My least favourite part of weaning was finding meals we could all enjoy together. While I did dabble in baby led weaning I found it messy and stressful trying to work out whether she'd eaten sufficient food or just squoodged it u between her fingers and sneaked it to the dog.
Bolognese has always been a staple in our house because it has the meat sauce that you can spoon feed a baby but can be served with fusilli so that baby can feed herself.
400g mince
100 streaky bacon
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1 carrot
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
Handful of frozen corn
Handful of frozen peas
1 tin chopped tomatoes
Mixed herbs
Dollop of ketchup or tomato puree
Spoonful of caster sugar
Brown the mince and bacon. Add the onion celery peppers and carrot (all diced) and soften. Add the crushed garlic, and the rest of the ingredients and top up with water to almost cover the contents of the pan.
Bubble on the hob for 20 minutes, in Thd oven for 1hr (gm 5) or in the slow cooker for 6-8 hrs on medium.
My recipe changes every time I make it. Sometimes I add mushrooms, a stock cube, or a tsp of Worcestershire sauce, marmite or soy depending on what's in the cupboard! Serve with pasta and grated cheese - it's always polished off by everyone in my house!!
Leftovers are either turned into a lasagne with a homemade bechamel sauce or I add a tin of kidney beans and a tsp of chilli powder for a quick chilli.
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