the balls to junior to manage his or her own - an ideal finger food.
Here is a tomato sauce recipe from the same book, in case you are interested:
Tomato Sauce (suggests 12 months old)
500 grams very ripe peeled tomatoes
1 large chopped onion (optional)
5 stalks celery, chopped with the 'strings' removed
1 tablespoon parsley
pinch dried thyme or sprig or fresh
3 tablespoons oil or margarine
2 tablespoons wholemeal plain flour
1 teaspoon honey
Blend first six ingredients well ina blender (if not using a blender, mash thoroughly, seive tomatoes to remove seeds, and extend cooking time by about ten minutes).
Heat oil or margarine, blend in flour. Stir in tomato sauce with honey very gradually, simmer and stir until mixture thickens. Place in screw top jar and store in refrigerator.
Hi Netix, thankyou for the recipe i will give it a go tonight. Yeah my little boy eats anything as well as long as it is food and can go in his mouth he is happy. He has been eating food since he was 3 1/2 months old and eats like a little piggy. Thank you once again, i'll let u know if i need anymore recipes thanks
I'm confused about solids ATM. Can I give my 7mth old egg? Can I use milk in recipes or ahould I use formula?
I was also wondering if anyone has a recipe for polenta bread and soft polenta suitable for a 7mth old.
TIA
Basmati Rice and Vegies
1 small handful of Basmati rice
1/2 a medium sweet potato
1 medium carrot
1 zucchini
4 squash
1 cob of corn
Boil rice according to packet then stand.
Cut vegies into small pieces and cook until tender. Remove corn from cob. Puree everything with a little water. Makes quite alot and freezes well. Olive loves this.
I have a few cornmeal recipes that you may like, and substitute cornmeal for the polenta. Polenta (as far as I know) is basically just a coarser grind than cornmeal.... These are from the same book as those in my last post in this thread.
Hot Corn Cereal (suggests 8 months)
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup cold water
2 tsp wheatgerm
3/4 cup boiling water
1/4 cup powdered milk (optional)
Mix together cornmeal, cold water and wheatgerm. Bring three quarters of a cup of water to the boil, add the cornmeal mixture and powdered milk if you are using it.
Stirring constantly, bring to the boil and simmer for two minutes. Serve with honey, fresh pureed fruit or, for older children, add raisins or chopped dates.
Cornmeal Mush (suggests 8 months)
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup cornmeal
Bring water to the boil in a small saucepan, slowly stir in cornmeal and cook until mushy; about fifteen minutes.
High Protein Cornbread
1 cup cornmeal
1/3 cup soy flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup liquid milk with 1/4 cup powdered milk added
3 tblsp honey
Mix dry ingredients together. Beat liquid ingredients together and add to the dry, beating until smooth. Pour into greased loaf tin and bake about 30 minutes at 190 C.
Delicious hot from the oven for the older members of the family; great toasted for small children and babies over ten months.
In this same book, suggested menus for 6-9 month olds does include hard boiled egg yolk (mashed with half a banana), or as part of a milk shake (fruit, egg yolk, milk, wheatgerm and strained into a bottle for baby). It doesn't say anything about not giving the whites though. I have lent my other good food book to someone, I think it may have something in it further, but I'm not sure. I would give my 7 month old egg, and just use ordinary milk too.
Hope that helps.