BLW - what did your LO eat today?

[charli87]

ohh really which cookbook is that, is it the online 100 blw recipes one?

 

[louandivy]

charli i have the book, my boyfriend is out for the night and im very bored so i will just find it and type it out for you now

 

[louandivy]

400g tin chickpeas
3 garlic cloves finely chopped or crushed
1-2 tsp ground coriander
1-2 tsp ground cumin
1 medium onion, chopped
juice of 1/2 lemon
1tbsp plain flour
approx 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
ground black pepper, to taste
oil for frying

Rinse the chickpeas and drain them thoroughly .Combine them with the garlic, ground spices, onion and lemon juice in a large bowl and blend (or mash) thoroughly. Add the flour, parsley and black pepper and mix well.
Squeeze handfuls of the mixture into about 12 small patties (flouring or wtting your hands first will help to stop it sticking). Put them in the fridge for about 20 minutes to firm up.
Heat the oil in a frying pan until it is very hot, then add the patties and fry for a few minutes on each side until crisp.
Chickpea patties are best served warm, inside warmed pitta pockets or with strips of pitta bread with hummus, tahini, yoghurt and cucumber dip or spicy tomato salsa.

Ohhh this looks good, think I might have to make it! Didn't even know it was in the book

 

[charli87]

lol!! your such a star hun!!! if i could double 'thank' you i would

although it has made me extremely hungry now which i am not impressed about

 

[louandivy]

just note how impressively fast my typing is and then we're cool

 

[shambaby]

hehehe, it's the gill rapley book. i would offer to type the recipe for you, but i am obviously too slow!

 

[charli87]

yup unfortunately shambaby lou beat you to it with her lightening speed typing but thank you for saying about the recipe otherwise she'd never of known about it

 

[ShanandBoc]

B / L - Crumpet, yogurt and mandarin
D - Steak slices, broccoli, sweet potato, tomatoes and lettuce

 

[choc]

what age should we offer snacks too? should i have started by now?

 

[ShanandBoc]

Good question!!

 

[charli87]

yesterday

b- mini shredded wheat with cows milk
l-tomato, pepper and dairylea on toast
d-spaghetti with cream cheese sauce, apsaragus, tomato and carrot, blue berries

would also be interested about the snacks, as we dont get them yet

also for those FF when do you start giving them breakfast before their bottle, i currently give chloe her bottle then an hr later she has breakfast not sure when to switch this round

 

[moondrops]

Have you tried the falafel recipe charli? I used this one today https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5605/falafel-burgers and they were delicious! I've never had them before though so i can't compare x

 

[MissMamma]

veggie BLTs for breakfast and lentil curry style mush that she gobbled down for tea! didnt have lunch coz breakfast was so late...

 

[louandivy]

B: toast with raspberry jam and blueberries
snack: an apple and ginger cookie and some raisins
L: pitta bread, tzatziki, ham, cucumber, tomato and avocado
D: went to an Italian restaurant, she had vegetable risotto, a bit of bruschetta and a pear for dessert

 

[shambaby]

i'm thinking there are no rules on snacks - all babies are different and all that. i have been wondering whether to give hayden a mid-morning snack, as he is often not that interested in a bottle then, but seems to want something.

we still give milk before breakfast, but to be honest i don't leave that much of a gap as he is really tired and wanting to go back to bed shortly after his milk. still manages to eat plenty, though. did try breakfast first once, as he had been losing interest in his morning milk and taking less, but it didn't go well. it was quite early on, though.

not really a right or wrong answer to either question, i don't think, but would be interested in what others do / have done.

hayden has a cold at the minute, but it doesn't seem to have affected his apetite! today he had:

b - porridge fingers with strawberry jam, mango, some of hubby's banana

l - pasta with grilled yellow peppers & broccoli, with philadelphia mixed in (the broccoli was a bit overcooked, but that meant that when i stirred in the philly it broke up, making a kind of cheese and broccoli sauce ), 2 apricots

t - roast chicken, yorkshire pudding, mashed potato, carrots, broccoli, homemade apple sauce, a milk and vanilla cookie and a peach and apricot melba pudding

 

[ShanandBoc]

We are still on bottle first, food after.

B - Yogurt, kiwi fruit
L - Banana sandwich, watermelon
D - Roast beef, pumpkin, potato and brussel sprouts.

 

[Lownthwaite]

Yesterday:

B - Wheatabix with breastmilk and an apricoy yogurt
L - Ham sandwich and carrot sticks
D - Pork with rice and rice pudding

Water with L & D & BF on demand

 

[Katt]

Breakfast - prridge with strqwberries and grapes
Lunch- scrambled egg with cheese, potato scone
Dinner - tofu veggie cake, turnip, carrot, brocolli, yoghurt.
Snacks, banana bread, apple

 

[summer rain]

brunch-challah (honey free type) with philadelphia type soft cheese on and mango pieces

dinner (don't usually give this yet but LO was in the kitchen with me while washing up and was eyeing up the food cupboards lol)-small stick of cheese, multigrain rice cakes, organix finger food biscuits with fruit puree 'dip' did try to give him 'sticks' of banana as well but he got frustrated with them and kept shoving them onto the floor

 

[ShanandBoc]

B - Avocado on toast
L - Roast beef (leftover from last nights roast dinner - yum!), cheese sticks and some cucumber sticks
D - Zucchini quiche

She didnt eat much today tho, is sick with a cold poor bubs