13 Fantastic Baby-Led Weaning Recipes - Food For Inspiration!
- Rachel Wood
- Feb 13, 2017
- 4 min read
Most of us I'm sure started baby-led weaning with the usual combinations of chunks of fruit and boiled veg, rice, pasta and so on. While these are great for a while, I got bored pretty quickly of feeding my little one the same stuff every day, and she got bored of eating it. So much of the success of BLW depends on keeping your child engaged, interested and excited about exploring their food; but constantly coming up with inspiration for new recipes is hard!!
So here are some of our favorites from our favorite BLW authors across the web to help you out! They are all delicious, quick and easy to make, easy to grip (apart from the soup!) and we found fun to eat and explore! I hope you and your LO enjoy these as much as we do!
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#1 Potato Croquettes
Fab recipe by Mummy to Dex (one of my favorite BLW bloggers - well worth a follow!).
"These croquettes come out nice and soft and they’re super easy for baby to pick up. I loved how the broccoli ones came out bright green catching his attention on the tray and the cauliflower ones (which I added paprika to) came out a lovely orange colour."
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#2 Hidden Veg Mac 'n' Cheese
Yummy classic and favorite for the whole family!
"This yummy pasta dinner is creamy, delicious and totally easy to make. And what’s more, there’s a hidden portion of butternut squash in the sauce! "
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#3 Chicken & New Potato Hash
From another of our favorite bloggers OddHogg
"We made a few adaptations to meet Mr Fussy’s needs. It is still healthy and filling and packed with flavour "
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#4 Yoghurt Bark
From Natalie's Baby Led Weaning Cook Book - one of the most extensive (and beautifully arranged) collection of BLW recipes we've come across
"This lovely recipe is perfect for teething!"
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#5 Vegan Kale, Sweet Potato & Lentil Salad
Vegan Momma is a great site for BLW recipes for those with special dietary requirements, but this hearty salad is a winner whether you're Vegan or not!
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#6 Grain-free cinnamon almond pancakes
From BLW author Emily Chappelle these are high protein, grain-free and absolutely delicious!
"Enjoy! Anneliese likes to eat them with a banana and a lot of water"
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#7 Curried Coconut Tomato Soup
Melissa Clarke's recipe courtesy of The Wednesday Chef - perfect comfort food for you, and great fun for your LO to explore!
"A nice little recipe to have in your back pocket for those days when dinner needs to be cozy and comforting, but also quick"
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#8 Little Salmon & Pea Cakes
Simply stunning little salmon cakes from my favourite source of BLW info on the web - Little Gourmet Baby!
"They are perfect for little hands to grasp, and their texture is easy for wee gums without teeth, too. "
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#9 Healthy Teething Biscuits
Another great recipe to help your little one through one of the most difficult times - thanks Mama Natural!
"Teething biscuits can soothe gums, and they’re also great practice for eating solid foods (aka baby-led weaning). "
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#10 Chicken & Apple Burgers
Because who doesn't love a good burger?! Courtesy of The Baby Led Weaning Cookbook.
"I can’t think of anything more delicious than a burger sweetened with apple! "
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#11 10-Minute Pasta Salad
Healthy and delicious Pasta Salad in under 10 minutes? Yes Please! Another great recipe from My Lovely Little Lunchbox
"For the parents with a little more of an appetite grilled chicken would go beautifully with this salad!"
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#12 Baked Pancakes
Mummy to Dex's blog is full of baked pancake recipes - and we love them!
"There’s no added salt or sugar; it uses unsalted butter and the fruit makes it sweet enough. It takes only 25 minutes to bake and can be left to do so while you get on with doing something else. Best of all, the baked pancake tastes incredible! "
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#13 And Finally...14 Great Finger Foods
For those of you just starting out on your BLW journey and wondering which foods lend themselves best to picked up, chewed on, and then most likely thrown away - welcome on board! Click the image for 14 great finger foods to get you started!
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