Rissoles.

Ingredients:

• 500 grams mince meat
• 1/2 cup rice crumbs
• 4 teaspoons salt skip vegetable stock
• 4 teaspoons or 4 cloves garlic
• 1 onion - minced
• 1 small carrot - grated
• 1 small zucchini - grated
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons mixed herbs
• Pepper
• Oil for frying

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Heat oil in a fry pan.
3. Create patties from mixture and fry until brown on both sides.

Lentil and Meat Hotpot

This recipe is from the book Baby Love by Robin Barker, but I added vegetables to it to make it more wholesome.  It is delicious and my daughter absolutely loves it.  She refuses to eat spaghetti bolognaise, but will devour this.

Ingredients:

• 200g red lentils
• 3 cups water
• olive oil
• 1 onion
• 200g mince meat
• 1 tablespoon no added salt tomato paste
• 1 carrot - grated
• 1 zuchinni - grated
• 4 mushrooms -chopped finely

Directions:

1. Boil three cups of water and add the lentils.  Simmer for about thirty minutes.
2. Heat oil in a fry pan.  Add onion and cook until soft.  Add meat and brown.  Add carrot, zuchinni and mushrooms (or any other vegetables you like).  Fry for a couple of minutes then add tomato paste and stir through.  Add lentils and bring to the boil.  If the mixture seems too thick add some water.  Cover and simmer for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Serve with rice.

Meat Loaf.

Ingredients:

• 750g mince meat
• 1/4 cup no added salt tomato paste
• 1/4 cup no added salt tomato sauce
• 1 onion grated
• 1 carrot grated
• 1/2 zucchini grated
• 3 mushrooms chopped finely
• 2 teaspoons or 2 cloves garlic
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon mixed herbs
• 4 teaspoons salt skip vegetable stock
• Pepper
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs (You can make your own breadcrumbs by breaking up pieces of low salt bread and baking them in a low heated oven.  Once they are dried, place them in a food processor to turn into crumbs)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix until well combined.
3. Place mixture into a greased oven tin and cook for 1 hour or until cooked through.

Creamy vegetable pasta.

This recipe is from allrecipes.com but I have changed it to be low salt and with more vegetables.

Ingredients:

• 225g of cooked pasta
• 1 cup broccoli
• 1 cup zucchini + carrot (or other vegetables of your choice)
  
• 2 tablespoons butter (no added salt)
  
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 cups of skim milk
• 2/3 cup of no added salt cottage or ricotta chese
• ground black pepper
  

Directions:

1. Place vegetables in a steamer and cook until tender but firm.
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk, stir until blended. Cook for 15 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly. Stir in ricotta or cottage cheese and pepper. Cook 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Stir in steamed vegetables and cooked pasta

Hummus.

Quick and very easy to make.  I love this recipe and so does my 14 month old.  I serve it on no added salt toast or rice cakes.

Ingredients:

• 420g can or cooked chickpeas (no added salt)
  
• 4 teaspoons or 4 cloves of garlic
  
• 2 tablespoons Tahini (Mayvers make a no added salt Tahini)
  
• Juice of 3 lemons

Directions:

     Blend all ingredients together until they are of a smooth consistency.