Weaning

Recipes and meal ideas

Baby's age:

Choose your meal type:

Babies under 12 months don’t need snacks. If you think your baby is hungry in between meals, offer extra milk feeds instead.

African bean stew

10-12 mths

10 mins

African stew

7-9 mths

10 mins

African sweet potato stew

12 mths+

10 mins

Apple and blueberry stew

6 mths +

15 mins

Aromatic beef curry

10-12 mths

35-40 mins

Autumn lentil soup

7-9 mths

10 mins

Baked plantain

6 mths +

5 mins

Banana and berry porridge

12 mths +

10 mins

Beanie dip with breadsticks

6 mths +

10 mins

Beef Bolognese

10-12 mths

5-10 mins

Beef curry with rice

7-9 mths

35-40 mins

Beefy veg curry

12 mths +

35-40 mins

Beetroot dip with pitta bread fingers

6 mths +

10 mins

Blueberry porridge

7-9 mths

10 mins

Breakfast cups

10-12 mths

5-10 mins

Breakfast eggs and tomatoes

7-9 mths

15 mins

Breakfast three ways

12 mths +

15 mins

Broccoli

6 mths +

13 mins

Butterbean goulash with cooked green beans

6 mths +

10 mins

Butternut squash & red pepper soup

12 mths +

10 mins

Cereal, raisins and pear fingers

10-12 mths

5 mins

Cereal with peaches

10-12 mths

5 mins

Cheese and mushroom cakes

6 mths +

10 mins

Cheesy beans on toast

7 - 9 mths

15 mins

Cheesy English muffins & cucumber sticks

12 mths +

7 mins

Cheesy oatcakes with mini tomatoes

12 mths +

5 mins

Cheesy pasta and peas

7-9 mths

20-25 mins

Cheesy toast fingers and cucumber

6 mths +

7 mins

Chicken and leek hotpot

10-12 mths

35-40 mins

Chicken fajitas

12 mths +

30-35 mins

Chicken noodle stew

10-12 mths

10 mins

Chicken noodles

7-9 mths

10 mins

Chicken unwrapped

10-12 mths

10 mins

Chickpea biryani

12 mths+

10 mins

Chilli jacket potato

12 mths +

30-35 mins

Cinnamon and banana toast

12 mths +

5 mins

Cinnamon toast and banana sticks

10-12 mths

5 mins

Cinnamon toasty fingers

7-9 mths

5 mins

Creamy chicken and veg hotpot

12 mths +

40 mins

Creamy hotpot

7-9 mths

35-40 mins

Creamy lentil and broccoli pasta

12 mths +

20 mins

Crisped rice cereal with raisins and pear

7-9 mths

5 mins

Crispy cereal with raisins and pear

12 mths +

5 mins

Crustless mini quiche

6 mths +

10 mins

Curry, spice and all things nice

12 mths +

15 mins

Curry time

7-9 mths

15 mins

Delicious dhal

6 mths +

5 mins

Egg and mushroom cups

7-9 mths

5-10 mins

Egg and toast fingers with tomatoes

10-12 mths

15 mins

Egg cups on toast

12 mths +

5-10 mins

Egg fingers

6 mths +

10 mins

Falafel

6 mths +

10 mins

Fish curry

12 mths+

5-10 mins

Fish ratatouille

7-9 mths

15 mins

Fish risotto with peas

7-9 mths

30 mins

Fish risotto with red pepper sticks

12 mths +

30 mins

Fish style ratatouille

12 mths +

15 mins

Fruit medley with yogurt

12 mths +

15 mins

Fruity porridge

10-12 mths

10 mins

Fruity stew

6 mths +

15 mins

Fruity sticks

6 mths +

2 mins

Green mash

6 mths +

13 mins

Ham flatbread

12 mths +

20 mins

Ham pasta bake

12 mths+

10 mins

Hummus with veggie fingers

12 mths +

5-10 mins

Jacket potato and chilli veg

10-12 mths

30-35 mins

Jamaican fish

10-12 mths

5-10 mins

Jamaican fish curry

7-9 mths

5-10 mins

Leek and potato

6 mths +

25 mins

Lemony chicken strips

6 mths +

30 mins

Lemony chicken unwrap

7-9 mths

10 mins

Lentil pasta with broccoli

10-12 mths +

20 mins

Mac, cheese and peas

10-12 mths

20-25 mins

Mac 'n' cheese

12 mths +

20-25 mins

Malt wheat brekkie and mandarin

12 mths +

5 mins

Malt wheat cereal with juicy mandarin

10-12 mths

5 mins

Malt wheat cereal with mandarin fingers

7-9 mths

5 mins

Mex chicken with pitta bread

10-12 mths

30-35 mins

Mexican chicken

7-9 mths

30-35 mins

Mixed bean hot potato

7-9 mths

30-35 mins

Mixed veg pork casserole

12 mths +

45 mins

Muffins and scrambles

10-12 mths

15 mins

Muffins, scrambles and tomatoes

12 mths +

15 mins

Noodle dinner

12 mths+

10 mins

Omelette fingers

6 mths +

20-30 mins

Omelette muffins

10 - 12 mths

10 mins

Omelette popovers

7-9 mths

10 mins

Omelette pots

12 mths +

10 mins

Pasta Bolognese

7-9 mths

5-10 mins

Pasta ratatouille

10 - 12 mths

15 mins

Pea and ham bake

7-9 mths

10 mins

Peachy cereal

7-9 mths

10 mins

Pineapple slices with plain yoghurt

6 mths +

2 mins

Pork and apple casserole

10-12 mths

35-40 mins

Pork casserole with apple

7-9 mths

35-40 mins

Root vegetable mash

6 mths +

25 mins

Scrambled egg

6 mths +

5 mins

Scrambly egg on muffins

7-9 mths

18 mins

Simple baked fish

6 mths +

5 mins

Simple cooked pasta

6 mths +

2 mins

Smashed avocado and banana

6 mths +

10 mins

Smashed avocado and egg

12 mths +

16-18 mins

Smashed beans on toast

10-12 mths

15 mins

Smashed beany wrap

12 mths+

15 mins

Spag bol

12 mths +

5-10 mins

Spiced lamb curry

10 - 12 mths

15 mins

Squash and lentil soup

10-12 mths

10 mins

Steamed apple and pear

6 mths +

15 mins

Sweet potato fingers

6 mths +

25-30 mins

Sweet potato patties

6 mths +

10 mins

Sweetcorn chowder

6 mths +

5 mins

Tasty salmon risotto

10-12 mths

30 mins

Tender lamb strips

6 mths +

2 mins

Tuna dip

12 mths +

15 mins

Tuna jackets

12 mths+

5-10 mins

Tuna mayo hot potato

10-12 mths

5-10 mins

Tuna mayo jackets

7-9 mths

5-10 mins

Vegetable and ham bake

10-12 mths

10 mins

Vegetable biryani

7-9 mths

10 mins

Vegetable pasta

7-9 mths +

20 mins

Veggie biryani

10-12 mths

10 mins

Veggie finger foods

6 mths +

13 mins

Wheat bisks with peach fingers

12 mths +

5 mins

Zesty chicken wrap

12 mths +

10 mins
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