Any simple baby food recipes? I'm not a cook!?

My daughter is 9 1/2 months old and I have been feeding her baby food jars but it's working out quite expensive the more she is beginning to eat.


I'm not a very good cook but would love to be. I've attempted a couple of things and failed and it's knocked my confidence a bit.


All these recipes online are a bit advanced for me lol.


Anyone got some simple ideas to help me get me started, I must have a really crap imagination, I'm feeling a bit lost.


Also should I still be worrying about what she can and cannot eat, can she eat everything I can?


She has 2 bottom teeth. Should I still blend everything or start indroducing different things to her plate? Should I give her fishfingers as finger food to eat without blending. Can she eat tuna even with the mercury content? Help.Any simple baby food recipes? I'm not a cook!?
blend up things you eat for tea e.g bolgnese, shepherds pie, lasagne, fish pie etc...





give her finger foods like fruit and veg or plain rusks etc so there isnt too much salt/sugar in her dietAny simple baby food recipes? I'm not a cook!?
Mashed up food like potatos and carrot with some gravy
One of my friends makes a batch of rice, boils a chicken breast, steams some vegetables on top of the rice as it's cooking. Once everything is nice and cooked soft, she throws everything in a blender and adds water as necessary to get a consistency appropriate for her baby.





I suppose you can do this with all different kinds of veggies.





Good luck.
mashed banana
At 9 1/2 months, things don't really have to be pureed anymore. They just can't be so big or so small or hard that they are a choking hazard.





wholesomebabyfood.com is a really good website.
u can really feed her anything that you eat..is what i was told just make sure to puree it..i make my daughter spaghetti alot and she loves it..also mashed potatos with gravy...pudding..the reason i puree still is because my little is is 10 and a half months old now and still doesnt have any teeth..they are comming tho =)
The best starter for young ones is strips of toast, lightly buttered. They can suck away on it and learn how to chew it too, mine loved it. Also little pieces of cut up banana put on their tray, they can pick at them, learn to put in their mouth ect. mashed carrot, mashed banana, cooked apple, mashed potato with a little gravy, mine loved this too. just keep it really simple, they becomne less fussy this way. Dont have to serve up 100 ingrediants, at this age they happy to try anything thats new. You will soon discover what she likes and doesnt. Little soft lumps and Im sure she will soon pick it up.
i wouldnt do peanut butter or honey until after a year, but let her try everything you eat (at 9 mo. my daughter loved tacos with hot sauce) doing this will also prevent her from being a picky eater, i have 6 kids and one of my daughters dont like mayo thats the only thing in all my kids, dont be afraid to try things, just do it carefully.
i never bought baby food from the store and have always made my own...its very simple and takes about an hour maybe once a week, or every two weeks depending on how much you make...





i would just get some potatoes, a sweet potato, stalk of broccoli, a few carrots, zucchini, brussel sprouts and any other vegetable that i wanted, give everything a good wash and peel if appropriate then steam everything in a stove-top steamer. sometimes i would add stuff like spinach at the end as it didnt require long to cook. i would also steam maybe a skinless chicken breast or a few tenders. once everything is soft i would just put it in a big bowl or pot and mash with a potato masher...how much depended on my daughters age...fairly fine when she was younger and more chuncky as she got older. i would tear apart the chicken and stir that through. then i had a lot of little plastic freezable containers and i would just divide the food into those containers and it was done....





i never added salt, pepper or any kind of seasoning and you can make the food with any combination of vegetables that you like. my daughter is now three and eats everything...she loves veggies and eats ';white and green trees'; first at dinner time if they are on her plate....





its very easy to make baby food and saves you a fortune. if you need any more help please email me and ill give you any more information that you need...
My children are in their 20s. I used to give them mashed banana, chopped soft boiled egg with bread, potatoes, veg (carrots, turnip, broccoli etc.) mashed with gravy from roast. Scrambled egg, macaroni cheese, soup.


Try not to give salt as it is bad for babies.


You sound as if you are doing a grand job. I don't think I gave my kids fish? When they were older they loved prawns 'cos my husband fished for them and we got them free.


I hope this is of some help?
OK my sister SWEARS by Annabel Karmel cook books and my year old niece is healthy and growing exceptionally well with a great appetite.


I'm a grown woman and I find myself stealing spoonfulls of my nieces grub when i'm feeding her! You will salivate at some of the recipes she dreams up for babies. it doesn't matter if you aren't the best cook in the world, your daughter's needs will outweigh your culinary inadequacies





PLEASE check out her website annabelkarmel.com


bon appetit!
buy a tin of instant mash add wht ever to it then like beans ; veg ;gravy;my baby loves it
I would defiantly start introducing finger foods . let her make a mess and play with the food at first she will soon learn that it's tasty.fruit is a great finger food something like banana which is mushy already.





