The Weaning Thread

kandr10

I had the same questions as yourself a few months back when I started weaning herself. I think the best advice that was given to me is to take your cues from the baby. My girl was breastfed so I don't know about quantities of milk however she started to slowly take less and less before dropping a feed. She got unusually fussy and needed a lot more breastfeeds after a month or so and started waking at night when she didn't usually. At that point I knew I needed to start adding more protein and bulking up her meals more. I tried that and within a week she was on less milk and sleeping again. There's no hard and fast rules cos every baby is different but if your baby seems happy then you're on the right track I'd say! When you introduce meat you'll naturally be moving more towards dinners anyway.

I agree with you about the banana flavour pouches but that's not typical. Bananas are just best eaten fresh out of their skins! I personally never bothered with the fruit ones cos it's so handy to mash a bit of fruit but the savoury ones are a god send when you're out and about. I always leave one or two in my changing bag in case I'm out longer than expected or that. Just check the ingredients list and make sure you're happy with it.

Frozen veg is great. I use it all the time! Spinach, peas, sweet corn are all handy to have there for adding to meals. You can get frozen squash in tesco it's a bit dear but handy to have there.

Have you tried the anabel Karmel book? She's got good suggestions for meal planners which I found helpful to see if I was on the right track at various stages. Good recipes too. I bought it when I was at the stage you are now and it helped clear my head up a bit anyone else finding they can't think straight with baby brain lol

Millem

kandr10 wrote: »

I had the same questions as yourself a few months back when I started weaning herself. I think the best advice that was given to me is to take your cues from the baby. My girl was breastfed so I don't know about quantities of milk however she started to slowly take less and less before dropping a feed. She got unusually fussy and needed a lot more breastfeeds after a month or so and started waking at night when she didn't usually. At that point I knew I needed to start adding more protein and bulking up her meals more. I tried that and within a week she was on less milk and sleeping again. There's no hard and fast rules cos every baby is different but if your baby seems happy then you're on the right track I'd say! When you introduce meat you'll naturally be moving more towards dinners anyway.

I agree with you about the banana flavour pouches but that's not typical. Bananas are just best eaten fresh out of their skins! I personally never bothered with the fruit ones cos it's so handy to mash a bit of fruit but the savoury ones are a god send when you're out and about. I always leave one or two in my changing bag in case I'm out longer than expected or that. Just check the ingredients list and make sure you're happy with it.

Frozen veg is great. I use it all the time! Spinach, peas, sweet corn are all handy to have there for adding to meals. You can get frozen squash in tesco it's a bit dear but handy to have there.

Have you tried the anabel Karmel book? She's got good suggestions for meal planners which I found helpful to see if I was on the right track at various stages. Good recipes too. I bought it when I was at the stage you are now and it helped clear my head up a bit anyone else finding they can't think straight with baby brain lol

Thanks sooo much I forgot to say we are trying meat next week, I was thinking chicken first. I was so shocked with Ella's pouch as I know people rave about them and I saw aldi do their version which look exactly like hers.

What do you think of Heinz jars? I was going to buy a few for emergencies. Sorry now TMI...... But the baby was grand with all foods except anytime he has carrot his number 2 looks exactly like the purée is this normal? With any other food it is solid

I will order anabels book, I got a few of her recipes from tesco booklets that they send me

kandr10

Millem wrote: »

Thanks sooo much I forgot to say we are trying meat next week, I was thinking chicken first. I was so shocked with Ella's pouch as I know people rave about them and I saw aldi do their version which look exactly like hers.

What do you think of Heinz jars? I was going to buy a few for emergencies. Sorry now TMI...... But the baby was grand with all foods except anytime he has carrot his number 2 looks exactly like the purée is this normal? With any other food it is solid

I will order anabels book, I got a few of her recipes from tesco booklets that they send me

I've used the Ella's kitchen, the plum brand ? m&s ones and they're all the same tbh! The 'dinner' kinda ones are actually pretty tasty. I've been known to rob a spoon or two of the cheesy veg one Once there's no salt or sugar in the ingredients I'm happy enough. Eh with the poos i tend to just let them be what they will be and as long as she's not uncomfortable or that I'm sure they're fine. I guess they do take on the colour of spinach sometimes...ok tmi!
I don't follow the book to the letter (or even the paragraph!) it's just a handy reference and if you want to try something new the recipes are good.

lolademmers

Just about the homemade baked beans where can I get haricot beans? I was in a large tesco today but they didn't have them. Aldi or lidl?

