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cooking baby food without a cooker

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Catspersonalbanker · 28/11/2011 10:08

We have moved house and the last owner kindly got rid of the decrepid gas cooker . We are planning anew kitchen soon ish but are there any ideas of baby weaning (9MO) foods to be made in
a slow cooker, microwave, steamer and toaster?

Thanks

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ChristinedePizanne · 28/11/2011 10:12

Pasta, toast, cereal, veggies, ready meals. I don't think I ever used a cooker to do baby food. You can do most things in a microwave

rushofbloodtothefeet · 28/11/2011 10:13

All of the above!

The steamer especially is your friend Grin You can steam almost any kind of vegetable. Fish also good.

At 9 months they can eat most anything you can make in a slow cooker too - soups and stews served with bread for dipping are great weaning foods.

Catspersonalbanker · 28/11/2011 10:19

Sorry to sound dull- How do you cook pasta without a hob to keep it boiling?
To be fair to DD she is good with finger food but want to make sure she is also eating enough protein

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rushofbloodtothefeet · 28/11/2011 10:30

You can cook pasta in a microwave and a slow cooker (throw it in to a slow cooked sauce and cook on high for the last 30 minutes)

AitchTwoOh · 28/11/2011 10:32

you're absolutely fine to make pretty much everything with the slow cooker and the microwave, plus by 9 months old babies will be fine for self-feeding whatever you're having.

thereinmadnesslies · 28/11/2011 10:36

Can you borrow a friends kitchen? We didn't have a cooker for a couple of months when DS2 was that sort of age. I used to make big batches of stuff like shepherds pie, fish pie and tuna pasta at a friends house then use silicon muffin trays to freeze them in portions. Each portion can then be microwave cooked.

lucamom · 28/11/2011 10:58

Chuck root veggies (onion/carrot/parsnip/swede etc) and meat of choice (diced beef/chicken/lamb) into slow cooker, add pearl barley or lentils too if you like, either add plain water or a 'baby'/low salt stock cube and bouquet garni/herbs if preferred into slow cooker, cook about 8 hours, and when cooked it should be soft enough to be mashed, or can be blended to desired texture.

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