Ingredients
Cut crusts off 2 normal slices of bread
Method
Flatten with a rolling pin
Thinly spread with marmite
Roll up {hold together with a toothpick} place in microwave for 1min
Take toothpick out and give to bubs
Thank you Aleesha M – Facebook
Author Archives: Alexandra
Homemade Rusks (Recipe 1)
Ingredients
Buy a loaf of Rye Sourdoughbread
Method
Remove Crusts
Cut into ‘soliders’
Bake in an oven at 100 degrees for approx 1 hour
Keeps in an airtight container for 1 month
Thank you Donna D – Facebook
Green Banana Mash
Ingredients
1/2 Banana
1/4 Avocado
Method
Simply mash together to the desired consistency.
Note: This recipe is not suitable to freeze
Fruit Salad by Jenelle
Ingredients
1 apple, peeled and diced
1 pear, peeled and diced
1 plum, diced with skin
1/2 banana, sliced
2 spoons of plain yoghurt
Rice Cereal
Method
2 Qubies baby food containers
Steam or boil with a little water the apple, pear and plum, leaving plum out until apple and pear are almost done.
Put all fruit into food processor and mix to desired consistency.
Freeze in your Qubies.
When it is breakfast time, defrost 2 Qubies. Add yoghurt and rice cereal (as much or as little as you like) and mix it all together.
Fruit Medley by Jenny
Ingredients
2 apples, peeled, cored and cubed
2 pears, peeled, cored and cubed
½ mango, cubed
½ cup blue berries
¼ rockmelon (cantelope), cubed
A little water
2 Qubies containers
Method
Either steam in the microwave or place in a saucepan over the stove until the fruit is soft. Puree to the desired consistency.
If you find this is very watery from the juices released from the fruits, add some rice cereal until you achieve the desired consistency.
It’s absolutely delicious!
Recipe from Jenny R, East Fremantle: “Angus loves it!”
Fish & Vegies
Suitable from 8 – 12 months
Ingredients
Small piece of white fish
Milk for poaching
1 cup broccoli – steamed or boiled
1 cup carrots – steamed or boiled
1 cup mash potato
Method
Poach fish in milk (formula milk is okay too) until cooked through.Ensure there are no bones!
Pop everything in to blender and puree to desired consistency.
Take one serving for baby and place the remainder into your Qubies and freeze for another day.
Note: for some reason the potato takes away the fishy smell and gives the meal a lovely smooth consistency.
Finger Foods
Once baby can hold things, here are some foods you can give her/him to try!
Try these
Peeled pear / apple
Banana
Cheese cut into strips
Toast soliders
Steamed or raw vegies such as sticks of carrots, zucchini
Rice cakes
Celery sticks (great when bub is teething)
Easy Peesy Lamb Shanks with Vegies
Suitable for baby 8 months
Ingredients
1 small frenched lamb shank
1 tbs flour
1 tbs oil
½ small onion, diced
1/2 zucchini, diced
1 small carrot, diced
200gm can crushed tomatoes
1 cups water/vegetable stock
3 Qubie baby food contianers
Method
This is dead easy and you can add or change the vegetables depending on your babies tastes and your wild imagination. Enjoy!
Turn on oven to 120 degrees.
Dust the shank with the flour.
Place oil in a large oven proof saucepan and turn to medium. Brown shank. Remove from saucepan and place aside for now.
Place onions in saucepan on a low heat till softened, then add the zucchini and carrots. Continue cooking for another 10 mins or until all the veggies are soft.
Add crushed tomatoes, stock and the shank. Bring to the boil.
Place lid on saucepan and move to oven. Cook for approx 2 hours, or until meat falls away easily from the bone.
Remove from oven and let cool a little. Remove bones and puree to the desired texture.
Freeze leftover puree in to your Qubies.
Dad’s Family Beef Casserole
Suitable for 7 months onwards
Ingredients
1kg beef topside, cut into 2cm cubes
2 tbsp vegetable oil
6 whole baby onions peeled
2 whole cloves of garlic
2 medium carrots, thickly sliced
2 tbsp plain flour
2 cups beef stock
A good shake of each of Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce
440g can of Guinness
2 tbsp brown sugar
4 – 5 springs fresh tyme
2 bay leaves
2 Qubies baby food freezing containers
Method
1. Prepare the beef
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Cut beef into 2.5 – 3cm cubes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the oil to the beef and mix well.
Heat a large frypan over a medium heat. Brown the beef in 2 or 3 batches. Remove each batch and place in a casserole dish.
2. Add the vegetables.
Reduce the heat and add a little extra oil to the frypan. Add the vegetables and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add the flavour base.
Sprinkle the flour or other seasoning over the vegetables and stir until coated. Gradually pour in the stock and Guinness and stir well. Add the remaining flavour base ingredients and heat stirring until the mixture boils. Pour over the beef in the casserole dish and stir to combine.
Cover the casserole dish.
Place in the oven and cook until the beef is very tender (approx 1.5 – 2 hours). Stir every 40 mins or so, add water if needed to keep the ingredients just covered.
Serve with mash potato or pasta.
For baby: we made pasta and pureed the pasta with the casserole – it was DELICIOUS! Make sure you have lots of left overs to freeze into your Qubies as I can guarantee you baby will be wanting this again – yum.
Creamy Carrot and Ginger
Ingredients
2 carrots, peeled and cubed
1/2 white potato, peeled and cubed
30gm water or homemade chicken stock
30gm cream (optional)
1/8 tsp grated fresh ginger
1 Qubie tray (baby food container)
Method
1. Place the diced carrots and potatoes in a saucepan and just cover with water. Simmer until tender, then drain. Reserve some of the cooking water (unless you are planning on using homemade chicken stock in this recipe).
2. Puree the carrot and potato mixture in a food processor, along with the water (or stock), ginger and cream (if using). You can adjust the consistency of this puree to suit your baby by decreasing or increasing the amount of stock (or water) that you use.
3. Serve this tasty puree as a main meal to a younger baby – or as a vegie accompaniment to a main meal!
4. Pop any left overs in your Qubies for next time.