#8 Food Preparation

Today I'm gonna write about food time... For the baby?...No. For the parents. Hey... You gotta look after yourself too.

You see, feeding my daughter is not a challenge. She'll eat basically everything at the moment...including cockroaches, leaves and cardboard boxes. But this is the issue. Every time we go to eat and "guzzle guts" is around she wants some.

So in these situations if you, the parent, wants to eat anything, you need to be prepared to either let them eat your food or keep them occupied with something else while you eat. Otherwise you could have a battle bigger than Galipolli on your hands. 

In this post I'm going to focus on the types of foods that work well for us in this situation.

1. Tacos, Burritos and Fajitas

These kits are great! All you need is the kit, tomato, lettuce, mince and cheese.

Feeding method

The brilliant thing is that you can play tag-team with someone else while eating. 

Picture this: 

You make sure the baby is being looked after by someone and you go to the table of pre-prepped Taco ingredients. You fill your taco and eat it. Then take the bub off your partner, occupy the little one and let them eat. Then, when they are finished their first helping, give the child back to them and repeat. Makes life easier for all.

2. Vietnamese rice paper rolls

All you need is rice stick noodles, rice papers, chicken, prawns or mince, fresh mint, Coriander and a bottle of Asian style sauce. 

Feeding method

It's really the same feeding method as above only with different ingredients.

This one is sooooo fresh for Sydney's summer.

3. Beef ravioli

Latina makes it and it comes in a packet which can be accompanied by a microwaveable sauce. Boil the pasta, microwave the sauce. Done. Sometimes we add other veggies too. So easy!

Feeding method

This one was a good one to share with Jemma. Even though she still has no teeth, the soft texture of the pasta was quite appropriate for her. She loved it! 

That's enough for now about food. I'm getting hungry.

Be prepared, keep it easy and most importantly... keep it real!