Sample meal plan for 8-12 months

Breakfast

• porridge (with breast milk or formula), and stewed apple or
• yoghurt with soft chopped fruit or
• toast fingers with a little butter or margarine and mashed banana or
• a serving of bought baby food

Lunch

• toast fingers with grilled grated cheese and yeast-based spread or
• mashed potato with minced or finely chopped meat, chicken or grated cheese or
• chopped well-cooked pasta with mashed vegetables and mashed cooked dried peas, beans or lentils or
• a serving of bought baby food

Dinner

• minced or finely chopped beef, lamb or chicken, or mashed cooked dried peas, beans or lentils, with
• mashed kūmara, potato, pumpkin, taro or yam or
• rice and mashed vegetables or
• a serving of bought baby food

Drinks and snacks

Between meals, offer milk (breast or formula) and small healthy snacks

• pieces of soft ripe fruit (such as kiwifruit, orange, apricot)
• toast fingers with mashed avocado or cooked grated cheese
• grated raw carrot or apple
• puffed crispbread