Baby Food - Croque Bebe

I made something a little different today for Little Man's dinner other than puree.  It seemed to be a hit from the looks of the pictures below (you be the judge).  Found the recipe in one of my baby books What to Expect the First Year and thought is seemed pretty easy since I already had all the ingredients available.

Ingredients:

2 egg yolks 

1/4 c. breast milk or formula

1 slice whole wheat bread, cut in half

Cheddar cheese slices

Vegetable oil cooking spray

1.  Beat egg yolks and milk in a bowl

2.  Place cheese between bread slices.  Pinch all around the edge of the bread to create little sandwich pocket.

3.  Dip into egg and milk mixture, coating both sides.

4.  Heat pan and coat with cooking spray.

5.  Cook sandwich pocket on both sides until golden brown, should be soft.

I cut the crust off and then cut into bite size pieces.  I had a little egg and milk left over to make two more slices.  He liked it because I didn't see any hit the floor.  Yummy!

Baby Food - Easy Recipe

Here is a real easy option for a quick baby meal.  My little man is into anything and everything that has yogurt and he loved this one.  

Ingredients:

1/3 cup sweet potato, chopped

1/3 banana

2-3 tbsp plain or vanilla yogurt

Steam sweet potato 25 minutes or until tender.  Mash cooked sweet potato and banana.  Then mix in the yogurt.  All done!

Baby Food - Looks Yummy!

My son is 8 months and I try to make most of his food.  The day of Stage 2 purees were long gone even before he was 7 months.  Little man likes his food hearty with lots of flavor.  How things have changed from when I had my 1st baby (only 28 months ago).  I am not so afraid to try different things until they work.  All the baby books I read were good and informative but nothing prepares you fully and you just have to go with the flow.  Each baby is very different.  So with that said here is a little recipe from Annabel Karmel's book, Top 100 Baby Purees.  I tweaked it a little for my liking.  

Ingredients:

4 carrots, peeled and chopped

1 parsnip, peeled and chopped

1 Flounder fillet

2 tomatoes, peeled and chopped

2-3 basil leaves (optional), chopped

1 tbsp milk

3 tbsp unsalted butter

1/3 c. shredded cheddar cheese

Chop carrots and parsnip and place in a covered steamer for 15-20 minutes.

Place Flounder fillet in small pan.  Cover with a little milk and 1 tbsp of butter. Cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

 Peel, seed, and chop the tomatoes. (Drop tomatoes in boiling water for about 30 seconds in order to peel the skin off.)

Add remaining 2 tbsp of butter to pan then add tomatoes and cook until mushy. Add basil (optional) and cheese.  Stir until melted.

Add carrot, parsnip, and fish and mix until will incorporated.

At this time I mashed an individual serving in this lovely little bowl to the consistency my little man likes it.  If it too chunky you can definitely puree in a blender.  You can also add a little milk (breast milk or formula) to thin it out if needed.

He has a few meals ready for this week.