oaty chews recipe here
Re: Finger Foods (6 months+)(I think there are some the page before too)
it's just oats, milk/water, butter/oil and dried fruit, then bake it like flap jack.
The lentil/bean burger type things. I thought I'd posted a recipe on the board but now I'm looking it seems it's not there. I'll have another look around later or post again (which reminds me ladies, any good stuff you come up with do add it to the finger foods recipe board please!). give me a nudge if I forget!!
Very briefly I use any canned (no salt no sugar, just water) bean or lentil because i am too lazy to soak or boil them, canned are pre cooked (if you can't get these get dried beans or lentils and follow the pack instructions for soaking and boiling, they must be cooked properly). I whizz them (or whizz half to create more texture) along with some flour and flavours, almost like a pancake mix. If the mix comes out thick I shaped in my hands into patties and fried or oven baked, if it came out looser I dolloped tablespoon sized 'cakes' into a frying pan in the same way I would make American/scotch pancakes to make small burger type things.
If you want more of a meat loaf type thing you can add breadcrumbs to the mix and fill mini muffin pan, bake in the oven until firm.
If you find LO doesn't like one type of bean they may love others, DS didn't like butter beans but loved all sorts of others.
flavours - I didn't add to salt to anything but was free with herbs, curry powder, paprika, garlic, tom puree, cheese anything to add flavour/seasoning and made a note of which DS liked.
I also used up any left over veggies, just threw them in the whizzer along with the beans.
