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British Lion Eggs have asked us to find out what Mumsnetters’ weaning recipes are.

Here’s what they say, “Dr Juliet Gray, registered nutritionist, says, ‘The current evidence suggests that mums looking to wean their babies can be encouraged to introduce eggs from six months as an early weaning food, as this could have a positive effect in terms of nutritional intake and may also help promote immune tolerance of eggs.’"

“In the past there has been doubt surrounding egg consumption by pregnant women and babies. It was recommended that these groups avoid eating eggs that were not fully cooked because of the small risk of salmonella. Since the British Lion scheme was introduced in 1998, however, these risks have been effectively eliminated from Lion-marked eggs.”

“The Food Standards Agency is currently reviewing the evidence relating to the safety of eggs in the UK with results expected in 2016. The British Egg Industry Council says that the safety record of British Lion eggs means that vulnerable groups should now be allowed to consume them when runny.”

So, what are your top egg weaning recipes? Have you ever weaned your children on eggs before? If so, how did you find it? Did you scramble, boil or make omelettes? Or maybe you make French toast for your LOs? Or perhaps pancakes have been a particular hit in your house? We’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences!

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Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

Scrambled eggs with bits of fried bacon and onion, banana pancakes, boiled eggs with soldiers, poached egg on crumpets and Blamange!

I've never really liked/eaten eggs so wanted ds to be familiar from an early age his favourites are scrambled (with baked beans!) Or an omelette -great way of getting veg into him! My dh loves poached so hes also tried that. Should try boiled at some point but the smell puts me off!

Ive weaned using eggs from quite early on, DD is 11 months and loves them.

Her favourite thing is scrambled eggs with cheese and peas mixed it, with lashings of black pepper. Yum!

Scrambled eggs, sometimes with some little bits of tomato and chives in. Simple and healthy

Eggy bread with a little bit of honey, seemed to work a treat

Pancakes have always a popular one from an early age and when cut into strips make fantastic finger food. We also regularly have eggy bread, fried eggs and, of course, egg and soldiers goes down well too.

Beyond that, eggs are used in this house for lots and lots of baking-!

Mainly pancakes but they also like cheese omelette.

I used to make this all of the time for my little one

Carrot, zucchini and parsnip frittata fingers

Melted butter, to grease
2 teaspoons light olive oil
80g grated green zucchini
60g grated carrot
50g grated parsnip
2 green shallots, ends trimmed,finely chopped
3 eggs, lightly whisked
40g coarsely grated jarlsberg or tasty cheese
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon plain flour, sifted

Preheat oven to 180. Brush a shallow, square 18.5cm (base measurement) cake pan with melted butter to lightly grease. Line the base and 2 opposite sides with non-stick baking paper, allowing it to overhang.

Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the zucchini, carrot, parsnip and shallots, and cook, stirring, for 4-5 minutes or until the vegetables soften. Remove from heat and set aside for 10 minutes to cool.

Combine vegetable mixture, egg, cheese, parsley and flour in a large bowl and stir until well combined.

Spoon vegetable mixture into prepared pan and smooth the surface. Bake in oven for 12 minutes or until set. Remove from oven and set aside for 10 minutes to cool. Lift frittata from pan and place on a plate to cool completely. Cut into 12 fingers to serve.

Perfect finger food and delicious

I weaned my dd at 6 months, and she loved eggs, unfortunately she was slightly allergic (she would get a rash on her face and tummy) but after speaking to the doctor they told me to try again at about 9 months as many young infants experience this, and when I did there was no rash ! So I tried lots of different egg recipes, our favourite being scrambled egg with grated cheese, chopped tomatoes, sliced ham just simple but very wholesome. Now my daughter loves eggy bread, omelette and eggs with soldiers.

Scrambled eggs with mashed up veg

small amounts of scramble egg is what we did,

I would never eat an egg not fully cooked anyway :)

Because my DS was very prem, we weaned him on a high calorie diet, which included lots of egg. I gave him fingers of toast or breadstick dipped in runny yolk, added runny yolk to my cooking, and eggy bread was a huge favourite...with a wee bit of nutmeg to make it sweeter. He had hard boiled eggs on picnics, and scrambled egg at breakfast time.

I ignored most of the hype that was out there re foods you shouldn't feed your children because of allergies and introduced loads of stuff into their diet like eggs, peanuts etc as early as possible. Both of mine were weaned with scrambled eggs and eggy bread being real favourites. They both love an omelette now with various fillings - smoked salmon & scrambled eggs also a favourite Sunday morning breakfast.

We did both scrambled eggs and also omelette type eggs cut into strips. I think it's a great food for introducing textures because it is still soft and not easy to choke on. Also filling and good for them of course.

