Suitable from 6 months

Ingredients

• 500g diced beef or lamb casserole meat such as beef chuck, blade steak or boneless lamb
• 420g can baked beans
• ½ small swede (or kumara), peeled and cubed
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 2 Tbsp tomato purée*
• 1¼ cups water
• 2 large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 tsp oil

Method

In a large casserole dish, mix together the meat, beans, swede or kumara, carrots, onion and tomato purée.

Stir the water into the casserole mix.

Cover and cook at 180°C for ½ hour.

Remove the casserole from the oven and top with sliced potatoes, brushed with oil.

Return to the oven, uncovered for 1 hour. Serve with seasonal vegetables.

Babies 6-7 months

*At this age, leave out the tomato purée. Purée the meat mixture or mash with a fork and serve with mashed potato slices and mashed vegetables.

Babies 8-9 months

Chop up the large pieces of meat and mash the vegetables roughly with a fork.