Recipe ideas for a frustrating 1yr old!

[singerinband]

I need some help/advice please! Do you have any recipe ideas for a 1yr old child that CAN eat lumps/finger food but chooses NOT to eat them in any great quantity (after a couple of mouthfuls he much prefers to spit it out or throw it on the floor), so never eats enough to constitute a meal.

He loves my home food (oddly!) but everything I cook needs an element of "whizzing down" and just ends up as textured purees. He's not a fan of anything packaged either so I can't buy my way through this phase! Any advice greatly received - I'm out of ideas!! Thank you!!

How is he with finger food singer and has he ever been checked for tongue tie?

We were told he had a very mild tongue tie when he was born, but nothing of any concern. He used to be fine with finger food, lumps of bread/cheese etc but it's almost as if he finds them too much hard work. He is lazy and would much rather re-fuel and go than spend half an hour working thorough a load of things to pick up! He certainly doesn't have a problem with picking up chocolate buttons or milky bar and stuffing them in his mouth!!

He had no teeth until 2 weeks ago (very late starter in the teeth department) but they are coming all at once and is now cutting his 4th, so understandably is probably a little bit sore at the moment.

I'm just looking for some ideas that are somewhere between textured purees and "proper" solid food, but something that I can spoon feed him. He eats the Annabel Karmel pasta shells, but can't do that every night.

Can't wait to get him on sandwiches.....soooooooooooo bored of making food all the time!

He should be fine with sandwiches, with or without teeth

As for recipes, could you mash your food?

And the tt, sounds like this is the issue. I'd read up on it and think about having it divided

Thanks, he can manage sandwiches and started to eat them a couple of months ago, it's just that he seems to have decided he can't be bothered anymore! He does eat toast after his porridge in the morning.

I really don't think the tt is the issue, it was only mentioned at his check before he left hospital and the paediatrician said it was only very slight - he's just lazy. Yes, no problem to mash food but you can't really do that with things like chicken or beef so was just looking for recipe ideas to get some inspiration of things that can be mashed rather than pureed!

How about, shepherds pie, lasagne, meatballs, tuna, cheese and potato bake, risottto, arancini, falafels, baked potato, cous cous, polenta, crumbled fish, mashed potatoes and squashed peas, pulled pork, bean stew

omelettes, scrambled egg