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Weaning

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What shall I cook?

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samsmam · 23/04/2007 21:47

I started weaning my DD a week before she was six months, I am quite against jarred food but I seem to be constantly steaming veg and chicken/turkey for her. What do people use to freeze food in- please not Annabel Karmel food trays- did't get on with them. What else an I give her for a change? BLW sometimes usually toast but I do have mash food as I have had to reduce her milk to 20oz due to constant reflux. Can I blend pasta? Sorry- just confused first timer!

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samsmam · 23/04/2007 21:48

And sorry about the bad typing I have a dodgy laptop keyboard!!

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Twinklemegan · 23/04/2007 21:52

How old is your DD now samsmam? I used ice cube trays in the beginning for purees (I didn't do BLW). Now I use ordinary tupperware-type containers to freeze portions of casserole etc. I don't know about blending pasta - I've never found it necessary. I've tried to find really small soup pasta but it doesn't exist in my supermarket so I settled for macaroni and DS does OK with it.

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samsmam · 23/04/2007 21:57

She is 6.5 months. (29 weeks) I just seem to cook twice a day for her and then fo DP and I. Maybe I'll buy some smaller tupperware containers- thanks.

I was thinking of something different to potato or sweet potato as her carbohydrate?

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Twinklemegan · 23/04/2007 21:58

You could try rice maybe? And it probably is OK to blend pasta come to think of it.

dissle · 23/04/2007 22:02

ice cube trays, thats what i used.
Ordinary cheep ones, it was just enough at first, then i gave my ds 2 then 3 as he wanted more.
I did batch cooking once a week.
Yes you can freeze and blend pasta.
i did mainly stewed fruit and steamed veg.
Actually, i always kept back some of whatever me and dh were having and mashed that up, froze half and gave him half. Sooo much easier.

Nikki76 · 23/04/2007 22:03

I've blended pasta and it was fine...did a pasta type thing with chicken, tinned tomato, pasta spirals, little bit of cheese and basil...DS liked it - thankfully!!

Tommy · 23/04/2007 22:12

ice cube trays are good to start off with and then I found those flexible muffin trays really useful as you could put them in the oven and the freezer and a muffin sized portion was just right for an older baby

halogen · 17/05/2007 20:53

I used ice cube trays - quite good to have small cubes as then you can mix a few different ones together for variety. Now she's older, I have got some nice little freezer pots from Mothercare that hold a whole meal.

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