Weaning Recipes — baby led weaning

Prep time: 30 mins Cook: 3.5 hours in slow cooker on high Serves: 4 adults and one baby   Ingredients 2 tbsp groundnut oil 1 large onion thinly sliced 2 tbsp mild curry paste 2 tsp minced ginger 2 tsp minced garlic 2 tsp black onion seeds 400g canned chopped tomatoes 300ml vegetable stock 250g cauliflower florets 350g new potatoes quartered 400g canned chickpeas drained and rinsed 2 tbsp mango chutney   Method Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Fry onion for 5 mins until soft. Add curry paste, ginger, garlic and onion seeds...

I always have these ingredients in the house (pasta, flour and milk) so this a great standby-by recipe. Plus it only takes 20 minutes to make. I first remember my Best-Friend’s Mum making this when I was about six  - I always insisted on staying for dinner as the smell of it cooking under the grill was irresistible! Prep and cooking time: Max 25 minutes  Feeds: one adult and one baby Ingredients 140g pasta 260ml milk 30g plain flour Desert spoon of Philidelphia  tsp of wholegrain mustard* (optional) 1 Apple 30g grated cheese Several cornflakes (yes, you read that correctly)...

This is what we call our “New York Breakfast” (also known as Drop scones and Scotch pancakes). Before Emily, I used to make a Lorraine Pascal’s pancakes. The recipe included tablespoons of sugar (note plural!), a vanilla pod all of which were a no no once our daughter came along as I had visions of her bouncing off the ceiling from all the sugar! So out came the baby–led weaning cookbook and to my surprise, these pancakes are really tasty without the sugar. The Cinnamon and banana create the flavour so adults like them too. This recipe makes roughly a...

  These are a great idea to bake if you have a bag of spinach left over and need to think of more creative ways to use it up! These muffins are fab as you can stick them in the freezer and just get them out one at a time. I like to warm them in the microwave for a few mins and the cheese will go gooey again! Prep time: 20 mins (getting into cases takes 5 mins) Cooking time: 20 mins   Ingredients 300g self-raising flour ½ tsp of mustard powder ½ tsp paprika  75g butter 185g grated...

I really started to get back into cooking and baking in a big way again when my daughter was just starting to wean, simply because I knew what was in it - and what wasn’t. Now, it’s more about having something fun to do with her. These muffins never fail to smell amazing when you open the oven door. This is one of my favourite recipes from Tana Ramsay. Once you’ve got your head around the fact that these muffins aren’t sweet, you’ll love them. They’re really easy to make and handy as you can freeze them. I then just get out...