Cooking

I cook eggs every morning or meal prep an omelette the night before. For lunch she has “cold foods” like feta, cucumber, leftovers from breakfast. And for dinner I try and meal prep things and whack them in the freezer and I batch cook some veg to use over a few days. Sweet potato and salmon tots have been a life saver, meatballs all freeze easy and super quick to defrost!

He has what we have for dinner, which helps the feeling of constantly cooking. Most of the time I make extra portions for him, so if he needs something different from us, I have it ready. I made us all meatballs tonight & baby has 2 more portions that have gone in the freezer. Breakfast I batch cook pancakes/french toast/omelette and I’ll defrost the night before, or he’ll have porridge fresh or I’ll make a big batch of overnight oats. Lunch can be pinwheels that I’ll prep and freeze, toast with different toppings, scrambled eggs if I don’t have anything. This is usually the most ‘do what I can with what I have,’ meal. I had an avocado to use, so made him tuna and avocado quesadillas which he had for lunch twice this week!

We do the same as Emily pretty much. Dinner what we have, breakfast toast porridge weetabix overnight oats eggs etc and lunch is picnic style or leftovers from dinner x

@Emily but our food has salt and spices etc so it's so confusing. Did u start eating unsalted food as well?

@Evah there are some good recipe books for meals that adults and babies can eat! I recommend "what mummy makes" and "little veggie eats" :). They do contain some spices but not in amounts that would be too much for baby and none of the recipes contain added salt x

I never cook 3 meals a day even for myself 🥰 Breakfast tends to be porridge or toast with a few strawberries or other fruit. Lunch we are usually out. If he’s not had toast that day I’ll quite often order him that or chips/ chicken nuggets, fish fingers, soup, sandwich, macaroni. It just depends what cafe we are eating in, Other times I’m pure on it and bring stuff with me. Pouches, chopped fruit/veg or something pre-made from the freezer (baby chilli/ baby curry/ ratatouille/ my boy loves courgette soup/ whatever) Dinner tends to have a bit more fanfare. There is usually some form of potato, veg, chopped fruit and usually a wee bit of whatever we are eating. Other times it’s batch food from the freezer or a pouch. Most meals include melti sticks 😜

@Evah you can use spices just add salt after for your dishes and leave babies unsalted x

@Evah I just salt at the end for us once I’ve portioned out baby’s. Spices are fine though - obviously nothing intensely spicy or hot - but will use all the same seasoning. I’ve bought zero salt stock cubes as well which I use.

Breakfast is either porridge pouch, toast, scrambled eggs or weetabix. Sometimes sausage if we’re having it or had it the night before. Lunch I do picky bits, fruits, veggies, sandwich, melt sticks/crisps, mainly finger foods at lunch. Tea 9 times out of 10 she has what we have but if she can’t I’ll do her something else, sometimes that’s a pouch because she loves them and it’s quick for her. We do a lot of finger foods or spoon feed when we need to. Definitely batch cook and freeze if you can as that’ll definitely help you feel like you’re not always cooking. I do picky bits at lunch so that it’s something quick and I’m not in the kitchen forever all day. As long as they are getting something to eat at their meal times I’m sure they won’t mind what it is xx