About Romina

Romina, born in a charming town in northern Italy, is a devoted mother to two daughters, Grace and Kate. In 2015, she moved to London to learn English and soon created a loving family with her husband, Mattia.

With a background in hospitality, Romina discovered the power of social media during her maternity leave while weaning her first daughter. What started as a hobby quickly evolved into “Yummy Little Belly,” a thriving online hub for mothers seeking inspiration for everyday cooking for their children. Romina has since built a dedicated community with over 1.5 million followers across various social media platforms.

Romina understands the challenges parents face in providing a variety of quick, easy, and nutritious meals for their kids, especially with busy  schedules. “Yummy Little Belly” aims to offer real cooking opportunities with wholesome, minimally processed ingredients, ensuring parents know exactly what they are feeding their children. Infusing her Italian heritage into her recipes, Romina brings a delightful Italian twist to her dishes, making mealtime both enjoyable and nutritious.

Yummy Little Belly: the book!

Deliciously simple recipes for happy children and happy parents!

Cooking healthy food from scratch has never been easier – discover the ease of homemade meals for your little ones with  quick recipes and everyday ingredients!

This colourful cookbook is packed full of simple, varied and tasty meal ideas for babies and toddlers from 6 months onwards. Weaning can feel like a big hurdle – parents want to do their best to feed their little ones a variety of nutritious food, without spending hours in the kitchen or endlessly sweeping meals up off the kitchen floor.

These recipes bring harmony to mealtimes or the whole family with well-balanced ingredients and flavours, including options to suit all dietary requirements, and all taste buds! Plus a weaning Q&A, a guide to safely cutting food for all ages, and essential tips and tricks to make your weaning journey so  much simpler.

Try our most popular recipes

Thin baked carrot crackers with a lightly golden, crisp texture

Carrot Crackers

Soft pea and carrot fritters with a golden exterior and visible vegetable pieces

Pea & Carrot Fritters

Soft banana and kiwi pancakes with a lightly golden surface and fluffy texture

Banana & Kiwi Pancakes

Soft carrot and banana pancakes with a golden surface and fluffy texture

Carrot & Banana Pancakes

Soft banana oat muffins with a golden baked surface

Banana Oat Muffins

Mini mandarin pancakes stacked and golden with a soft, fluffy texture.

Mandarin Pancakes

Soft golden muffins with strawberries and bananas visible inside the fluffy texture

Strawberry & Banana Muffins

Soft golden sweet potato biscuits cut into small shapes, ready to serve for babies and toddlers

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Golden blueberry biscuits made with yogurt and almond flour, soft inside and dotted with juicy blueberry pieces

Blueberry Biscuits

Thin, golden pizza crackers cut into small squares with a crispy finish

Pizza Crackers

Golden courgette and sweetcorn fritters with crispy edges and soft centres

Courgette & Sweetcorn Fritters

Golden carrot and sweet potato breadsticks lined up on a tray

Carrot & Sweet Potato Breadsticks

Mini banana muffins with blueberries, golden and fluffy

Banana Muffins

Rolled crepes sliced into bite-sized pieces with banana and peanut butter filling

Banana Crepes Roll Ups

Soft golden muffins with visible flecks of apple and carrot, optionally studded with melted chocolate chips

ABC Muffins

mini banana and raspberry pancakes with a soft, fluffy texture

Banana & Raspberry Pancakes

Mini banana pancake bites stacked on a plate, perfect for baby-led weaning.

Banana Pancake Bites

Sliced broccoli and potato baked frittata on a white plate with golden edges and visible cheese.

Broccoli & Potato Baked Frittata

Baked feta gnocchi in a white dish, mixed with cherry tomatoes and garnished with fresh basil.

One Pot Baked Feta Gnocchi

Fun Halloween quesadillas for toddlers with melted cheese and spooky shapes.

Halloween Quesadilla

A glass dish filled with overnight Weetabix topped with banana slices and creamy peanut butter.

Easy Overnight Weetabix – Banana & Peanut Butter

Moist and healthy carrot breakfast cake for babies and toddlers, perfect for baby-led weaning.

