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Homemade purees
My lo had some of my homemade food today...brocolli cheese with carrot. He wasnt as impressed as he was with jars but he ate it all!
So I have made a spag bol for him today & pureed it up. Hope he likes it!
Thing is, my oh and family are really against making homemade foods, they keep going on about how jars are better & easier! But I want him to get used to the taste of home made foods...
What foods do you make for your lo's???
So I have made a spag bol for him today & pureed it up. Hope he likes it!
Thing is, my oh and family are really against making homemade foods, they keep going on about how jars are better & easier! But I want him to get used to the taste of home made foods...
What foods do you make for your lo's???
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If he's not used to homemade start with blander tastes first hon to get him used to it,xx
My friends baby is refusing mashed foods at the moment, and her hv said it was because she only used jars, because these are alot smoother than homemade purees.
I had some really good books of weaning recepies (I'll have to get them back out soon!), the Annabel Karmel ones are good. Two of Millie's favourites that I can remember were fish and veg in cheese sauce and chicken, red pepper and tomatoe rissotto.
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So far she has had sweet potato,carrot and pear puree and enjoyed them all. (Do seem to have a lot of orange stains though now on bibs and sleepsuits and also my tops - lol!!! Have just ordered Annabel Karmels book to give me some ideas for mixes and recipes.
I have got some jars in though as well to use when out and about as think it will be easier than taking homemade stuff.
I don't have a problem with jars tbh - it'll expose cole to a wider range of food than i'll manage to get round to cooking. he usually has the pudding jars at teatime too - he loves the rice pudding and egg custard stuff, and the lemon souffle one smells great!!
with my first born i only fed him home made, unless i had gone out and things hadnt gone they way i planned and we were still out during meal times, then i would buy him a jar.
with my daughter it was a half and half as i just didnt have as much time to make home made meals all the time, and that will probably be the same case this time round x
He had Pumpkin/sweetcorn and potato today (I think, its hard to tell once they're made exactly what it was and I can never remember what I put in! But, I added some cheese to it which was yummy, could've eaten it all myself. He also has cooked Asparagus spears to chew on and had toast for the 1st time today.
I've got shepherds pie, macaroni cheese and beef caserole portions ready for him from when we had them recently. I always cook too much so its been easy to stick some in the freezer for him. But up to this week he's only really had vegetables and fruit so I'm hesitant to introduce things too quickly.
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Will give Mollie homemade as much as possible and only use jars as a last resort.
The broccoli cheese produced a very odd nappy though - haha!
Sweet corn is a good idea, we've got some in the freezer! Aren't the shells a bit hard for them though?
Nathan sounds like he's coming on well with weaning! I gave Gabe some toast ages ago but he just stared at it lol. Gabes still on really smooth food, though he has his cereal quite lumpy as it never seems to mix right, and he's ok with that. I've started making it with whole milk now and its so much easier!
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She is currently only allowed powdered foods as she's being tested for intolerance & it's driving me insane the consistency, smell & taste it's so different to the homemade food! Anyway each to their own!
I think that's because I prefer cooking savoury. I've done spag bol, chilli con carne, chicken korma, macaroni cheese, beef & chicken casserole, fish so she has quite an assortment.
I did loads of apple and banana too and he LOVED it- I've never seen him so enthusiastic about food!
This morning I did apple & carrot, cauli and broccoli cheese, chicken, and cheese & onion mash...hope he likes them!!