How Strange

icescreamqueen wrote: »

Ok silly question but did you give the milk in the bottle or a sippy cup?

Sorry I totally missed your post. I gave it in a sippy cup as I didn't want to start introducing a bottle at 11 months. It worked out fine with both of them. It's very messy at the start but they got the hang of it quite quickly.

kandr10

lolademmers wrote: »

Just about the homemade baked beans where can I get haricot beans? I was in a large tesco today but they didn't have them. Aldi or lidl?

I've found them hard to get before. Cannellini (not sure of spelling) are similar they're just slightly bigger but you can get them in tesco and dunnes.

nikpmup

I got them in Dunnes. Epicure brand. I think Supervalu have Bunalun organic ones. I'm sure the health food shops would have them if the supermarkets didn't.

Millem

kandr10 wrote: »

Sounds amazing! Gonna do batches of it for ourselves as well cos I'm obsessed over the amount of sugar in baked beans. For anyone looking for alternatives to stock, boots do a salt free one. Adding a little yeast extract adds saltiness and it's high in b12 apparently.

Is the boots stock cube called "baby stock cube"? I just noticed it the other day but I didn't know what the crack was with using stock?

I am a devil not not eating fish and I don't want to pass this on, so I decided I am going to make up this anabel salmon recipe! This is probably a stupid question but the recipe says to use milk, I presume it is baby formula? Or does she mean cows milk? http://www.annabelkarmel.com/recipes/salmon-baby-puree

How Strange

You can use cows milk for adding to food, breakfast cereal etc after 6 months.

Roesy

nikpmup wrote: »

I got them in Dunnes. Epicure brand. I think Supervalu have Bunalun organic ones. I'm sure the health food shops would have them if the supermarkets didn't.

Just watch the Bunalun ones, some of those are in salted water. I picked up a can the other day for your recipe and realised when I went to use them that they were in salted water. Bubs had already had cheese that day so I didn't want to push it with the beans.

nikpmup

Roesy wrote: »

Just watch the Bunalun ones, some of those are in salted water. I picked up a can the other day for your recipe and realised when I went to use them that they were in salted water. Bubs had already had cheese that day so I didn't want to push it with the beans.

Didn't realise that. I picked some up in Fallon & Byrne the other day that are in plain water, so I have a stock.

nikpmup

Millem wrote: »

Is the boots stock cube called "baby stock cube"? I just noticed it the other day but I didn't know what the crack was with using stock?

I am a devil not not eating fish and I don't want to pass this on, so I decided I am going to make up this anabel salmon recipe! This is probably a stupid question but the recipe says to use milk, I presume it is baby formula? Or does she mean cows milk? http://www.annabelkarmel.com/recipes/salmon-baby-puree

I make a salmon dish for my lad that he loves - I boil baby pasta, and put a small piece of salmon fillet in with it for the last few minutes. In a separate pan, I sauté finely diced onions in unsalted butter and olive oil, add some mixed herbs, then add passata. I'll throw in some broccoli or spinach, or sometimes grated carrot or courgette, and cook till soft. (Add a bit of the pasta water if you need to thin it) I then add some mascarpone cheese, melt it through, then drain the fish & pasta, mix it all together and mash up the fish with a fork. This would work well with cooked pureed chicken as well.

Millem

nikpmup wrote: »

I make a salmon dish for my lad that he loves - I boil baby pasta, and put a small piece of salmon fillet in with it for the last few minutes. In a separate pan, I sauté finely diced onions in unsalted butter and olive oil, add some mixed herbs, then add passata. I'll throw in some broccoli or spinach, or sometimes grated carrot or courgette, and cook till soft. (Add a bit of the pasta water if you need to thin it) I then add some mascarpone cheese, melt it through, then drain the fish & pasta, mix it all together and mash up the fish with a fork. This would work well with cooked pureed chicken as well.

