Turkey Dinner 6months+

This will be my first recipe upload as it’s just what I have made aniya today for her dinner.

When I had started our weaning journey (I waited until the recommended 6months mark to start solids) for the first month I had only stuck to single fruits and vegetables at a time. Just so she could get used to different flavours and also just in case she had any allergies they would be easier to identify.

I then started blending the veg and fruit together and from around the 7 month mark started to incorporate meats and other sources of protein. Aniya is now on 3 solid meals a day and breastmilk on demand this is just the routine that tends to work for us.

I tend to keep my recipes relatively simple and Aniya tends to enjoy them. For all baby meals I use the Tommee Tippee Quick Cook Baby Food maker, this little gadget allows you to steam and blend it is so easy and straightforward to use. Ulternativeley you can just blend with a hand blender once it’s all cooked out

Recipe:

• 100g turkey breast
• 100g Brocolli
• 1 small apple (I used red gala)
• 1 small potato (or you can use sweet potato)

I literally peel the apple and potato, chop all the ingredients to then steam. The steamer/blender I use allows me to chose how much water I would like to add when steaming and the length of time I blend for is what changes the consistency of the meal. This meal can be kept refrigerated for up to 72 hours or frozen for 3 months.

As Aniya is getting older I like to keep her main meals quite corse rather than smooth so she gets used to different textures I feel at the beginning of our solids journey I was quite paranoid about chunky foods due to worries of choking I think this was a first mum insecurity but now I’m realising it’s very important for her to get used to chunkier textures as well as finger foods.

I will be doing a post of finger foods real soon so keep an eye out for that !