Finger foods in "bulk" & for freezer

[sweetboy]

Hi...anyone got suggestions for things I can cook & freeze for a 10month old who isn't keen on being spoon fed any more. he's always fed himself some bits & peices but I want recipes for substantial meals to take the place of the jars I have been feedinng him. But I don't have time to cook him a meal or two every day of course so want to store them!

Thanks!

[Doodledootoo]

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[Lio]

Signing in so that I can check back to this thread quickly and steal everyone's ideas

[Habbibu]

Recipes on www.babyledweaning.com. Lots of them mention if they're freezable. Top of my head - fish cakes - freeze well, very nutritious and filling. Also just give him what you're eating - much less faff!

[stealthsquiggle]

We (try to) just freeze 1 or 2 extra portions of whatever we are eating for DD (10mths) since she has to take lunch to nursery. Supplemented with mini-muffins (usually banana or cheese), drop scones, potato cakes - all frozen in individual bags as/when I have time and then grabbed in the mornings to pack.

If we are at home she has pretty much whatever we are having - sandwiches - DD's favourite is garlic sausage cheese and fruit for lunch, whatever we are having for supper - for example if we are having pasta she will have the same chopped up a bit (which I feed her) plus some pasta without sauce as finger food - if more meat & veg type meal then she will have the whole lot as finger food.

[terramum]

Don't you cook for yourself sweetboy? No need to cook anything special for finger foods! Just offer bits of your meals.

[sweetboy]

Thanks for the suggestions!
Terramum - he does eat bits of our meals but I don't always eat when he eats & I don't always eat things that he can eat.
What I meant was things like porridge pancakes...can I make lots in one go & freeze them? So, things like fish cakes are good idea. I'm not being dim...I just wanted a few ideas!

[terramum]

Didn't mean to imply you were dim...just trying to understand how you look after your LO

Why not just do a cold meal for one meal meal rather than 2 hot meals? Salad or sarnies, range of veg/bread/crisps & dips, fruit salads etc...would save you a lot of time as they can be made fresh in minutes! For cooked meals that aren't totally suitable for DS I just adapt our meals so they include ingredients that he can have without the sauce etc...so vegetables are steamed & then addded to the main sauce at the last minute, taking out a portion for DS...& meat is also cooked separately at first so a portion can be put aside for him....honestly finger foods don't have to made in advance specially - that's just more work for you having to do the bulk work & then the reheated/defrosting. Even if you don't eat at the same time as your LO you can still save a portion for him of whatever you have. I am far to lazy to cook 6 meals a day when I can get away with 3

[bran]

I used Finger Food when ds was this age. Pretty much all of them were freezable. DS liked almost everything I tried from the book, particularly the fishcakes.

[sweetboy]

Thanks everyone! And I have ordered that book thank you Bran, looks like just what I need! (I suppose I should have posted this thread in recipes because that is what I was after!