Weaning Recipes — savoury muffins

  These are a great idea to bake if you have a bag of spinach left over and need to think of more creative ways to use it up! These muffins are fab as you can stick them in the freezer and just get them out one at a time. I like to warm them in the microwave for a few mins and the cheese will go gooey again! Prep time: 20 mins (getting into cases takes 5 mins) Cooking time: 20 mins   Ingredients 300g self-raising flour ½ tsp of mustard powder ½ tsp paprika  75g butter 185g grated...

I use a very descriptive title because if I see ‘muffin’, I expect flour to be in them! When I was weaning my daughter, I cooked the equivalent Frittatas on the hob and even if I washed up straight away, a fried smell always seemed to linger. So since I’ve discovered these little beauties, they not only look better, smell better, they are easier to clean up afterwards.  They can also be kept in the fridge and frozen for older kids. Makes: 12 muffins Prep time: 10 minutes prep Cooking time: 15 minutes cooking   Ingredients 4 medium free range eggs A...

I really started to get back into cooking and baking in a big way again when my daughter was just starting to wean, simply because I knew what was in it - and what wasn’t. Now, it’s more about having something fun to do with her. These muffins never fail to smell amazing when you open the oven door. This is one of my favourite recipes from Tana Ramsay. Once you’ve got your head around the fact that these muffins aren’t sweet, you’ll love them. They’re really easy to make and handy as you can freeze them. I then just get out...