I usually cook for us with a spray eg "fry light". Can I use this for babies? Or do I need to use unsalted butter and olive oil? Also can I use fresh adult pasta? Or do you have to buy baby pasta? Do I puree it?

nikpmup

I use unsalted butter & olive oil to soften the onions, they are sweeter when they are able to cook slowly in butter - the oil is to stop the butter burning. I personally wouldn't use the fry lite spray for the baby, I only use a small amount of butter and oil and babies need the fat. As for the pasta, I use De Cecco brand #75, it's adult pasta, but it's tiny - I think it's for soup. Fresh pasta would be fine too, but you'd need to cut it up small. I don't puree it at this stage, I just make sure the pasta is soft and flake the fish well, he's ten months, but you could if you wanted to.

Chattastrophe!

Millem, re the baby food brands, my rule when I'm buying them is that I look at the ingredients - if I could (hypothetically, if I weren't so short of time!) recreate the same dish at home, I'll buy it.

I find Ellas pouches fantastic. I love that I can use them to introduce random stuff we'd never usually eat, like pumpkin, swedes, mangos. I usually buy the mixed pouches. He loves them! He gets fresh homecooked meals at creche, and then his Ella pouches at the weekends.

I've never yet found a Heinz jar where I could easily recreate the same dish at home using the ingredients on the jar - which is why I don't use them.

I always taste his Ellas before I give them to him, and they are delicious!

fro9etb8j5qsl2

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

I find Ellas pouches fantastic. I love that I can use them to introduce random stuff we'd never usually eat, like pumpkin, swedes, mangos. I usually buy the mixed pouches. He loves them! He gets fresh homecooked meals at creche, and then his Ella pouches at the weekends.

THIS ^^^^^^

I was worried I wasn't giving my small fella enough variety, he was basically getting a rotation of pureed apple, carrot, potato, turnip and banana. Ellas are great for trying out the more exotic stuff that I wouldn't generally buy for ourselves. I was only giving him the fruit pouches but last week I thought I'd try a few of the more textured dinners and he loved them (and so did I yum ) They're the only baby food I've tried that actually taste like what they are supposed to be

Millem

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

Millem, re the baby food brands, my rule when I'm buying them is that I look at the ingredients - if I could (hypothetically, if I weren't so short of time!) recreate the same dish at home, I'll buy it.

I find Ellas pouches fantastic. I love that I can use them to introduce random stuff we'd never usually eat, like pumpkin, swedes, mangos. I usually buy the mixed pouches. He loves them! He gets fresh homecooked meals at creche, and then his Ella pouches at the weekends.

I've never yet found a Heinz jar where I could easily recreate the same dish at home using the ingredients on the jar - which is why I don't use them.

I always taste his Ellas before I give them to him, and they are delicious!

I must buy a few just to have as emergencies I saw ones that looked exactly like them in aldi but they were aldi own brand. I am I don't mind cooking up loads of dinners and I will freeze them it's just getting started

nikpmup

I bought Cow & Gate pots there yesterday, he had a chicken & tagliatelle one. The ingredients list is impressive, and it actually tastes like food. Heinz stuff always has sugar in it, I never buy it. He seems to be totally gone off mushy stuff now, wants to feed himself. Omelette is a firm favourite.

Roesy

I must be the odd one out, don't think the savoury Ella's ones I've tasted taste of anything much at all. Saying that, bubs tends to Hoover up their spaghetti bolognaise one with gusto. Also think they are very slow to add texture. The Plum and Boots Organics from 7 months do seem to have bits in them. The pouches are handy alright though, wish she was more into them sometimes but usually she's fairly insistent on feeding herself. They are very useful for if you are out and about and unsure if there will be anything on the menu to suit baby. The fruit ones are handy too for throwing a bit into porridge or Ready Brek too.

nikpmup

Roesy wrote: »

I must be the odd one out, don't think the savoury Ella's ones I've tasted taste of anything much at all. Saying that, bubs tends to Hoover up their spaghetti bolognaise one with gusto. Also think they are very slow to add texture. The Plum and Boots Organics from 7 months do seem to have bits in them. The pouches are handy alright though, wish she was more into them sometimes but usually she's fairly insistent on feeding herself. They are very useful for if you are out and about and unsure if there will be anything on the menu to suit baby. The fruit ones are handy too for throwing a bit into porridge or Ready Brek too.

You're right on the texture - they're very smooth, even the 10mts + ones.

kandr10

Yeah that's totally true bout the texture. They could do with a few lumpy bits.

