Baby Food Rut

[liziz]

Help!

We're in a baby food rut! 

We are giving her what we eat, but sometimes that doesn't make sense (we eat salad for lunch, or we made a corn chowder this weekend), so I like to make a few things to keep frozen and ready to go (sweet potato fries, muffins, meatballs, etc.)

I feel like she's just getting the same 3-4 things over and over. Anyone have any great finger freezer foods to share? Bonus points if they include veggies!

[jnnfrrose6]

Aug 20, 2015 15:52:19 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

Broccoli and cheese rounds- freeze and reheat well.

www.superhealthykids.com/cheesy-broccoli-bites/

Leave out the salt and bake at 325-350 until light brown. Be careful not to let the bottoms get too dark/hard.

How do you reheat them?

[Lola]

Aug 20, 2015 15:59:39 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

Also, you can make egg muffins. Put EVOO in the bottom of the cup, dump in whatever meat and veg, pour in beaten egg mixture, top with cheese. Bake them and then freeze them on a baking tray after they've cooled and you've popped them out. They reheat well too. You can eat them too as a breakfast sandwich using English muffins. Yum.

Those sound so good!!

[jnnfrrose6]

Aug 20, 2015 15:59:39 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

Also, you can make egg muffins. Put EVOO in the bottom of the cup, dump in whatever meat and veg, pour in beaten egg mixture, top with cheese. Bake them and then freeze them on a baking tray after they've cooled and you've popped them out. They reheat well too. You can eat them too as a breakfast sandwich using English muffins. Yum.

What temp and how long?

[jnnfrrose6]

How many of you are avoiding hot things/spice things? Both kids love salsa and hot sauce, so we don't cut back on the heat when they get what we get. Good or bad?

[liziz]

Aug 21, 2015 11:17:25 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

How many of you are avoiding hot things/spice things? Both kids love salsa and hot sauce, so we don't cut back on the heat when they get what we get. Good or bad?

We don't do it intentionally, but H and I are both babies about spicy food, so we don't eat much of it.

She has had salsa that was pretty warm by my standards, and DID NOT like it. I'll keep trying whenever we're having anything moderately spicy.

I don't think there's any harm in it, if they're happy to eat it! Salsa is a vegetable!

[missilini]

DD found a bag of jalapeño Cheetos at the park and ate a couple before I ripped the bag from her hand. She didn't mind them. She has also had salsa. My mom said when I was little I loved spicy stuff, I'm a wimp now. I've made DD several kinds of muffins filled with veggies since she is antiveggie these days. We have also made meatballs. I'm going to make some tortilla roll ups and see how she does.

[anotherdreamer]

Aug 23, 2015 7:39:16 GMT -5 TheCoffeeNinja said:

discovered recently that you can grate courgette/green squash and put it in just about anything. I threw some into a chicken soup recipe and DD ate mine as well as her own so take from that what you will. There's a bag of it in my freezer now for next time I want soup fast.
It was just stuff I had in the fridge - stock, chicken, a little cream, whatever veggies were in the basket so probably onion, celery, squash. Gently simmer til it looks done then blender it and it's food, so easy.

I grate Zucchini, yellow squash, and even carrots, and put in with lasagna and spaghetti. DS is super picky and the only veggie he'll eat willingly is broccoli... He hasn't caught on to my ploy yet. They squashes are pretty versatile!

[missilini]

Mushrooms blend really well. Also spaghetti squash is a good pasta substitute. DD will only eat cauliflower willingly. Everything else has to be hidden or in a squeeze packet.

[hurricanerek]

This is a recipe I regularly make but I forgot about how good it is at hiding asparagus.