We’re a couple of months into our weaning journey now and we’ve been trying an abundance of recipes that I am going to try and get published asap. Sometimes it definitely feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day. but today I want to share my broccoli and cheese pinwheels recipe with you.
Being the independent baby led weaner that our little girl is I like to try new foods, textures and flavours all the time, I like to introduce new finger foods for her to explore and I love to try new recipes myself that I can give her. We love trying different things for lunches and you can check out another one of her favourite lunchtime foods in my previous blog post.
Making the pinwheels:
One of my IG friends had recommended trying pinwheels, and although I had heard of them I didn’t quite know what I would put in them, so I came up with a recipe (probably one that’s been done before – but as with most things parenting-related you will find I wing it as I go).
I decided to try a Broccoli and cheese mixture so I could do them for Hadley’s lunch. At this point in our weaning journey, I would say she is more interested in veggies than fruits, although I am trying to get her to take more of interest where I can. This pinwheels recipe is super simple and really tasty, my husband and I might have tried a couple for ourselves too – just to be sure they tasted ok for Hadley, of course.
Broccoli & Cheese Pinwheels
Ingredients
- All butter pre-rolled puff pastry
- A head of Broccoli
- Milk
- 100g cheese
Instructions
- Cut the broccoli into florets and steam for 20 minutes until soft.
- Add to blender with a small about of milk and blend until a creamy paste that isn't runny.
- Lay out the pre-rolled pastry.
- Spread the broccoli paste on the pastry.
- Grate the cheese and sprinkle on top.
- Roll pastry back up into its roll.
- Cut into slices.
- Place on a baking tray and cook for 20-30 minutes.
There are so many different options and flavours to try when it comes to pinwheels and baby-led weaning – you can follow so many different recipes, this recipe, recipes on Pinterest or do what I did and create your own and see how it goes.
As you can see Hadley got stuck in straight away and she demolished quite a bit. Although she doesn’t have any teeth yet she is surprisingly good at gumming! Also, isn’t her plate amazing? I absolutely love the Bamboo Bamboo range and you can pick up her plate on Amazon*.
Have you tried pinwheels before? What is your favourite way to make them? Leave me a comment below!
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