april 07 - weaning meals and recipes!

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ok folks - here is the thread for sharing all our ideas!

ok -here is a fav of c's
split pea burgers / sausages.
soak yellow or grren split peas for about 1 hr. drain and boil until soft but not total pulp. mix in beaten egg or natural yoghurt. add breadcrumbs ( i have also used up sachets of baby rice as a binding)
let it chill for about an hour.
roll into sausages/ pat into burger shapes and roll in breadcrumbs.
i then put greaseproof paper between them and freeze. i grill them as and when needed.
you can add finely chopped cooked vegs - onions, peppers, courgette etc as well.
the peas can be substituted with mashed chickpeas or any kind of tinned beans.

Each Peach Pear Plum puree - goes with a book! 1 peach, 1 pear, 2 plums. Chop all fruit small, add enough water to generously cover and stew till soft. Drain off excess water and mash,blend up/sieve as required. Seems to freeze well.

Thanks weepotion, just posting to help me find the thread again, sorry!

oi, weeonion, get that recipe on the finger food blog forum as well, will ya?

Carrot & Ricotta bake

2 Carrots, diced.
1 small onion diced
half a tub of ricotta

Fry onions, add diced carrots and season (I use onion granules and garlic). Stir in ricotta and oven bake for half an hour.

I sometimes stir in a bit of plain yoghurt before serving.

Veg bake.

small onion, diced
2 potatoes, diced
Diced leek (or a.n.other vegetable of your choice)
White sauce
Handful breadcrumbs

Fry of onion then diced veg. Add white sauce then top withbreadcrumbs +/- some grated cheese and oven bake for half an hour.

Chicken nuggets (haven't given these to ds yet but dd likes them!).

2 chicken breasts, diced.
1 onion diced
1 carrot diced
2 handfuls brown rice
1 handful green lentils

Fry off the onion then add chicken & carrot (or apple works well too). Add water then rice and lentils and season.

Cook for 30-40 minutes then cool and blend. Stir in some mayonnaise to make it sticky then shape into patties and roll in breadcrumbs. Freeze on a flat surface then you can put them in a bag once they are hard. Can cook from frozen.

Sweet potato patties

2-3 sweet potatoes, boiled and mashed.
1 can haricot beans (drained).
1-2 handfuls breadcrumbs
Garlic granules.

Mixed the beans into the mashed potato & season. Add enough breadcrumbs to make the mixture more solid. Shape into patties and fry.

Grown-ups (and adventurous two year-olds) may like these with sweet chilli sauce.