The rainy afternoon called for some baking so I made some courgette, spinach and cheese bites inspired by the Courgette Polpette recipe in the River Cottage baby and toddler cookbook (thanks for the tip @gemciaburro).
I played around with the ingredients and quantities a bit based on what I had in the house (adding spinach and using plain flour instead of breadcrumbs).
The ingredients I used was...
500g courgette (zucchini), finely diced
Zest of half a lemon
1 egg, beaten
2 generous tablespoons of Parmesan (or other hard cheese)
65g cheese, grated
50g plain flour
Spinach, finely chopped (I used frozen spinach, defrosted, squeezed dry and finely chopped)
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
To make...
Cook the diced courgette in a pan with a little oil until soft, then leave to cool
Mix all ingredients together
Shape into sausage or ball shapes on an oiled baking tray
Bake at 200’C for approx 15mins
Joshua tends to shove everything he can into his mouth whole so instead of making them into balls I made them into sausage shapes and then, when cool, cut them lengthways again.
I still had to add them to his plate a couple at a time to prevent him from stuffing them all in at once!
These are great fresh, refrigerated or frozen.
Enjoy x