Carrot Breakfast Cake

Mini spider-shaped pizzette with olive spiders on top of melted cheese, perfect for a Halloween-themed kids' meal.

Sweet Potato Spider Pizzette

Golden tuna fritters stacked on a plate, made with canned tuna and soft mashed potatoes — a simple, kid-friendly lunch idea.

Tuna Fritters

Sweet Potato Avocado Biscuits

Sweet Potato Avocado Biscuits

Moist and golden banana bread muffins displayed on a cooling rack — ideal for baby-led weaning and family snacks.

Banana Bread Muffins

Golden apple pancakes with a soft, fluffy texture and a hint of cinnamon

Apple & Cinnamon Pancakes

Mini Christmas tree-shaped pizzette with golden sweet potato base, tomato sauce, and melted cheese

Christmas Tree Pizzette

Golden sweet potato and salmon tots with a soft inside and crispy edges

Salmon & Sweet Potato Tots

Creamy courgette pasta coated in a smooth green sauce and topped with grated cheese

Creamy Courgette Pasta

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Beansy Tots

Mini golden pancakes made with banana, cottage cheese, and oat flour

Protein-Packed Pancakes

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Creamy Broccoli Pasta

Golden broccoli rice fritters with a crisp outer layer and soft center

Broccoli Rice Fritters

Baked vegetable frittata cut into finger-sized strips with a golden top

Broccoli & Carrot Frittata

Small golden apple fritters with soft centres and crisp edges

2 Ingredients Apple Fritters

Rolled broccoli omelette cut into soft strips with a golden crust

Broccoli Omelette

Golden blueberry oat bars with visible blueberry pieces and a soft, chewy texture

Blueberry & Banana Bars

Fluffy baby pancakes made with banana and peanut butter, golden and soft

BLW Banana & Peanut Butter Pancakes

Golden carrot biscuits with a soft, crumbly texture

Carrot Biscuits

Baked broccoli and potato balls with a golden surface and soft inside

2 Ingredients Broccoli Balls

Thin, golden sweet potato crackers with cheese sprinkled on top

Sweet Potato Crackers

Creamy orzo pasta with grated vegetables and melted Parmesan

Creamy Veggie Orzo

Thin, golden pea biscuits with a crispy texture and optional cheese topping

Pea Biscuits

Soft baked avocado and courgette fingers with melted cheddar

Avocado & Courgette Fingers

Apple & Carrot Fritters - photo

Apple & Carrot Fritters

Golden folded piadina filled with mushrooms, spinach, egg, and melted cheese, sliced into triangles for easy serving

Mushroom & Spinach Egg Piadina

Fudgy brownies made with banana, peanut butter, cacao and dark chocolate chunks

Healthiest Brownies

Cheesy tortilla pinwheels baked until golden with broccoli inside

Tortilla Pinwheels

Baked golden cream cheese crackers cut into small squares

Cream Cheese Crackers

No-bake blueberry oat balls coated in coconut flakes

Blueberry Balls

Golden broccoli and cheese fritters cooked until crisp on both sides

4 Ingredients Broccoli Fritters

Baked mac and cheese with cauliflower and melted golden cheddar on top

Cauliflower Mac and Cheese

Soft oat and banana cookies with strawberries, blueberries and chocolate chips

Berry Bliss Cookies

Fluffy golden breakfast muffins topped with fruit and chocolate chips

Easy Breakfast Muffins

Mini golden pancakes with visible blueberries and grated apple

Apple & Blueberry Pancakes

Golden berry oat bars with visible berry pieces and a soft chewy texture

5 Ingredients Berry Bars

Golden baked banana oat cups with chocolate chips on top and a soft, chewy texture

Baked Banana Oat Cups

Golden carrot and courgette fritters with a crisp edge and soft veggie-filled centre

