As someone who has spent an awful lot of time making the same sandwiches over and over again I love sharing these baby led weaning lunch ideas here as it gives me the inspiration to try something new, after all this is food that’s suitable for the whole family!
These baby led weaning recipes are all perfect for sharing with your little one and they’re all tried and tested out by other parents so you know they have their kids seal of approval too.
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Baby Led Weaning Lunch Ideas
As always with everything baby led weaning I would advise you to use common sense and if you haven’t already read up on choking hazards and foods to avoid giving your baby then make sure you do so.
There are loads of great baby led weaning lunch ideas in this post with ideas including cheesy cous cous bites, bean and veggie nuggets, and tuna and potato cakes. Need more ideas? I’ve got a great round up of family recipes for baby led weaning for you or you can find more baby lead weaning posts at the bottom of this page.
If you want to make sure that you remember all these ideas (and if you have young kids there’s a good possibility your memory isn’t what it used to be) then make sure you bookmark this page or pin the image below so you’ll have all these baby led weaning recipes to hand when you need them.
Our Favourite Buys for Baby Led Weaning
Of course one of the best thing about baby led weaning is that you don’t need to buy specific foods just for your child, but I know that for us a few things that we bought certainly made the process a lot easier!
I loved the Tommee Tippee roll up bibs* as they were brilliant at catching food that was dropped before it hit the floor. My kids would love picking food back out of the pocket too. They’re also really handy for being able to roll up and pop in your bag when you go out.
We had an Ikea antilop high chair which lasted both kids and was brilliant.They’re really cheap and easy to clean too. You can buy the antilop high chair trays on Amazon* and they’re perfect for putting your child’s food on while they eat.
We also loved The Baby Led Weaning Cookbook* and used a ton of recipes from it, I personally found it really helpful to use a cookery book that was specifically for people that were doing BLW that wanted to eat nice family meals still.
Finger food snack ideas
Want some easy ideas for finger food snacks? I’ve got eight that we used in the video below.
Must Have Mom Mini PBJs
Fantabulosity Toddler Lunch Ideas finger foods
Healthy Little Foodies Banana and Peanut Butter Sweet Potato Sandwiches
BLW Ideas Single Serve Pizzas
Five Heart Home Veggie Surprise Mini Muffins
The Diva Dish Strawberry Broccoli Salad
Little Grazers Cheesy Couscous Bites wih Tomato Dip
Baby Led Feeding Spinach Cream Baby Pies
Lil Luna Corn Dog Nuggets (hot dogs can be a choking risk for younger kids so I’d recommend using normal sausages or cutting the hot dogs length ways as this article advises)
Kids Activities Blog Tackle Box Bento
Healthy Little Foodies Bean and Veggie Nuggets
Weelicious Japanese Rice Balls
The Baker Mama Grilled Cheese Roll Ups
Easy Toddler Meals Chicken and Veggie Patties
Baby Led Feeding Salmon Fish Cakes
My Fussy Eater Cauliflower and Cheese Quinoa Bites
Little Grazers Mini Tuna Cheddar Melts
Healthy Little Foodies Tuna and Potato Cakes
The Baker Mama Baby Pasta Salad
The Diva Dish Kids Macaroni and Cheese
BLW Ideas Chicken Roll Ups
More baby led weaning recipes:
20 Baby Led Weaning Dinner Ideas
Finger Foods for Baby Led Weaning
All of these recipes look so delicious- can’t wait to try them with my own kiddos.
I do like these ideas. I usually cooked my son the same dinner as the rest of us, but lunch tended to be a bit of a struggle for inspiration.
Fab ideas! I really enjoy putting together different meals for my baby. I try and introduce a new food to his plate as often as I can, even if he just play with it the first three or four times, he will eventually decide for himself if he likes the food or not.