Beef Casserole, Chicken Easy HotPot and Salmon and Cod Pie.

So this weekend’s new dishes for my baby and preparing the next weeks menu.

This recipes are for babies on Stage 1 or 2, between 6 to 9 months.
You can adapt for any forwarding stage (less pureed and more mashed) or even to adult for a family meal with the kids (trust me when you try it!).

Photo source: Annabel Karmel

Beef Casserole
Serves 4 – Freezable – Prep time: 2 mins – Cooking time: 60 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp of Olive oil
• 60g celery diced
• 80g carrot diced
• 120g beef diced
• 1 clove of garlic crushed
• 40g parsnip diced
• 200g sweet potatoes diced
• 60g potatoes diced
• 500ml unsalted stock or water (I use unsalted stock of beef for babies, see in baby food aisle)
• 20g tomato puree
• 1 bay leaf
• 40g parmesan
• 2tbsp lemon juice

Steps:

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the celery and the carrot, and sauté for 8 minutes
2. Add the beef and the garlic and fry for 1 minute, then add the sweet potatoes, potatoes and parsnip
3. Add the stock or water, tomato puree and the bay leaf. Cover and let it simmer for 45 minutes or until tender.
4. Blend until smooth. Add the parmesan and lemon juice. Stir together. 

Photo source: Annabel Karmel

Salmon and Cod Pie
Serves 3/4 – Freezable – Prep time: 5 mins – Cooking time: 24 mins

Ingredients:

• A knob of butter
• 50g sweet potato diced
• 100g white potatoes diced
• 250ml fish stock unsalted or water (I used chicken stock very diluted to cut a bit of the fish flavour)
• 100g Cod diced
• 150g salmon diced
• 3 tbsp of milk
• 2 tbsp of Dill chopped
• 2 tbsp of Lemon juice
• 20g Cheddar grated

Steps:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the sweet potatoes and potatoes and fry for 2 minutes.
2. Add the stock or water and bring up to boil. Cover with the lid and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Add the salmon, the cod and milk and cook for 3 minutes.
4. Add the Dill and lemon juice. Blend until smooth, then stir in the cheese until melted.

Photo source: Annabel Karmel

Chicken Easy HotPot 
Serves 3/4 – Freezable – prep time: 5 mins – Cooking time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp of olive oil
• 1/2 tbsp of onion powder (or 50g of onion chopped if your baby likes the flavour)
• 100g chicken breast cut into chunks
• 60g carrot peeled and sliced
• 300g sweet potatoes chopped
• 1 small apple, peeled and chopped
• 200ml unsalted chicken stock or water
• 40g frozen peas

Steps:

1. Heat the oil with the onion and chicken breast, and sauté for 4 minutes.
2. Add the carrot, sweet potato and apple. Pour over the stock, bring to boil and simmer, covered for about 15 minutes.
3. Add the peas and continue to cook for 3 minutes.
4. Puree in a blender or mash, use the cooking liquid to make the right consistency for your baby.

Note: These recipes where read in Annabel Karmel manual of Weaning but where modified by me.

Cheerio