Weaning lasagne
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Weaning lasagne is perfect for introducing meat into your baby's diet...
- Prep Time 5 mins
- Cook Time 40 mins
- Difficulty Level Easy
Preparation
- Total Time 45 mins
- Preparation Time 5 mins
- Cooking Time 40 mins
- 100g small pasta shapes (uncooked)
- 100g extra lean minced beef
- ½ onion, chopped
- 200g chopped tomatoes (1/2 a tin)
- ¼ tsp tomato paste
- oregano
- ½ tsp garlic
- 275ml low salt stock (or water)
- 50g mature cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil (optional)
- Fry the meat and onion until browned (use a little vegetable oil if desired)
- Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano and garlic and simmer for 15 – 20 minutes
- Add the stock and pasta shapes and simmer for a further 15 minutes (if it looks a little thick, add more stock)
- Sprinkle with cheese to serve
- Puree if required
Tips
This weaning lasagne is suitable for babies from 6 months, though you may prefer to wait until your baby is used to eating fruit and vegetable purees first.
It's completely up to you if you want to whack this in a blender and spoon-feed the puree to your baby, or just serve it to your baby as-is, as part of baby-led weaning. Expect plenty of mess if you serve it up without blending; but exploring the different textures is great for your baby! If you prefer, you could start out offering it blended, then gradually make the texture chunkier over time.
Variations
Add extra veg to make this even healthier for your baby, and help them get used to new tastes. Aubergine and courgette work particularly well, or just chuck in whatever leftovers you have in the fridge.
If you'd like to make a vegetarian version for your baby, soya mince is a good alternative to beef mince.
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Reviews
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2 ratingsRate this recipe
Guest
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
This is a firm favourite in our house, so tasty!
Rachel S(784)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
my little one loved this, fab recipe
Janet T(4)
You could use your own lasagne, but you would not be able to use salt when cooking it
Guest
Can you use your own lasagna and blend it ? We make a chicken one that we all love and I was hoping to just blend it when my baby is old enough
Guest
I am going to try this tomorrow. My daughter is nearly 9months and is a very good eater but i am running out of ideas. This sounds really good and is something different and easy, she loves pasta too.
Guest
I made this for my 6 1/2 month old and he loved it! I have lots frozen too! :)
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