Lentil plant steak

Baby wants to eat a steak like the grown-ups at mealtimes too. But watch out, for him it'll be a lentil steak. This recipe is made entirely of baby-friendly ingredients: carrots, lentils, and parsley. Enjoy it with your fingers! Bon appétit!

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The recipe:

Ingredients

150g of lentils
2 carrots
1 onion
Parsley
50g of flour
1 tbsp of oil

Instructions

Cook the lentils for 10 minutes and let them cool
Peel and slice the carrots
Steam the carrots
Finely chop the onion and sauté it in a pan
In a bowl, mix the lentils, pureed carrots, onions, flour, and finely chopped parsley
In a hot pan, add the spoonful of vegetable oil
Take a large spoonful of the mixture, form a ball with your hands and flatten it slightly in the pan
Brown on both sides

You can freeze some of the steaks for a future meal.

During the baby-led weaning process, you'll offer your baby foods in different forms and textures to develop their palate as much as possible. However, some foods won't be a hit with everyone, and that's perfectly normal. Everyone has preferences and some foods they simply don't like. How can you substitute an ingredient in a recipe ? There are different types of starchy foods in a diet, such as legumes, flours, and grains. Replacing a starchy food in your baby's meal is easy! First, legumes are easily substituted for each other in a delicious recipe. Lentils can replace chickpeas, for example. Second, grains are also very easy to substitute. You can replace pasta in a BLW with rice, bulgur, quinoa, and so on. Finally, flours can be interchanged without any problems. However, special attention should be paid to the type of flour when changing it in a recipe. The higher the type number, the higher the fiber content. Adding a little water will be necessary to prevent the meal from becoming too dry.