All I used to do for my daughter was use mashed potato as a base for most meals and add fish .vegetables etc . Make the food lumpy /mushy.


Her favourite was mash potato mixed with Tuna . So to answer your question yes Tuna is fine . your daughter can eat nearly everything you eat just make it lumpy for her . I would suggest you avoid nuts though.
mashed avocado?
a really cheap effective thing to do is to at the beginning of each week boil a few pans of vegetables and mash them up scoop them into icecube trays and freeze them this way you can also keep a maintained level of how much food your daughter has i.e 3,4,5,6 cubes of veg a day you can also do this with potatoes


i think the only thing they recommend children under 1yr dont eat is eggs unless they are hard boiled


hope this helps
she can eat enything that u eat just make sure that u mash it up or use a blender my little girl used to love chicken potatoes and carrots%26amp;spot of gravy. if u try your daughter to have a varied diet she wont b so fussy when she older. have fun and good luck
Go out and buy the Annabel Karmell, Baby and Toddler


Meal Planner Book. It has lots of advice in there and great ideas for different age ranges. I don't go exactly by the recipes I just get ideas from it. Alternatively blend up a bit of your dinner as long as it has no salt in it. She will probably not mind as what you eat comes out in the breast milk anyway, so if you eat spicy, she probably like something spicy. Steer clear of foods which you might be intolerant to until she is a year old, as you could pass it on. Hope this helps.
there is plenty of finger food products out there that you can do in a microwave oven... fish fingers, chicken nuggets, potato balls..chips.. you can even give her raw foods like cauliflower, broccoli, carrots.. just sort of use your imagination when it comes to frozen goods at the supermarket.. otherwise try spaghetti in a tin with a piece of toast.. anything like that.. do you know how to cook a basic meal. such as potato and veges with meat on the side.. as bubs will need something like that some times.. i wish you and bubs the best of luck..
At that age my son loved to eat Mexican rice and beans.


You should try it.


Recipe: Mexican rice





In a deep pan pour 3tbs of corn oil , the pot must be on medium heat. After it gets hot add a cup of long grain white rice and you are going to fry it until it gets light brown make sure that before you start frying cut a piece of onion and celery into squares. You do not need a lot of the onion and celery it should be like a hand-full the onion and the celery put together. Okay when the rice is light brown add the onion and celery and fry for like 5min. Then you are going to add half a can of tomato sauce(small tomato can). Stir all the ingredients (rice, onion, celery and tomato sauce for 2min. Then add a cup of water. After you add the cup of water you need to add 1tbs of chicken bullion and like three leaves of cilantro just the little buds no sticks. You need to cover your pot and let if boil for like 20min. You need to constantly be watching that it does not need water because if you open the lid and it looks like its sticking to the bottom of the pan that is not good. Just add a little bit more of water until fully cooked. Hints: Don't let it over-cook because it will be too pasty . Keep an eye on it. You will know when it is ready (if you run a for over the top and the rice litteraly is not sticky and falls on top of the other rice its perfect.





Beans: Put a big pot of water to boil.


Get a bag of pinto beans and clean them , make sure there are no rocks or old beans in the batch you are going to add to the pot of water . Once you clean them run them thruogh cold water rinse them out and add to your boiling water. Add a tbs of corn oil and 3-4tbs of salt. Boil for 3-4hrs. Keep in mind that you need to keep an eye on the beans because if they ran out of water they will burn and you do not want your house smelling bad. If you notice that it is running low on water add another cup or two. After 2-3hrs take a spoon and spoon out a bean and check if it is soft. Squish it between your fingers and if it smooshes through they are done. If you are going to give beans you your baby you might want to take the skins off because she might get diareeah but if you want to leave them on its ok. Her system will get used to them.





Mix the rice with the beans and cool it down and feed it to her she will love it. You can just cook up some fajitas for you and your husband and join your daughter.
get a blender and blend up some regular food, and you can control what your child wil like when they grow up
not a good idea about the fishfingers since it can choke her try.mash potatoes,tuna is a little to much for her age she still needs to eat soft food since she is not even a year old....but since she got some teeth you can let her have a couple of french fries they love it specially with ketchup,spaghetti with tomato sauce big mess but is another favorite oh and you can sit the baby in the highchair and just throw some cheerios around and they have fun picking it up and eating them....

nba