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How do I turn a purée into finger food?

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ellesabe · 19/08/2011 13:30

DD is almost 9 months and has been given a combination of purees and finger foods since 6 months. However she has recently started to refuse purée and I'm not sure what to do with the purees that I have stashed away in my freezer!
Some of them I can mix with pasta so she can feed herself, but can anyone recommend another way of turning purée into finger food as I really don't want it all to go to waste!

By the way, we have tried offering a loaded spoon so she can attempt feeding herself but she either just grabs the contents of the spoon or sticks the wrong end of the spoon in her mouth :)

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BikeRunSki · 19/08/2011 13:33

Mix with an equal quantity of baby rice, form into finger biscuits and bake for 20 mins at 180.

ellesabe · 19/08/2011 14:17

Ooh great! I will try that. When you say baby rice, do I need to make the baby rice up with milk or do you just mean the powder as it comes? Sorry, dense question!

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LakeFlyPie · 19/08/2011 14:23

Toast soldiers or home made chips for dipping or to make things a lot easier all round leave the food in whatever form it was before puree-ing and give her that Grin

LakeFlyPie · 19/08/2011 14:27

Sorry just saw you have frozen puree to use.

DS (9mo) drinks soup from a cup.
Could you thin down puree with water or milk and do a cup of soup served with finger food to keep grabbing hands from cup flinging?

BornToFolk · 19/08/2011 14:35

What kind of purees are they? You could spread on toast, or rice cakes.

Or mix it all into the next casserole/sauce you make.

MedicalEd · 19/08/2011 16:16

You could put the fruit ones in natural yogurt - less sugar than the shop bought fruit ones or they are nice spread on toast instead of jam.

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