Fish Cake:
  – boil and mash potatoes; put aside
  – cook whiting fillets in milk with onion, bay,
    parsley stalk (carrots, celery)
  – fry a clutch of chopped spring onions till soft
  Spend ages going through cooked fish with fingers, looking for
  bones; remove any found. Mix fish with mash (prob quite a bit more
  mash than fish), adding some/all of the cooking liquor; mix in the
  onion and lots of fresh, chopped parsley. Pat into cakes. Fry. Attempt
  to feed to infant child.
Lentil Thing:
  – saute a few approp veg (onion, carrot, red pepper). Add red lentils
    (as for a dal). Add chicken or veg stock. Perhaps a dash of
    cumin/corriander. Liquidise. 
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Alex