can i give a 7mth old things like fishfingers chicken nuggets and stuff like that help

[babyjjbaby]

either blended or cut into small chunks i give him sausages and he likes them but need more stuff as we can't afford to eat meat all the time i give him chipsif we have them as long as they ain't too crispy and he loves them i'm not talking about giving him it all the time but once or twice a week probably

thanks i'll try it i go shopping on tuesday yepee

Babyj - don't buy passata - it's just tinned tomatoes pushed through a sieve, but with lots more cost added on! Keep tins of tomatoes always in your cupboard, plus onions, lentils and a few veg - you will always have a pasta sauce to hand...

Habbibu how do u get rid of pips or skins tho

that's really nice of you, jajas, good one.
glad you're feeling better, babyj. but seriously, givvus a list of the things you like to eat and we can tweak them easily i'm sure. there really isn't anything wrong with chips if they're home-made, and mash is great (done with baked pot in micro, so easy). i figure beans aren't bad because if dd eats by herself then she's really just picking up the beans so i think the sauce must be where the salt is concentrated. better to eat healthily but it's proably more realistic to gradually introduce more veg etc so that you keep it up and it becomes normal. you're doing well, you know that. you're asking questions and doiing your best, i'm sure you're a great mum.

i like pips and skins.

I thought passata was about the same price as tinned toms, we use tons of it for spag bols/curries etc and its about 20p for a decent size box from tesco.
The only time I use tinned toms is for lasagne.

depends where you get it, VS, if you buy it in the glass jars it's super-expensive. but in lidl it's pretty much the same. thing is, that roughage and fibre is good for you, passata having been seived etc is more processed. or as moondog would say, fucked-about with.

Umm - maybe I'm wrong about the price, then. Hard to compare like for like, I guess. Anyway, if you need passata, but have tinned toms, it's available, which is why I only buy the tins. Babyj - just push the contents of the tin through a fineish sieve - pips stay in sieve, and tinned toms already skinned. Also check things like price of chopped versus whole tomatoes - I think, but could be wrong, that chopped are more expensive.

I'm just skimming the thread. Some great advice here and I just wanted to say, Wow babyjjbaby. Well done. You're doing so well, taking such trouble and obviously keen and able to learn.

You have one lucky baby there.

Hmm, we get it in cartons that's probably why, and I can't stand the 'bits' tom's are one thing I;m fussy with.

WRT baked beans, you can get reduced salt ones, don't know if they'd be suitable though, often 'reduced' anything means extra something else!

I assume that as lng as you're taking care not to feed LO anything with salt some baked beans here and a little bit of gravy there won't be a problem, just be aware that they have had that bit of salt, it's when it adds up that it becomes a problem, now do as Aitch says and give us a list, go oooooooon, gives us boring MNers something to do

I don't know if anyone gave you a cheese sauce recipe

15g butter
tablespoon flour
pinch mustard powder or cayenne
200ml full fat milk
75g grated chedder

Melt the butter
stir in flower and mustard/cayenne for few mins
take of the heat
stir in milk (you can warm it first)
return to heat and beat for about 5 mins
take off heat
stir in cheese

If its too hot when the cheese goes in it will seperate so leave it for a bit.

This goes with about 100g of macaroni. I usually do 10x and freeze it but I have a huge freezer.

that cheese sauce would go with cauliflour aswell. My ds loves it. I don't add mustard powder though.

And lasagne.

will email you now babyjjbaby...on both emails, if you email me back from the one you get i'll try and compile a load of my simple recipes that i've fed my kids since around the age your little one is and hopefully get it to you within the next few days!!

thanks everyone i've printed the chees sauce off things i like mmmmm chicken pasta potatoes rice baked beans cheeese veg not too keen on fish or meat really i don't i can't think nothing with nuts in as i am allergic to them no pesto for pasta

veg chilli - onions, chillis, courgettes, peppers, mushrooms, kidney beans, tinned toms. Easy, nutritious, freezes really well and is hoovered up with rice and mashed avocado by BabyHab (though there's not much she doesn't hoover up at present. Roll on fussy toddler stage....)

For a nice quick curry sauce (massala) take a tin of sieved toms or some passata, and add one chopped fried onion, 2teaspoon curry powder 1/2 tsp chili, 1 clove garlic either 3 inches of grated ginger or about four teaspoons of ground ginger, 4 teaspoons coriander leaves and 1 teaspoon garam massla, 2tablespoons of plain yoghurt and a dash of cream. (If you're going to buy cream for other meals like mash and lasagne etc just use cream rather than yoghurt, 1 large tub of double cream will go through lots of dinners as you only need a small amount, I always use a little bit for mash as well.)

That sauce is probaby best made in large quantities and frozen, then just add some diced chicken to it and eat with rice. My DS has eaten it since he was about your LO's age and still does now, I just used to give him a bit of sauce mixed in with rice.

It may seem like it has a lot of spices in it if you dont have them in your house, but they'll cost about £3 to get all of them and last for ages.

We also do chicken chopped into small pieces fried with onions, lemon juice and soy sauce then put in either torillas or pitta breads with rice/potato wedges.

To make your own wedges just chop potatoes lengthways into quarters, with skins on (washed) and roast in the oven for about 25minutes in a bit of oil, you can grate some cheese over in the last five/ten minutes to give a bit extra taste but I love them without anything as do my DC's, good size for finger food too.

Ooh - nice! How many servings does that quantity make, vs?

see the chicken, babyj, do you roast it?
one roast chicken is a meal for the family, then some sandwiches and then boil up the carcass with a bay leaf, celery, carrot and an onion then you've got salt-free stock for a risotto or for soup.

Ooh - and roast sweet potatoes and butternut squash in the same way VS said for potatoes - gorgeous.

Hi babyjbaby

Glad you came back, im not sure if this has been mentioned as I don't have time to read all the messages, but there are some weaning recipes on this site

www.healthystart.nhs.uk/index.asp

It also tells you if your entitled to sure start vouchers.

And this one

www.bbc.co.uk/food/in_season/

Tell you when things are in season, which makes them much much cheaper.

thanks i roast the chicken that will do all of us for one meal and maybe some in the fridge for the next day for me to nibble on the asda 2 for a fiver ones we are all big eaters in our family greedy pigs lol

don't nibble, make stock and use that meat for chicken risotto or soup then you've another full meal out of a £2.50 bird.

That's awfully disciplined of you, Aitch. I plan that, but a late evening chicken sandwich always calls...