What next? Recipes for babies who eat from a spoon

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Sweet potato and butternut squash mash

This is a lovely mixture to try in the autumn, when butternut squash are plentiful. It's a great source of betacarotene for your baby.

Ingredients

1 sweet potato

1 small butternut squash

Peel and dice both vegetables, and boil or steam until tender. Mash together with a little of your baby's usual milk until a suitable consistency.

Beef and green beans

This hearty meal is an excellent source of iron. Your baby will also be able to top up on vitamin C.

Ingredients

100g fresh beef lean mince

50g trimmed green beans, cut into 0.5 cm pieces

160g potatoes, cut into 8 pieces

Fry the beef without added fat in a non-stick pan until lightly browned, then add a tablespoon water. Cook the potatoes in a pan, steaming the beans in a sieve over them for about eight minutes, until tender. Place the beans and beef in a blender and whizz together with a tablespoon water until smooth. Mash the potatoes with two tablespoons water or your baby's usual milk. Mash in the bean and beef mix.

Apple and raspberry purée

Treat your baby to the delicate flavour of raspberries. This is another lovely recipe for when fruit are in season. It'll give her plenty of vitamin C.

Ingredients

100g raspberries

1 large eating apple, peeled, cored and diced

Place in pan and cook over a low heat for five to eight minutes until soft. Purée and sieve out the raspberry seeds. Serve just warm.

Avocado and banana mash

This is a brilliant vegetarian meal for when you're on the move, as it's quick and easy to make and doesn't need any cooking. It doesn't keep, so what baby doesn't fancy, eat yourself! It'll give her - and you - plenty of vitamin E and potassium.

Ingredients

1 ripe banana

1 small ripe avocado

Mash together well and serve at once.

Petit pois purée

Petis pois have a lovely natural sweetness your baby is sure to enjoy. This simple purée contains iron and is a good source of vitamin C.

Ingredients

75g petit pois

1 tbsp baby rice

Simmer the petit pois until just tender. Purée with a little cooled, boiled water or baby's usual milk, and stir in baby rice.

Broccoli and cornmeal mash

This vegetarian meal has only two main ingredients, but look how full of goodness it is for your baby. She'll get iron, betacarotene, B vitamins and vitamin C from eating it.

Ingredients

50g fine cornmeal

400ml water

2 large florets broccoli

Mix the cornmeal with the water and bring to the boil, stirring all the time. Simmer, stirring regularly, for 10 minutes until the corn is cooked. Meanwhile steam the broccoli until tender and drain. Blend both ingredients together into a suitable consistency.

Cod and sweetcorn chowder

Share this with your baby by puréeing or mashing her portion and enjoying yours with some crusty bread. It's a great source of B vitamins, calcium, betacarotene and vitamin C.

Ingredients

100g cod fillet/steak

300ml milk

1 medium floury potato, peeled and diced

2 bayleaves

100g frozen sweetcorn

1 dessertspoon of parsley

Gently poach the cod in the milk along with the potato and bayleaves for about eight to 10 minutes until the fish flakes. Remove the fish, potato and bayleaves and place in a dish to keep warm. Add the corn to the milk, bring to the boil and cook for a couple of minutes. Return the other ingredients to the pan, add the parsley and bring back to the boil. Mash a little for yourself (this will thicken it up), and either purée or mash for your baby.

Creamy coconut lentils

Coconut milk is an easy way to give your baby's food an interesting flavour. This dish contains iron and is a good source of B vitamins.

Ingredients

1 dessertspoon rapeseed or sunflower oil

Half a small onion, very finely chopped

100g lentils

200ml water

50ml reduced-fat canned coconut milk

Fry the onion in hot oil until soft. Add the lentils and pour over the water. Cover and cook gently for 15 minutes, or until the lentils are nearly soft, stirring occasionally. Add the coconut milk. Heat through for a further five minutes. Purée or, for an older baby, mash or serve as it is.

Carrot and swede mash

This colourful combination is a filling meal for your baby, and you could have it as a side dish with some grilled fish or chicken. The mash is a good source of betacarotene.

Ingredients

2 carrots, peeled and diced

Quarter of a small swede, peeled and diced

Steam carrots and swede until tender, and mash together. You could thicken up your baby's portion with some baby rice.

Chick pea and coriander stew

Give your baby this fragrantly spiced combination to try. It contains iron, betacarotene,

B vitamins and vitamin C.

Ingredients

1 dessertspoon olive oil

Half an onion, finely chopped

410g can chickpeas (kacang kuda), drained and rinsed well

4 tbsps canned chopped tomatoes in juice

1 tsp ground coriander

Heat the oil and gently fry the onion until lightly browned, add the remaining ingredients, stir and cover. Simmer, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes until the chick peas are soft. Blend until a suitable consistency or, for an older baby, just mash the stew and serve with mashed potatoes or cooked cornmeal.