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Salad for a 7month old

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Jayne266 · 27/02/2013 10:56

My DS is weaning on a mix of textured food and finger foods. I want to try some nice salad except cutting certain items into finger food, has anyone got any recipes or ideas of how to introduce salad.
For example I was thinking of tuna pasta salad with cucumber.

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blueblackdye · 27/02/2013 22:15

Jayne, watching with interest, my 4yo is still refusing salad, eats tomato, cucumber but no to salad....

ceeveebee · 27/02/2013 22:26

Cherry tomatoes cut in half, cucumber sticks, pepper sticks (maybe roasted at first if no teeth yet!

My DTs like a nice tricolore- tomato, avocado, mozzerrella

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Jayne266 · 27/02/2013 22:28

I don't know if we are going to get any advice blue. What have you tried so far?

The obvious things i can think of is salad on a sandwich. In a dip (cucumber). Coleslaw?

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blueblackdye · 28/02/2013 19:29

Jayne, I have tried in sandwich. But it did not work. I am trying now to rise hisinterest in letting him stir the dressing, but just can't make him swallow ! I can't force him. At nursery, he tried some greek salad with feta and enjoyed it. I don't want to make it become a battle so will keep on offering regularly. Good luck. Keep me posted :)

FredFredGeorge · 28/02/2013 19:51

Salad is not something a baby is programmed to eat, most of it is simply not good food for a baby (the energy density is way too low) so they know not to eat it. Things like Tomato or Avocado or Olives or Cheese are of course exceptions as they have quite high energy density, but lettuce - not worth it.

So I'd say just offer it, don't try to trick or hide it anyway - although using it as a dipping stick for hummous etc. is good as the dips tend to be a pretty good food.

As baby gets older, there's a good chance they'll start eating it if you just give them the option. If you leave food a natural thing, and don't overload it with other emotions and battles, it generally works best.

blueblackdye · 28/02/2013 19:58

Very wise Fred, I will keep this in mind

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Jayne266 · 28/02/2013 21:29

Thank you I just didn't know if I am meant to introduce it early so he has a taste of it.

Today I tried cucumber and made a dip also with some yogurt an herbs and I cut up little bits of lettuce so it looked like a herb. No problems so far.

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