Millem you could use an olive oil mister like this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003AMJ8RG/ref=pd_aw_sbs_4?pi=SL500_SS115

You put regular oil in but it sprays like the fry lite so you could use it for yours and baby's cooking.

Bagheera

Has anyone any ideas regarding an evening meal for my almost 7 month old who happens to be really windy? His wind settled down when he was about 5 months but since starting solids some nights he wakes constantly with wind. I'm looking for easy on the tummy foods that might fill him a bit to try and reduce night feeds. The worst thing I give him was yoghurt which constipated him for 2 days and put him in terrible form. However yesterday eve I gave him chicken, sweet potato and apple and he farted all night! I didn't have any of these problems with my first, not sure what's going wrong this time.

Soooky

Bagheera wrote: »

Has anyone any ideas regarding an evening meal for my almost 7 month old who happens to be really windy? His wind settled down when he was about 5 months but since starting solids some nights he wakes constantly with wind. I'm looking for easy on the tummy foods that might fill him a bit to try and reduce night feeds. The worst thing I give him was yoghurt which constipated him for 2 days and put him in terrible form. However yesterday eve I gave him chicken, sweet potato and apple and he farted all night! I didn't have any of these problems with my first, not sure what's going wrong this time.

Bagheera how about giving him breakfast for his evening meal if you know what I mean? A bit of porridge, readybrek, toast etc might (I presume!!) be easier on his tummy before bed. Whenever our little one is windy I do this - tonight she had Weetabix with a bit of puree peach and natural yoghurt but every baby is different

nikpmup

Porridge would make him sleepy too

loubian

Can a one year old have honey that's been cooked? It's in this recipe here - http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/rhubarb-ice-lollies/

kandr10

They say honeys good after a year...whoever they are!

Chattastrophe!

What kind of biscuits/rusks/whatever are best for a baby for an occasional treat?

So far, we've tried Liga and Ella's Apple&Ginger Cookies. He loves both, but I'm not too keen on giving him the Liga as I've heard it's quite high in salt and sugar.

Are the Ella's cookies about as good as you can get, or are there better options out there? He's seven months old.

Roesy

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

What kind of biscuits/rusks/whatever are best for a baby for an occasional treat?

So far, we've tried Liga and Ella's Apple&Ginger Cookies. He loves both, but I'm not too keen on giving him the Liga as I've heard it's quite high in salt and sugar.

Are the Ella's cookies about as good as you can get, or are there better options out there? He's seven months old.

Ella's do a milk and vanilla one too. Haven't given rusks or liga but I think there's a reduced salt/sugar ones? Plums little Yums go down fairly well as do the Ella's cookies for the odd treat. The little Yums are like wafer/crackers and come in banana and pumpkin and kale, apple and spinach I think. She also likes the banana or apple mini rice cakes. I make baba friendly muffins(carrot/banana/spinach and cheese) and freeze them for her too. Even though she devoured a little finger of the blueberry ones we made for ourselves yesterday!!

Chattastrophe!

Oh how do you make the muffins for her?

Roesy

http://littlegrazers.com/mini-banana-and-raisin-muffins/#.U-dHQPK9LCQ

That's a lovely site for recipes. You'd eat most of them yourself. I chop the raisins and just use a sprinkling of cinnamon. If you google savoury muffins or just muffins for babies/kids you'll find other ones too. The spinach and cheese recipe is a baby led weaning cookbook one but again I literally use a sprinkle of paprika in them. I use a normal size silicon muffin tray instead of a mini muffin tray and just give her half cut into fingers and eat the other half myself That's because I don't have a mini muffin tray though.

nikpmup

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

What kind of biscuits/rusks/whatever are best for a baby for an occasional treat?

So far, we've tried Liga and Ella's Apple&Ginger Cookies. He loves both, but I'm not too keen on giving him the Liga as I've heard it's quite high in salt and sugar.

Are the Ella's cookies about as good as you can get, or are there better options out there? He's seven months old.

My lad loves the banana or apple rice cakes, and the Ella's cookies. I give him the very occasional reduced sugar farleys rusk as well.

How Strange

I used to give my two the organix biscuits. They didn't really like the Ella's ones. The organix mini rice cakes were also handy. I gave my daughter rusks the odd time but after reading the ingredients of liga I never gave them. They used to have hydrogenated fat in them but I'm bit sure if they still do.