My sons were born early 80s when there had been no bad publicity about eggs. They each had a boiled egg for breakfast every day from 4 months when I weaned them, one form breastmilk, one from soyamilk (cows'milk intoerant), to 4 yrs.
DS1 had a tiny appetite despite being the largest most energetic child ever seen, so I used to do him some mashed potato, which he loved, with an egg yolk whipped in. DS2 wasn't keen on meat, which made me worry about his Iron, so used to do him pasta with an egg yolk stirred in.

They are both now in their 30s, tall, as their early largeness would have predicted, healthy, active and eat anything. Their children love eggs and eat them most days, and have not inherited the milk thing.

Dd had eggs from 6 months, runny ones too.

I'd read several blogs that eggs, in particular the yolk, is very good for babies because of the good fats and helping baby put weight on.

We had eggs daily, and still do and dd is 4. Everything from classic egg mayonnaise sandwich (I'd also mix with a little Greek yoghurt), to poached eggs on oatcakes and mushroom omelette for a quick tea for dd if we were having a takeaway I've found eggs to be easier to make a meal out of than hitting the freezer for nuggets or fish fingers.

Favourite recipes included:

Creamy mushroom Carbonara
Pasta, 3 egg yolks, mushrooms and cream. Butter to fry and Parmesan for taste.

Boil pasta, fry up mushrooms in butter about 5 min before pasta is cooked, add cream and let simmer. Drain pasta and add creamy mushrooms to pasta pan, and add whisked egg yolk stirring quickly to mix in. Mix in cheese for taste.

Really quick dish and very yummy. Add ham or pancetta with mushrooms in the pan for more flavour.

Egg Muffins
5 or 6 eggs, mushrooms, cheese, olive oil.
Pre heat Oven to 130'c / low gas mark
Cut up mushrooms finely.
Whisk eggs well so they are light and fluffy adding a bit of cheese and mushrooms in mixture as well as pepper for taste.

Add a bit of oil in to a cake tray or muffin tray (I use normal cake ones where there's 12 spaces but muffin trays are good if you want big ones)
Add mixture but don't fill to the top.
Sprinkle with remaining cheese
Bake for 25 min or until eggs rise and are browning.
Eat straight away or allow to cool and eat cold.

These are a perfect snack for kids and an awesome quick breakfast for me! You can add all sorts of fillings like ham, peppers etc. I like them plain to scoff in the car when I'm running late for work!

Baby Bhajis

1 cup gram flour
1/2 cup of water
1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder
I medium potato
I small onion
1 handful of spinach (raw)

Mix together the gram flour, water and baking powder to form a thick batter. The consistency should be like a cake batter. Finely slice the potato, onion and spinach and add to mixture. Other vegetables such as sweetcorn and peas can also be added. Deep fry spoonfuls of the mixture for about 3 to 5 mins till golden.

Scrambled eggs

Eggy bread

Can't go wrong!

I did baby led weaning with my little girl from 6 months, we tried giving her scrambled eggs, pancakes and omelettes but unfortunately we found out she has an intolerance to eggs.

Eggs are without a doubt a tea time favourite in our house, scrambled eggs are a winner for a quick and nutritious dinner for the kids.

Another easy egg recipe is egg fried rice: boil rice, add to a wok and make a well in the middle, crack 2 eggs in the middle and allow to scramble and mix into rice, add some frozen peas and allow to cook all together for a couple of minutes, stirring. Great for little ones and to make it adult friendly cooked chicken and soy sauce and black pepper added. A simple meal for all the family!

Egg muffins are great!!

Scrambled egg was always a favourite but now ds 2 (21 months) is quite partial to poached eggs.

Eggy bread, scrambled egg, pancakes - all from 6 months and great for babies learning to use their hands to feed themselves! Sadly DSs have become more fussy as they've gotten older - not as keen on eggs as they were but we keep trying.

My little one was another early starter on eggs - I think his first was scrambled egg, took him a little while to get used to the texture - but he loves it now! He also loves a boiled egg for breakfast & will hoover the whole egg up, leaving the soldiers untouched!
I continued to eat lion stamped eggs during pregnancy & would do so again. Eggs are a great source of protein & you can't beat an egg mayo sarnie.. although my colleagues start running as soon as I open my lunch box - wish egg smelled as a good as it tastes!

All my 3 had egg early on in weaning - probably by 7 or 8 months (10 months for my prem DS1, we weaned him at corrected age not actual age).

Favourites included eggy bread (favourite for me too, it's so quick and easy to make!), scrambled egg, omelette, and bizarrely, quiche. Cheesy omelette was the favourite, by far. Poached eggs too. Savoury bread pudding, too - uses plenty of eggs but isn't really an egg meal iyswim.

They're now 8, 5 and 2, and all like a dippy egg or 3 on a regular basis, with plenty of soldiers. We have an egg-based meal at least once or twice a week, as DH is vegetarian and we mostly eat veggie at home for simplicity.

Baked eggs, like in chakchouka, are fabulous, but I can't convince my children to eat them all the more for me :o