Dinner ideas for 10 month old!

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In need of some ideas, mainly including protein. I've tried some recipes like chicken croquettes but they come out so dry!

We have an 8-month-old and mainly feed him what we are having ourselves. I cook normal food but without adding salt at the cooking stage. He enjoys stews as the meat is nice and soft and easy to eat - I cut veg into big sticks instead of smaller dice so he can pick them up easily (though this is probably less of an issue with an older baby who will have better fine motor skills) and add tomato puree and lemon juice to compensate for the lack of seasoning. We also do mild curries and chili - we squash the beans with the back of a spoon in DS's portion so he won't choke on them.

I would give your child the same meals that you are having. Just don't add salt and not too spicy. You can always add extra to your sauces after serving baby.

He also quite enjoys an omelette. I cook his first (no salt) and then do everyone else's while it's cooling down for him.

Sorry that assumes you are cooking your food from scratch. If you're not I would batch cook meals for the freezer - bolognese, mild curries, casseroles, shepherd's pie, fish pie

DS likes omelette, wrap pizza (tomato puree cheese and various toppings on a wrap in the oven), spaghetti bolognaise, chicken curry (I use the taming twins slow cooker recipe a lot), sausage and bean stew, chicken fajitas (deconstructed), white fish and veggies, pasta with broccoli and cream cheese, tuna bagels, lentil dal.

I found a lot of online “weaning” recipes are just random shit + an egg mashed together in various shapes (tuna fritters, broccoli croquettes, etc etc) and end up crumbly and tasteless so stopped bothering with them

Your child can eat everything that you do (except honey). Just don't add salt when you are cooking. There is no need to make special baby food.

Casseroles
Stir frys
Curries
Roast dinners
Spag bol
Lasange

Anything

My little one is only a couple of months younger than yours and I've found an app which has been a lifesaver, it's called Baby Led Weaning Recipes and there are hundreds of breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes. I love cooking and have really enjoyed trying out different things. You can also filter by "freezable" so I tend to batch cook a week's meals in advance. I've found it really useful for introducing mine to all different kinds of foods and he's now eaten pretty much everything!

I keep back a small portion of our dinner from the previous night and reheat it for baby. I don't add salt when I cook, we just add to our own portions. Babies/kids don't need separate food! We have curries, chili, bolognese, baked fish with veg, pasta bakes.

We don't make a lot from scratch, so I don't tend to have anything to offer baby.