Easy Peasy Baked Cod That is Always Eaten

I did not eat much seafood growing up, so this genre of recipe rarely comes to mind. However, knowing the goodness of fish, I am making a concerted effort to offer fish and other seafood to Little Joy.

There is a bit of back and forth on the timing to introduce fish to our little ones. The latest research says you can start as early as 6-7 months, but for the sake of the safety of our readers---I recommend a year.

This recipe came from wholesomebabyfood.com with some minor alterations to some of the proportions.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/8 teaspoon ground dried thyme (I only had dried leaves and it worked fine)
• 1/8 teaspoon basil
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoons garlic powder
• Dash of ground oregano
• 3 tilipia or cod fillets - medium to small sized, washed and cleaned of course (I used individually frozen tilipia fillets, worked well...follow package instructions for thawing and cleaning if needed)
• 1/4 cup butter, melted (or less, just use what you think)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a small bowl, combine the milk and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and all herbs/spices.
4. Dip the fillets in the milk then coat the cod with the Bread Crumb mix.
5. Place fillets in a glass baking dish, and drizzle with melted butter.
6. Bake on the top rack of the preheated oven until the fish flakes easily, about 15-25 minutes. Keep a good watch and remove from oven once you see the fish flaky.
7. Serve warm

Yield: 3 fillets; Little Joy ate 1/2-3/4 a fillet per meal.

Timing: 1 year. This food is super soft so it should be easy for your little one to chew/mash.

Storage: Fridge for 2-3 days depending on the freshness of your fish.

Difficulty: 2 out of 5; easy and fast!!

Epituite Rating: Yummy in the Tummy--see right side of page for descriptions

At first Little Joy was not sure what to do with the odd new texture of fish, but after moving it around in her mouth for a while she discovered it was yummy!! She said "mmmm" after every bit and even signed for more!

Ingredients

Step 3: Mix together bread crumbs, cheese and herbs/spices.

Step 4: My dipping and coating set up

Step 5: Pre-baking, with butter drizzled on. Looks like more butter than it really is...it seemed to roll off the fish when I poured it on.

The final product.

I served it with squash (will post about that later).

The first bite...check out that face!

Second bite...the face is improving.

This was after saying "mmmmm".

After my epicutie attacked it!!