Pincer peas and mash - Real Recipes from Mums

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Serves 1
15 minutes
Difficulty Easy
3 Ingredients

This is more a serving suggestion to help develop the pincer grip with bub. It’s also fun & engages them in food play. This can be done with any mushy food that holds form.

Ingredients (serves 1)

1 Medium potato
1/4 cup Breast Milk/Formula
1 Tbsp Frozen peas

Method

Make a mash with the potato and milk. Boil peas until mushy. (Don't add any seasoning).
Let cool until you can touch without burning yourself and place it into a zip lock snack bag (or piping bag) snip the corner off and on a coloured plate pipe little blobs of potato onto plate and sprinkle peas about. A fun sensory treat for bub!

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- - BellaB said
  - 08 Aug 2024
    7:05 pm
I don’t have the patience for this, but good idea for those who do.

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- - cassy26 said
  - 07 Sep 2022
    8:53 am
Good idea. Could be done with any sort of mash too.

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- - mom462038 said
  - 22 Apr 2020
    1:49 pm
Oh wow, there’s a bit of effort in this one. Lots of mess to be made eating this I think

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- - MrsA said
  - 29 Sep 2019
    9:19 pm
How cute and fun

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- - Ellen said
  - 16 Aug 2019
    7:43 am
Good for fine motor skills indeed. I might practice this with my 5yr old who has Down Syndrome.

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- - happymum2018 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    9:21 pm
Good finger food option

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- - teegsmrstee said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    1:27 pm
love pincer options for development

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- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    12:04 pm
Great way for eye and finger co-ordination

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- - natct said
  - 17 Jul 2017
    8:51 am
That looks fun my youngest would love this. Thankyou

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- - mom81879 said
  - 04 Feb 2017
    8:51 am
Wow, you go to much effort to get bub to eat! Good idea but I am way too lazy for this

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- - deannepritchard said
  - 16 Jun 2016
    8:02 pm
Thanks for sharing… a lot of effort to use a piping bag for the peas!!

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- - june11 said
  - 28 Mar 2016
    5:26 pm
At what age is it safe to give a child peas without mashing them?

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- - mom103920 said
  - 19 Jan 2016
    11:26 am
I miss those early meals, watching bub try new foods, and learn how to feed themselves. They frequently had peas and pumpkin/potato like this. Why can’t mums have fun decorating meals too?

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- - mggarner said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    8:36 pm
Great way to introduce hand/eye coordination to teach babies to pick up food

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- - mom109229 said
  - 21 Sep 2015
    9:26 pm
A very cool idea to make dinner time fun!

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- - mom113055 said
  - 08 Sep 2015
    3:28 pm
pincer

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- - storm7 said
  - 28 Aug 2015
    11:42 am
Great idea.

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- - bubble6369 said
  - 05 Aug 2015
    12:12 am
This is a cute idea to keep the little ones interested!

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- - mom71809 said
  - 20 Jul 2015
    10:10 pm
Great idea and easy to do

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- - am1979amanda said
  - 18 Jul 2015
    11:01 pm
Wow yummy look at this great recipe

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