Hudson, Cookups & Tonight's Dinner...

When talking about Hudson and food, as much as I LOVE food for myself, there is a satisfaction I get out of creating his meals that is just second to none.  Whether it be following an Annabel Karmel recipe or something I've randomly created I just get such excitement out of his enjoyment and knowing the nutrients that he is getting.  I'm a big fan of always having some food for him in the freezer and my bulk cookups have come a fair way over the last 4 and half months since he started solids. Looking back and giving you an idea....

...This was my First bulk cook-up when Hudson was 16 weeks old. Back when he was having 2-3 cubes worth 3 times a day. ... But he kept wanting more and more (plus the same amount of time breastfeeding)  that I continued (and still do) to make fruit up in trays as I like to mix a cube or 2 in with his weetbix or porridge and to be honest he doesn't have much of a sweet tooth but I like to give him a bit of fruit everyday. It was his lunch and dinners that I couldn't seem to keep up with that I just surrendered to this when I would cook and divide up...

Even this though I just felt like as much as I love cooking his food I felt like he was just churning through these. By the time he was 5 and a half months he was eating one of the smaller round containers for lunch and one of the larger square ones at dinner going through the containers so quick that the last 2 cook ups I've done have looked a bit like this....



Tonight for his finger food I gave Mr Hudson something my amazing friend Dani had recommended to me this morning, the Latina Kids Ravioli with Meat & Vegies. So cute and yummy. Normally when Huddo has finger food, as much as he loves it, due to him being a bub I can generally expect a minimum of 10% waste such as little bits that may slip out of his hands and go down the side of him in the highchair. Not tonight. Not a crumb or leftover bit in site. He devoured them. Then for his main he had the Spinach & Sweet Potato Mash Troy & I had which was funnily enough from Annabel's recipe book, but instead of the sausages I mixed in some tuna. Yep, GONE!
And as a bonus there was enough left over of the mash and tuna that I got 3 large square tubs filled and 1 small one.
Here are some pics...

One more post for tonight to come....