The Healthy Baby Meal Planner: Mom-Tested, Child-Approved Recipes for Your Baby and Toddler Book

Peaches and Rice
You could also combine the cooked rice with other fruits like dried apricots (chop and simmer with the rice,), or plums cooked with a little sugar.
Makes 2 Portions
1 Tbs. Flaked Brown rice
5/8 cup milk
1 ripe peach, skinned, pitted, and chopped
Put the rice and milk in a small pan. Sir over a low heat for about 5 min or until it boils and thickens. Simmer for 5 minutes, then stir in the chopped peach. Puree for young babies.

Chicken with Cottage Cheese
Makes 2 portions
2 oz. cooked boneless chicken, chopped
1 Tbs plain yogurt
1 1/2 Tbs. cottage cheese with pineapple
Mix together the chicken, yogurt, and cottage cheese. Put through a mill to make a smooth puree.

Bang Bang Chicken
You can prepare these chicken fingers in advance. Before frying the chicken, cut into strips, wrap each strip separately, and freeze. Just take one or two strips out of the freezer and fry them for freshly cooked chicken fingers.
Makes 8 portions
1 double chicken breast, skinned and of the bone
3 slices white bread
1 1/2 Tbs grated parmesan cheese
1 Tbs. fresh parsley chopped
al-purpose flour for coating
1 egg, beaten
vegetable oil
Cover the chicken with waxed paper and flatten with a mallet or rolling pin, then cut each breast lengthwise into 4 strips. Make bread crumbs from bread in a food processor. Mix Parmesan & Parsely and bread crumbs in a bowl. Dip the chicken into the flour, then into the egg, and finally into the bread crumbs. Fry in oil for 3-4 minutes each side until golden on the outside and cooked through. Drain well on paper towels and then serve.