stock cubes?

[amyboo]

DS is nearly 10 months old and eats really well. He eats mostly mashed-up food and some finger food (banana, bread, etc). I'm using the Annabel Karmel recipe book for some things, and I've found it pretty good. I just have a small problem about stock. I don't have time to make my own really (work full time), and I can't find salt-free stock here (in Belgium) which she reackons you can buy in the UK. Would I be OK to use normal stock cubes or do they have way too much salt for him? I'm trying to start giving him the same food as me & DH, but the stock thing is annoying, as it means I have to separate a portion for DS so it has no stock in it and just use water instead...

Any ideas?

Also, is it OK to give him sweetcorn? I was thinking of making tuna pasta bake for tea...

you can use stock cubes, but they are quite salty. if the beglium ones are a bit like the german ones (softer, not crumbly) then you can just cut it and use much less.
or just use water and put salt and pepper on the table for you and dh.
sweetcorn is fine, most children really like it.

what about these?

£5.50 delivery! I think I'll do what mousymouse suggests and use bits of the stock cube (they are the soft not crumbly ones). I just want to be able to have flavour in mine and DH's food, without too much salt for DS and without having to faff around with two pans of dinner....

Thanks for the advice!

Next time you have UK visitors (if you do) perhaps you could ask them to bring over a big batch of the Kallo salt free ones, they're pretty widely available here and obviously cheap, light and long-lasting. Or just ask someone to post them - it's such a kitchen staple, and you'll be facing this problem for years.

the marigold reduced salt stock powder should be available in health food stores as well? I remember seeing it in the "reformhaus" in germany.

Oh, I hadn't thought about trying a health food shop! There's one by work, so I think I'll try it in my lunchbreak. Thanks for the suggestion mousymouse.

If all else fails, my sister is visiting in a few weeks, so I might send her on a mission for the low-salt stuff in the UK. Thanks for the ideas!