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Eggy Bread

September 3, 2010

Eggs are one of nature’s superfoods. They are an excellent source of protein and the egg yolks in particular are a rich source of Vitamins A, D, E, B5, B12, folate, riboflavin, choline, selenium and phosphorus, as well as being a useful source of zinc and iron. The great thing about eggs is they are [...]

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Mini Spinach Beef Burgers

August 22, 2010

For those following Baby Led Weaning, deciding how to offer meat to our babies can be a difficult one. I’ve been playing with the idea of ground meat (savoury mince on a preloaded spoon perhaps?), a tender beef stew or a slow cooked leg of lamb. I ended up deciding to use ground beef to [...]

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Mediterranean Roast Vegetable Pasta (for babies and for grown ups)

August 9, 2010

Teddy eating his fusili pasta Eating this meal has to be, hands down, one of our best moments with Baby Led Weaning thus far. I feel like this meal has been the real ‘click’ moment so many other parents doing baby-led weaning often talk about. The moment when it all comes together and your baby [...]

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Baby finger foods? Here’s some ideas.

August 5, 2010

Letting your baby feed himself is a great way for your little one to have control over his eating, to work on his hand eye coordination, develop his chewing skills and develop independence, confidence and mastery over self-feeding. Letting your baby feed himself provides your little one with endless learning opportunities – he can learn [...]

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Baked Sweet Potato Fries

August 4, 2010

I’ve been offering my boy batons of steamed sweet potato for a few weeks now and given that he is chowing down on most things I give him these days, I thought it was time to become a bit more adventurous with food preparation and try something other than steamed vegetables. Given that sweet potato [...]

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Homemade gluten-free banana teething biscuits

July 31, 2010

I suspect my boy has been teething for a couple of weeks now, so to give him something to really chew on I’ve been offering him teething rusks. I was a bit surprised that store bought teething rusks had so many ingredients in them (like added salt) so I decided to have a go at [...]

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Watermelon, mangoes, pears and toast? It’s been a busy week.

July 16, 2010

We are now in our fourth week of Baby Led Weaning and what a busy week it has been! We recently moved into a new apartment and now that we have re-established our daily routine, I’ve been able to find a bit of extra time to dedicate to my son and his eating efforts. The [...]

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