Baby-led weaning Dessert recipes : 6 months

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Desserts

Mini Cheesecakes

• 4 oz dried apricots (preferably unsulphured)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 8 oz cream cheese
• toasted wheat germ (available from health food stores)
• First, soak the apricots in warm water until softened.
• Place the apricots in a food processor and process until finely chopped.
• Add the vanilla and cream cheese to the processor and blend until
  smooth.
• Place the wheat germ into a small bowl and drop the cream cheese
  mixture on to it, a teaspoon at a time.
• Roll the cream cheese in the wheat germ, forming it into little balls.
• Chill until firm.
• Your cheesecake treats are ready to serve!

Frozen Banana Bites

• 1 ripe banana
• natural yogurt
• toasted wheat germ (available in health food stores)
• Peel the banana and cut it into thick ‘fingers’.
• Dip each banana finger into the yogurt and make sure it is well coated.
• Then, roll each finger in wheat germ until thoroughly covered.
• Finally, freeze the fingers on sheets of greaseproof paper and serve
  when firm.

Fresh fruit lollies ( great for teething!)

• 4 fl oz grape juice
• 1 envelope gelatine (unflavoured)
• 8 oz vanilla yogurt (or use natural yogurt and add a little vanilla
  essence)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 4 oz fresh blueberries
• 1 medium ripe banana, sliced
• Heat the grape juice gently in a small pan
• Stir in the gelatine, continue to stir until it is all dissolved
• Pour the gelatine mixture into a food processor and add the yogurt,
  blueberries and banana.
• Process unitl smoooth, the pour the mixture into lolly moulds and
  freeze.

If your little one is unable to hold a lolly, simply break it up with
a spoon and serve in a bowl!

Baked apple cubes

• 1 sweet apple (such as Golden delicious, Fuji, Gala or Pink Lady)
  pinch of gorund cinnamon or nutmeg

• Preheat the oven to 350 degreesF, 180 deg C
• Wash th eapple and core it, using either an apple corer or melon
  baller
• Wrap it in aluminium foil. Seal tightly.
• Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until tender
• Cool to a safe handling temperature, remove the skin and cut into
  dice
• Dust with cinnamon or nutmeg and serve.

This recipe works equally well using a ripe, juicy pear!

Fast fruit salad with Yogurt dip

• 1/2 avocado
• 1/2 ripe banana
• 1 slice watermelon or any other ripe melon
• natural yogurt
• drop vanilla essence
• Peel and pit the fruits as necessary and cut into dice
• Mix yogurt with vanilla essence
• Serve the chilled, diced fruit (none of which require cooking) in
  a bowl with the yogurt as a dip.

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About the author

Christine Albury has four children (from 3 to 13) and has cooked for
them all, so over the years she’s amassed heaps of recipes! Christine
says"I’m committed to cooking with fresh and healthy ingredients
and also to encouraging a sophisticated palate from an early age. I don’t
subscribe to the theory that baby food has to be bland – and, judging
from readers’ responses to my site (www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com)
– many other parents feel the same! Instead, I suggest that parents experiment
with herbs and aromatic spices (not salt) to create meals that are nutritious
AND tasty! "

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