Questions about re-heating your food for baby to eat

[jumpyjan]

8 month old DD is now at the stage where she can have whatever we had for dinner the night before. However, I never normally save and reheat food so am not sure of the rules. I set a portion aside for her but it is still quite warm by the time we go to bed so is it best to put it in the fridge a bit warm or to leave it on the side overnight and put it in the fridge in the morning?

Also do you think about 5 minutes in the microwave is about right (normally stuff like cottage pie, bolognaise etc)?

Also is there anything that you should not reheat? I remember reading something about reheating rice but we have a lot of rissottos do you think its ok to reheat that?

One last thing, is it ok to add stock cubes to food that DD will eat?

I would put it in the fridge overnight whether it is still warm or not. Reheat to piping hot - the time to cook will depend on the size of the portion - and then leave it to cool down before serving. Rice is fine to reheat as long as it is cooled and refridgerated/frozen quickly. The issue is with rice left too long at room temperature. I would wait till closer to 1 year before using stock cubes as they are very salty. An alternative is the Kallo organic low salt vegetable stock cubes as they dont have added salt.

Thanks Seona. Def going to get some of the Kallo stock cubes.