Food suggestions for 9 month old

[HOMum]

I have a very happy, healthy and hungry 9 month old girl! She still has a little milk in the morning and a lot before bed time...but apart from that we are very much on solids and water/very watered down juice.

I am just looking for more adventurous food ideas. I am aware of a thread for meal times, but I am more looking for foods she may not have tried yet or fun snacks!

Favourites are banana, mash, carrot, blueberries, porridge, butternut squash, homemade spagetti.

Also, she is still toothless!

Would love some fresh ideas, I don't want her to get bored!

*edited for bad iPhone corrections!*

[Pickle]

I used the Annabel Karmel books as a guide when I was weaning and there are lots of lovely ideas in there, might be worth getting a copy?

My kids still (at 4.5 and nearly 3) eat some of the recipes from it - butternut squash risotto is a favourite in our house.

[bumpy]

Not sure these are adventurous but here's some favourites in our house....

Red Leicester cheese chunks

Avocado & cream cheese on rice cakes or crackers

Gnocchi with whatever sauce & extras take your fancy - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4594/tomato-spinach-and-mascarpone-gnocchi

Courgette lasagne - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4716/creamy-courgette-lasagne

http://www.babyledweaning.com/recipes/ - lots of recipe & snack suggestions here

[bluesuperted]

The BLW cookbook is full of lovely ideas and about ?7. I use it most days (but am BLWing, although at 9 months it probably makes no difference).

[Fuschia]

Hummous

Frittata

[Knomester]

We have a hungry (nearly) 9 month old who loves eating. I make various mini fritters which I then freeze and reheat in the microwave for healthy ready made snacks - e.g. sweetcorn, carrot with quinoa and spinach, beetroot and feta, courgette with peas or chickpeas or feta, etc. Really simple to make - basic batter mixture is 2 tbsp flour, 1 egg and a splash of milk to which I add the other ingredients and any herbs or spices.

As Fuschia suggested, most babies seem to like houmous which they can have with breadstick, pitta or rice cake dippers (or carrot if they're good at munching!).

For main meals Baby Knomester has things like chicken casserole, ratatouille with pasta and cheese, vegetable & lentil curry with rice, creamy chicken an mushrooms with veg, mini fish pies with peas, cauliflower with green lentils, quinoa and lots if ginger and garlic, veggie chilli (with bulgar wheat and pulses), pasta with cheese sauce and veg, etc. Then at teatime I tend to give him easy to eat food because he's often tired, so soups (sweetcorn chowder, carrot & lentil, creamy leek & potato), risotto, houmous, eggy bread, mini cheese sandwiches, avocado, savoury muffins, homemade rice pudding (with no sugar), yogurt and fruit, etc.

Hope this gives you some new ideas! Just let me know if you'd like any recipes and I'll try to write them down.

[sophiechristophy]

Knomester - we're coming for dinner at your house!

[Helen GV]

Us too!

(edited to say I have just been shamed, no, inspired to up my game! My poor malnourished children...)

[Knomester]

Bless you both, that's so sweet! I love food and cooking so currently channelling all my energies into my most willing eater!