Baby Cuisine - Comforting Cottage Pie

There's something about cottage pie on a crappy, rain-splattered, minging day like today. Retrieve those woolly cardies from the back of the wardrobe; hunt out those worn-twice-since-Christmas slankets and sink back into Winter Warming with a slop of hearty cottage pie. This recipe is designed so that adults AND babies can enjoy it, with minimum extra effort. I aim to use as few pans as possible!

Ingredients:

Pack of mince
Onion chopped finely
Clove of garlic pressed
2 grated carrots
Spinach
Tablespoon of plain flour
Herbs
Potatoes

Serve with broccoli and cauliflower florets

1. Fry onion in oil until soft, add garlic
2. Stir in carrots, cook for a few minutes
3. Stir in mince, fry together until browned
4. Stir in flour for a few minutes
5. Add some herbs. I use herbes de provence, some black pepper and a bay leaf. And a bit of paprika really warms it up.
6. Add some water, bring to boil and simmer low for 20 minutes
7. Meanwhile, boil chopped potatoes NO SALT, for 20 mins
8. Steam cauliflower, carrots and broccoli florets (frozen ones are so easy) above potatoes for finger food

9. When cooked, remove mince and tatties for The Bambino, mash together, put some aside for the freezer if there's enough.

10. Then, I make sure me and The Other Half have a whole shed load of butter with the potatoes, Bisto in the mince and a big steaming pool of Nandos piri piri sauce on the side.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

And for pudding, natural full-fat bio yoghurt with fresh fruit. Just on the off-chance summer could be tempted back.

Enjoy the stodge! X