Recipes with variety for 6-7mth olds.

[magda1461]

my DD is sick of plain vegies now and refuses to eat them unless its mixed with yoghurt or avocado so i thought id start this where im hoping you will provide me with more recipe ideas with variety! here are some i have made for her and she gobbles them up...

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Vegetable soup with pasta

ingredients
celery
1/4onion
vegetable stock
carrot
turnip
sweet potato
green beans
water

Add all the above ingredients together in a big pot / cube all vegetables , but leave the celery and onion as a whole so u can pick them out later. Simmer /stir
Add a can of tomatos to the soup after simmering for 30mins. Cook for a further 30mins
Separetely cook angel hair pasta add to soup when ready,
with a fork/pureer mash together.
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Sandwhich ideas:

avocado and ham
cream cheese

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Chicken pancake

fry chicken mince up with a little garlic on olive oil
make a thin pancake/crepe from water/egg/flour
roll the mince up in the crepe!

[londonlady]

Hey Magda...
Do you use any particular type of stock or do you make it yourself? Our health visitors advised against using stock cubes because of the salt levels so I found some low salt ones but am still unsure about using them. Don't think I have the time or the motivation to make a stock from scratch...!

[magda1461]

i use maggie stock cubes low in salt. i figure a little stock cant hurt.. but i only put 1 cube in instead of the recommended 2cubes. i too cant be bothered with making it from scratch.

another recipe i made which she LOVED

Salmon pasta bake

Steam vegetables, boil pasta, and grill salmon then combine all in a oven dish, add tomato paste diluted with water about a cup, mix and bake for 25mins.

[magda1461]

thought id add another recipe...as my 9mth old has started to refuse vegetables on their own!!!

MEatballs with Carrott and mushrooms..
 
in a bowl combine premium mince with grated carrot and finely chopped mushrooms, 2tbs of natural yoghurt and combine together well.
add 3tbs breadcrumbs and combine again.

heat 1 can tomatos diced with 1tbs olive oil in a fry pan, when tomatos start to simmer, add the meatballs, i roll them to 2cm diameter. and simmer with closed lid for 15mins! stiring and flipping occassionally!

[linfran]

I make an easy chicken stock - using a chicken cut up or 8 chicken thighs, a couple of carrots and parsnips, a stick of celery, two onions four big potatoes and a leek, sprinkle with parsley cover wth 3 litres of water and simmer for three hours, topping up the water if needed.

Once it cools down I skim the fat off and it keeps in the freezer so I can thaw out what I need to make different stews.

[fluffycabbage]

Good grief! I feel like a bit of a failure now, looking at all these recipes! Talk about cordon bleu for babies lol  My son (who is 6 months) likes his Hipp jars when I don't give him what we're eating, or whatever pureed veg/fruit I've frozen previously. And I thought I was doing well!

[fluffycabbage]

Magda can a 6-7 month old eat sandwiches??? My son can barely eat anything in it with lumps before choking on it!!

[magda1461]

regarding sandwhiches..definitley give them some bread with avocado or puree vegetables as a spread.. just break it up into small pieces
and i would really only recommned rye or wholemeal bread as it doesnt clump up as the white bread does when its wet. plus its much more nutritious.