Roesy

nikpmup wrote: »

It's my own recipe, I just finely diced half a medium onion and a clove of garlic, and gently softened them in unsalted butter and olive oil. Then I added a quarter teaspoon of reduced salt vegetable bullion (the amount of salt per portion of beans would be minimal, but if you wanted to omit this you could) a half teaspoon of smoked paprika, half teaspoon of mixed herbs and two finely chopped grilled red peppers from a jar for sweetness and cooked for a couple of minutes. I then added a tin of cooked haricot beans, and about 250ml passata, and a half tablespoon of tomato purée. I also added a bit of chicken stock cos I had been cooking him some chicken, but you could add water if you need to thin down the sauce. Cook it for about 8-10 mins, until the sauce is the right consistency, add water/stock as required. Makes about 5 portions. Really yummy - if your baba isn't into the stronger flavours, use less garlic and herbs. I've frozen some, so I'll see what way they come out.

Was having a Mother Hubbard moment yesterday until I remembered we had most of the ingredients for this in the cupboard. I didn't have boullion and used Cannelini instead. I doubled up on most of the ingredients except the paprika and garlic as bubs reflux can be a bit temperamental at the moment. It was still nice and flavoursome. She loved it and no digestive-y ill effects. I added a bit of chopped and fried chorizo to myself and the OH's portion. It was lovely and added a nice spicy kick. Have frozen some for the baby and I'd definitely make them again. Thanks!

Millem

Girls, I was just wondering can I give ready brek to a 7 month old? I have been giving him the baby cereals/porridge so far? Also I tried a jar of some Heinz food and it was so vile I just put it in the bin!!! Absolutely disgusting!

It looks like I will be busy tomorrow cooking up batches! I am thinking a cottage pie but no gravy, so basically mince, onion, carrots and mash. Is this ok for him? I usually make the sauce with the juices, flour, ketchup and chicken stock. I am too afraid to give that to him!!

Also does can he have tuna? If so does anyone have any tuna recipes?

nikpmup

I'm not sure about tuna because of the mercury? I could be way off but I've a feeling I heard that somewhere!!

As for ready brek, yep, I gave my lad it from about 6 and a half months, made with cows milk. I added fruit puree at first but don't now, but I do cook it for about 45 secs in the microwave - it changes the taste/texture to more like creamy porridge.

I make cottage pie etc now, but when he was younger I just gave him combos of plain meat and veg - ie, a bit of cooked pureed chicken and a bit of cooked pureed veg. As he got older I made the flavours more adventurous. I had to puree mince based sauces up until recently as he didn't like the bits of meat!

Millem

nikpmup wrote: »

I'm not sure about tuna because of the mercury? I could be way off but I've a feeling I heard that somewhere!!

As for ready brek, yep, I gave my lad it from about 6 and a half months, made with cows milk. I added fruit puree at first but don't now, but I do cook it for about 45 secs in the microwave - it changes the taste/texture to more like creamy porridge.

I make cottage pie etc now, but when he was younger I just gave him combos of plain meat and veg - ie, a bit of cooked pureed chicken and a bit of cooked pureed veg. As he got older I made the flavours more adventurous. I had to puree mince based sauces up until recently as he didn't like the bits of meat!

I didn't think tuna as a goer either but my friend gives it to her little one with sweet corn???

yellow hen

Not sure about tuna but in terms of tinned fish they can definitely have red salmon. Lovely Annabel Karmel pasta recipe for that. Otherwise, any fresh boneless fish would be fine.

nikpmup

I did a quick google, and there seems to be mixed opinions on tuna - a lot of sites saying an ounce of tuna twice a week is okay. They mentioned that white tuna is highest in mercury. I think it'd make a great lunch if they could have it!

icescreamqueen

I've been giving my one year old tuna mixed in with pasta and veg for a few months now and she loves it. I use the tuna in spring water. I use an Annabel Karmel recipe for it.

