Page 115 - MHF-FeedingMinds-final.indd

106 4.2­ Weaning onto Solid Foods – Complementary Feeding

Menu planner for 9–12 months

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 – vegetarian

Porridge with mashed Baby muesli with milk Boiled egg with toast
fruit
Kiwi fruit slices
Breakfast Finger Banana slices Blueberries
foods Milk feed

Milk feed Milk feed Vegetable curry with
dahl
1st course Beef casserole with Fried fish fillet with
green beans mashed sweet potato Cooked vegetable
and peas sticks
Yogurt and mashed
Midday Finger Green beans Steamed sweet potato peach
meal foods Banana with custard sticks
Ripe peach slices
2nd Rice pudding with apple
course and cinnamon Water
Peanut butter
Finger Banana slices Apple slices sandwiches
foods Carrot and cucumber
sticks
Drink Water Water Strawberries and
fromage frais
1st course Scrambled egg with Macaroni cheese
toast Fresh strawberries

Evening Finger Toast fingers and button Cooked macaroni pieces Water and milk feed
meal foods mushroom pieces and cherry tomatoes to finish

2nd Fruit compote Yogurt and mashed
course raspberries

Finger Clementine segments Raspberries and grapes
foods

Drinks Water and milk feed Water and milk feed to
to finish finish

Vegetarian Diets in Infancy Foods from food group 4 should be offered 2–3
times per day and a food high in vitamin C should
Infants can successfully be weaned onto a be included at all meals.
vegetarian diet as long as a food high in iron is
offered at each meal. For example: Activity 1
Make a menu plan for a week for an infant
●● iron-fortified breakfast cereal, oats or egg at being weaned onto vegetarian food.
breakfast

●● eggs/pulses/finely ground nuts at the other two
main meals.