Because however much “self-development” one attempts in their lifetime, our visceral and inconvenient humanness ends up being the devil on our shoulder during our most testing times.
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Carrot & Courgette Muffins – Baby Led Weaning Recipe
The never-ending quest to find enough recipes to satisfy our newly-weaned babies’ appetites and need to discover new flavours… I try to be as organised as possible with meals for my family, but it’s still the same every day for breakfast and lunch: what will she have today… Muffins that are not sweet but have…
BLW Tuna Sweet Potato & Veg Croquettes
Running out of ideas for baby led weaning meals? I made these a few days ago for Vida as she’s really starting to hate the spoon! I made easily transportable food for our holiday but she was having none of it and has now let me know that she plans on being an exclusive baby…
Potato, Courgette & Carrot Baby Blend
Another wonderfully palatable and nutritious baby blend for weaning onto solids… Ingredients (to make enough to freeze in small portion sizes in a food cube tray) 2 courgettes 2 white potatoes 2 carrots Method Peel and chop the potatoes and carrots and chop the courgettes. Add to steamer and cook until soft. Blend until desired consistency…
Potato, Carrot & Peas Baby Blend
Another wonderfully palatable and nutritious baby blend for weaning onto solids… Ingredients (to make enough to freeze in small portion sizes in a food cube tray) 2 white potatoes 2 carrots 1 cup frozen peas Method Peel and chop the potatoes and carrots. Add to steamer and cook until soft, adding the peas a few minutes…
Leek, Sweet Potato & Peas Baby Blend
Another wonderfully palatable and nutritious baby blend for weaning onto solids… Ingredients (to make enough to freeze in small portion sizes in a food cube tray) 2 leeks 2 sweet potatoes 1 cup frozen peas Method Peel and chop the sweet potatoes and chop the leeks. Add to steamer and cook until soft, adding the peas…
Leek, Sweet Potato & Cauliflower Baby Blend
Another wonderfully palatable and nutritious baby blend for weaning onto solids… Ingredients (to make enough to freeze in small portion sizes in a food cube tray) 2 leeks Half a cauliflower 2 sweet potatoes Method Peel and chop the sweet potatoes, cut the cauliflower into florets and chop the leeks, then place into steamer and steam…
Nutty Puffed Rice Cacao Bites
My names for these things are getting more and more hilarious as time goes on. Honestly, I get a bee in my bonnet about using a certain ingredient (this time puffed brown rice) then just throw something together and hope for this best but then struggle to give them a fitting (and short enough) name!…
Creamy Red Lentil Daal
A friend invited me over for lunch, and while our babies crawled happily around the floor, we indulged in this amazing dish she made us. She got the recipe from Running On Real Food and it was gorgeous. I tweaked it slightly, using the base ingredients from my usual daals (check out my mung daal)…
Orange, Rose & Cardamom Cake
Could this cake look any more delicious? I can promise you it tastes as good as it looks! I’m not always the best with perfect looking cakes but I think I did ok on this one! I used my Working Woman’s Chocolate Orange Cake base recipe (always a winner and so easy) and just added…