DS1 is now 8mo. I started weaning him at 5mo on purees and then started introducing finger food as well at 6mo. Since then I have tried to give him a mixture of food on a spoon and finger food at each meal. He likes both.
So for example for lunch today he had scrambled eggs with melted cheese which i spoon fed him, and then a few toast fingers and watermelon for pudding which he ate himself. I have also used the odd pouch of Ella's (now on stage 3) when we've been out all day and I havent got time to rustle something up.
Now he is fine eating lumps/textures and finger food as well, I want to stop giving him 'baby food' and basically have him just eating what we eat for dinner. I find this easy at lunch (see above), but am struggling with ideas for dinners, especially given that (a) I am a rubbish cook, and don't really enjoy cooking and (b) DS is a very 'spirited' baby which means I don't get much time of an afternoon for preparing a lasagne from scratch for example!
Can anyone suggest any good, easy hot meals which me and DH can eat, but which can be chopped up a bit and fed to DS the following day too? preferably involving some finger food options as well?
NB. we have dinner after DS is in bed at 7pm, and usually eat fresh vegetables but the meat/fish component of our dinner is usually something in a foil tray from the supermarket (like chicken wrapped in bacon with a creamy sauce or something)....i know these sort of supermarket dishes will be too salty for DS but I am not sure what to cook instead never have been much of a domestic goddess
Any ideas gratefully received!