Weaning creamy cod & vegetables

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An easy recipe for weaning your baby...

Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Difficulty Level Easy

Preparation

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Total Time 30 mins
Preparation Time 5 mins
Cooking Time 25 mins

Ingredients
Method

200ml whole milk
1 potato (peeled and diced)
1 carrot (peeled and diced)
1 cod filliet (prepared)
75g peas
¼ tsp parsley

Place the cod, potatoes, carrot and parsley in a saucepan
Pour over the milk, cover and simmer gently for 20 minutes
Add the peas and cook for an additional 5 minutes
Puree or mash to the desired consistency

You will need

Saucepan – this well-priced set of three aluminium saucepans are a must-have for every kitchen and can be used on all heat sources, including induction – see more details here at Amazon.

Hand blender – great for blending baby food, this blender by Russell Hobbs also has a chopper and whisk attachment – see more details here at Amazon.

Tips

If you prefer, you can feed this to your baby whole, without mashing - ideal for baby-led weaning. Just make sure the carrots and potatoes are cooked until they're soft, and that the fish has no bones in it.

Variations

Cod is so versatile - you can poach it, steam it, fry it or grill it for your baby. Other great cod serving suggestions for babies include:

Serve with your favourite veg: peas, beans and tenderstem broccoli are all great options, but it goes with anything. If you prefer to feed your baby purees, just whizz it all in a blender before serving.
Coat in breadcrumbs, grill, and serve with chips and mushy peas or beans for a homemade fish and chip supper.
Use it to make homemade fish fingers.
Combine with other fish and white sauce to make a fish pie - either using shortcrust pastry or by topping with mashed potatoes.

Reviews

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Guest

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Wonderful!

on 3/8/15
katie w(343)

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This was very easy to make, and my daughter loved it

on 18/3/15
Guest

Is the cod cooked from fresh? Or can I use a frozen cod fillet?

on 20/5/14
Guest

How many portions would you suggest this makes? Just one meal or a few?

on 7/8/11
Guest

Is it ok to freeze this meal even if it has fish in it? - - probably a stupid question but rather be safe than sprry

on 18/5/11
Guest

Hi im trialing some of these recipes. is it still ok to freeze if youve added milk to the recipe thanks donna x

on 25/1/11
Guest

I made this today for my eight month old daughter and she absolutely loved it! Will experiment with different vegetables next time.

on 14/12/10
Guest

Hi, Babies under 12 months shouldn’t be given cow’s milk to drink but it's fine to use in cooking. (It shouldn’t replace breast or formula milk as a drink as it is too high in salt and protein and too low in iron and other vitamins.) Lucyx Netmums Foodie Team

on 30/11/10
Guest

i thought babies under 1 could not have whole milk ? Do I have to replace this with made up formula ?

on 30/11/10
Guest

I do cod for my son, he loves it. I poach it in milk and blend with Broccoli, Carrots and white potato. If cod is really expensive, I use river cobbler, its a white fish like cod and he loves that too.

on 18/11/10
Guest

My twins loved this. I have made it quite a few times for them now each time adding different vegetables and using different types of fish.

on 18/6/10
Guest

My daughter has an intollerance to cows milk/lactose but we tried this recipie replacing the milk with her soya formula which worked really well. Other variations on this to try :- adding some cheese(in our case soya cheese, trying different veg with it e.g broccoli

on 25/8/09