Soooky

Gave my 8month old tuna with creamed sweetcorn & avocado the other day - I thought it tasted lovely but she absolutely hated it!! Even refused to eat dessert as well she was that disgusted :D Ended up eating it all myself :pac:

dori_dormer

Just wondering if anyone has found stock that is ok for weaning with. A lot of the recipes in the Karmel book call for her stock and it just takes loads of ingredients and hours to make (and I just couldn't be bothered really when it takes about 2 hours every weekend to make his food anyway)

I'm not the best cook/ eater myself.

I couldn't find anything in the baby aisle or anything with no salt in the regular aisle

Thx!

Roesy

dori_dormer wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone has found stock that is ok for weaning with. A lot of the recipes in the Karmel book call for her stock and it just takes loads of ingredients and hours to make (and I just couldn't be bothered really when it takes about 2 hours every weekend to make his food anyway)

I'm not the best cook/ eater myself.

I couldn't find anything in the baby aisle or anything with no salt in the regular aisle

Thx!

Boots do salt free stock for babies. Think some of the health shops have low/no salt ones too. I just use the boots ones though. They have chicken, vegetable and beef.

dori_dormer

Ah brill! Was looking I tesco and dunnes and at. Never though of boots!

Cunning Stunt

am struggling a bit with my 8 month olds weaning this past week. He was doing alright but he seems to be losing interest in solids more and more, regardless of what food we try. He's on the big end of the weight scale so that's OK, but I am just at a loss as to why he is refusing the solids more and more. I try to give him solids for breakfast, lunch and dinner but he only takes a couple of spoons and then he closes up shop -nothing else gets in.

He has one tooth half down and another few on the way, and I was thinking maybe the spoon is hurting his gums - could that be a possibility?

He still drinks his bottles, but I am afraid this is not enough - the health nurse was here and said that from 6 months solids are more important, which I think is maybe not the case, but she made me nervous anyway.

anyone any advice? thanks

lolademmers

I thought it's 'food before one is just for fun'! If babs is teething it could be affecting their appetite. I have a great eater here but he goes off his food when he is teething. As do I if I have a tooth ache!

yellow hen

Cunning Stunt wrote: »

He has one tooth half down and another few on the way, and I was thinking maybe the spoon is hurting his gums - could that be a possibility?v

Yes! We had the exact same. Could you try cold yoghurt or something that might soothe? Keep offering the food anyway and it'll prob pass in a week or so.

Chattastrophe!

Personally I wouldn't be worried as long as he's still taking his bottles, those are supposed to be the main source of nutrition until they're a year old. My attitude with the weaning is to get him to try as many new flavours as possible - I'm happier if he eats a few spoons of a new food, than if he devours a full meal that he's had several times before!

Millem

I bought a few cow and gate jars as we were going away, I tried a sweet potato and chicken dinner and they were both vile! I ended up throwing them in the bin! I have abandoned the ready made stuff! They don't look, smell or taste anything like if I make it

I go this amazing book http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781405359788,00.html?strSrchSql=feeding+your+baby+and+toddler/Feeding_Your_Baby_and_Toddler_Annabel_Karmel

I made a lovely fish recipe (that I modified from book) poached cod, mashed potato, broccoli and cheese sauce all blitzed. He absolutely devoured it
I have frozen 4 portions of it!

I also got a big tub of full fat natural yoghurt in aldi 99c and a container of frozen berries €1.99 and plan on making fruit purées.

Chattastrophe!

You're right to taste it Millem, I give mostly Ellas or Hipp pouches, always taste them first. My usual comment is that it would be just gorgeous with a dash of salt! (Obviously I never add it!) If it's not edible to me, I'm not giving it to baby! (He gets his homecooked food in creche by a professional kiddies chef, so I'm not too worried about the odd pouch on weekends anyways!)

Millem

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

You're right to taste it Millem, I give mostly Ellas or Hipp pouches, always taste them first. My usual comment is that it would be just gorgeous with a dash of salt! (Obviously I never add it!) If it's not edible to me, I'm not giving it to baby! (He gets his homecooked food in creche by a professional kiddies chef, so I'm not too worried about the odd pouch on weekends anyways!)

I haven't tried Ella's dinners only a banana one I got for free never tried hipp ones. I am not wasting any more money on them tbh. I have jars here that I will be giving away. Those cow and gates ones ponged out my dishwasher!! If I cook in batches and freeze then I can rotate
I am going to make him cottage pie tomorrow, and chicken casserole Tuesday. I am going to do a salmon too.