Recipe ideas

You can use Jars of sauce. That's okay. I was being visited regularly by a nursery nurse who helped me with looking after my baby.

They said using jars of sauce is fine, just don't then add additional salt and such.

But if you are eating it, give it to your baby :)

You can make Bolognese and chili from scratch but I don't know recipes off the top of my head.

To be honest I am subscribed to an app called Side kick. It's just a normal recipe app not specific for babies. But I do recommend it, as they do lots of different kinds of recipes each week

I find the easiest way to do this is to make a veg sauce as a base. I make a huge batch and freeze it in small food bags and use it as a base for pasta, chilli and curry.

You basically just roast a load of veg with a little oil and blitz it up. Tomatoes, courgette, carrots, peppers, onions, bit if garlic, or anything else you have that you need to use and roast it for 40 mins, I have nutri bullet and blitz it once it's cooled.

For pasta I add basil and oregano to the sauce and cook the pasta, sometimes I add a little mince and mushrooms.

For chilli I add mixed beans a little chilli powder, paprika and cumin and serve it with rice, avocado a little sour cream. Again sometimes I add a little mince.

And for curry I add mild curry powder, cumin, coriander and garam masala, sometimes I put chicken in it, sometimes I put cauliflower in and serve with rice and a bit of naan bread.

It's makes it super simple to make a load of meals from scratch with minimal effort. Xx

I've switched to making my own since baby came along. I like this one best...

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/best-spaghetti-bolognese-recipe

Thank you!!!!

Amazing thank you so much x

oh yum that looks good. Thank you x

You can also buy baby sauces. I managed to get a bolognese and normal tomato sauce (without the pasta already added) from Boots. This was convenient as I was able to freeze half of it. I also use jars. I tried making my own but it wasn’t very nice and seperate when frozen.

BBC good food is great for recipes like this. We make bolognese, chili etc… from scratch and it’s really simple, basically just chopped tomatoes and some veg but the recipes on there are a great starting point! 😊