Baby Led Weaning – Lunches

You guys seemed to loved the post I did on Baby Led Weaning Breakfast Ideas so much that I thought I would put together a list of ideas for lunches as well. If you haven’t had chance to read the breakfast post you can read it here

As I mentioned on my breakfast post this is by no means an extensive list and please make sure you research chocking hazards before embarking on your baby led weaning journey.

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Mains

• Puff Pastry Pizza – You can makes these into rolls or serve them flat (see picture above) There are so many different combinations you can rustle up and they take no time at all.
• Carrot, cucumber, celery and pepper sticks with humus
• Bread sticks with dips – be careful of the salt content in shop bought dips. I usually just mix grated cucumber with yogurt.
• Pasta – Our favourites are cream cheese and pesto or tuna and tomato. You can also give different types of pasta such as penne, macaroni, ravioli or conchiglie
• Jacket Potatoes with tuna, egg mayo, beans (obviously there are lots more combinations)
• Omelettes – which you can pack full of veg.
• Falafal – we currently buy the Ella’s kitchen range
• Chickpeas – we squish them with the back of spoon to avoid choking
• Crackers
• Boiled eggs
• Scrambled eggs
• Porched eggs
• Egg muffins – simply whisk an egg add frozen veg mix, pour into muffin cases and bake for 15 minutes in the oven. (They can be frozen too so perfect for batch cooking)
• Lentil Mixes – Aldi have a great frozen range
• Quesadillas
• Pieces of meat or fish – ham, chicken, turkey, cod, haddock ect

Breads

• Sandwich Thins – Ralph loves chicken and pesto on his
• Potato Cakes – Beware of salt content only give in moderation
• Crumpets – Beware of salt content only give in moderation
• Fruit Loaf
• Muffins
• Pitta bread
• Wraps
• Rye bread

Fruit

• Banana – Try it chopped or give half a dipped in peanut butter
• Pomegranate seeds
• Plums
• Prunes
• Avocado – Mix with cacao powder for a chocolaty pudding
• Raspberries
• Blueberries – Cut up into pieces to avoid chocking
• Blackberries
• Strawberries
• Apple – Only serve without the skin and stewed to avoid choking
• Grapes – Cut length ways to avoid chocking
• Dried fruit such as apricots and raisins
• Kiwi
• Figs
• Pineapple
• Peaches
• Pear
• Cherries – Cut up and stone removed
• Melon
• Nectarines
• Passion fruit
• Dragon fruit
• Sharon fruit
• Olives – Cut length ways to avoid chocking
• Peppers
• Cucumber

Vegetables 

• Spinach
• Mushroom
• Radish
• Beetroot
• Carrot
• Celery

Diary 

• Yoghurt – we use natural or greek
• Creme fraiche
• Yoghurt bark – Simply pour yoghurt into a flat tray scatter with fruit and freeze.
• Cheese sticks – we buy Cathedral City or Babybel

Other

• Biscotti biscuits
• Wafers – We buy the Kiddylicious
• Kiddylicous vege straws
• Ella’s kitchen snacks – Ralph loves the melty puffs and melty sticks
• Marmite
• Sweetcorn Rings (Organix)
• Peanut butter
• Raw Bars
• Raspberry Rice cakes (Organix)

I am always on the look out for baby led weaning inspiration so please leave your favourites in the comments below.