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What's your go to baby led weaning lunches?

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doingitalllagain · 13/09/2023 12:50

My 8 month old is astonishingly messy but happy to eat what we eat at dinner, loves a curry! But I struggle a bit at lunch as I don't really eat anything and I feel like he eats a lot of toast and rolled up sandwiches with veg sticks but that's it day in day out

He is allergic to egg just to make things awkward as my eldest loved scrambled egg, omelette, fritters etc and I can't do any of these!

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USaYwHatNow · 13/09/2023 13:05

We do:

Cheese chunks
Buttered bread
Ham slices
Sweetcorn rings
Scrambled egg
Small sprinkle of tuna
Sausage cut up
Toast
Cucumber
Tomato
Plum
Banana
Penne pasta

Just a load of picky bits really!

BeeEyeEnGeeOh · 13/09/2023 13:21

Vegan banana bread?
Pasta
Can you do some kind of mashed up bean burger instead of fritters?

hulahoopqueen · 13/09/2023 13:34

Sausage rolls
Baked beans
Pitta chips with guac/non-spiced salsa, and some cream cheese
...
Chicken nuggets

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NuffSaidSam · 13/09/2023 13:37

We generally just do a picky plate at lunch.

Usually:

One of: chicken, tuna, ham, sausage, salmon, Spanish omelette, boiled egg

Three of: tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, carrot, avocado, sweetcorn, mushrooms

One of: wrap, bread, bread sticks, crackers, rice cake, pitta bread, bagel

One or two of: grapes, apple, mango, blueberries, strawberries, satsuma, raisins

And often a piece of cheese. Sometimes houmous or peanut butter to dip the veg in.

If it isn't this then it's normally a hot omelette or scrambled eggs (no good for you obviously). Or beans/soup and toast/crumpet/bagel.

NuffSaidSam · 13/09/2023 13:37

Or leftovers from last night's dinner.

Lijay · 13/09/2023 15:19

Picky bits as all the above have said or carrot tots... mashed potato, mashed carrot and cheese all mixed together and formed into little squares or fingers and baked in oven for 15 minutes.
Mashed potato and tuna with a tiny bit of butter and cheese then fried into a fritter.... no egg needed!
I'm sure I used to do a sweet potato and salmon one too but can't remember if I added anything else to it.
Oat bars... one mashed banana, porridge oats and a fruit pouch all mixed together. Baked in the oven for about 20 mins and cut into fingers. Usually makes about 8 fingers so I know a fruit pouch has quite a bit of sugar but it's divided 8 ways.

MrsPepperpotspickles · 13/09/2023 15:50

hummus & crackers/breadsticks
pastry pinwheels/sausage rolls (what mummy makes has a fab baby friendly recipe on her instagram)
tuna pasta
crackers & cheese
wrap pizzas
jacket spud

gogomoto · 13/09/2023 16:08

Sandwich, baked potato, crackers with cheese .. no different to an adult. I'd avoid highly processed foods though, babies aren't bothered by variety either

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