Carrot & Courgette Fritters

Golden broccoli and carrot tots with a soft interior and veggie texture

Broccoli & Carrots Tots

Soft baby biscuits with a golden-orange hue and smooth texture

Sweet Potato, Carrot & Banana Biscuits

Creamy broccoli and potato mash with a light green colour and smooth texture

Broccoli & Potato Mash

Soft avocado biscuits with a golden green colour and light crumb

Avocado Biscuits

Golden broccoli and sweet potato tots with a soft, cheesy texture

3 Ingredients Broccoli Sweet Potato Tots

Golden baby waffles made with apple, served soft and warm—perfect for tiny hands starting solids

Apple Waffles

Warm, creamy star-shaped pastina stirred with egg and cheese, served in a bowl as a comforting toddler-friendly dish

Creamy Egg Pastina

Mini banana pancakes with flecks of courgette

Baby Pancakes with Hidden Veg

Golden baked bagels with a soft, fluffy texture

3 Ingredients Bagels

Golden courgette fritters with a soft cheesy inside

Easy Courgette Fritters

Mini carrot-based pizzette topped with tomato and melted cheese

Easy Carrot Pizzette

Golden avocado fritters with soft cheesy centres

Avocado Fritters

Golden egg and broccoli bites with melted cheese flecks

3 Ingredients Broccoli Bites

Soft banana and courgette oat bars with chocolate chunks

Banana Courgette Breakfast Bars

Creamy butternut squash pasta with melted cheese and pasta swirls

Creamy Squash Pasta

Golden piadina filled with green egg and melted cheese, sliced into triangles and perfect for little hands

Green Egg Piadina

Golden mini sweet potato pancakes, soft and fluffy

Sweet Potato Pancakes

Fluffy apple pancakes with a soft texture and golden edges

Egg Free Apple Pancakes

Small golden pancakes with blueberries throughout

Healthy Blueberry Banana Pancakes

Golden oat cookies with chunks of strawberry and chocolate chips

Banana & Strawberry Cookies

Golden orange biscuits with a soft texture, shaped into small fun forms

Sweet Potato & Carrot Biscuits

Thin baked carrot crackers with a lightly golden, crisp texture

Carrot Crackers

Soft pea and carrot fritters with a golden exterior and visible vegetable pieces

Pea & Carrot Fritters

Soft banana and kiwi pancakes with a lightly golden surface and fluffy texture

Banana & Kiwi Pancakes

Soft carrot and banana pancakes with a golden surface and fluffy texture

Carrot & Banana Pancakes

Soft banana oat muffins with a golden baked surface

Banana Oat Muffins

Mini mandarin pancakes stacked and golden with a soft, fluffy texture.

Mandarin Pancakes

Soft golden muffins with strawberries and bananas visible inside the fluffy texture

Strawberry & Banana Muffins

Soft golden sweet potato biscuits cut into small shapes, ready to serve for babies and toddlers

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Golden blueberry biscuits made with yogurt and almond flour, soft inside and dotted with juicy blueberry pieces

Blueberry Biscuits

Thin, golden pizza crackers cut into small squares with a crispy finish

Pizza Crackers

Golden courgette and sweetcorn fritters with crispy edges and soft centres

Courgette & Sweetcorn Fritters

Golden carrot and sweet potato breadsticks lined up on a tray

Carrot & Sweet Potato Breadsticks

Mini banana muffins with blueberries, golden and fluffy

Banana Muffins

Rolled crepes sliced into bite-sized pieces with banana and peanut butter filling

Banana Crepes Roll Ups

Soft golden muffins with visible flecks of apple and carrot, optionally studded with melted chocolate chips

ABC Muffins

mini banana and raspberry pancakes with a soft, fluffy texture

Banana & Raspberry Pancakes

Mini banana pancake bites stacked on a plate, perfect for baby-led weaning.

Banana Pancake Bites

Sliced broccoli and potato baked frittata on a white plate with golden edges and visible cheese.

Broccoli & Potato Baked Frittata

Baked feta gnocchi in a white dish, mixed with cherry tomatoes and garnished with fresh basil.

One Pot Baked Feta Gnocchi

Fun Halloween quesadillas for toddlers with melted cheese and spooky shapes.

Halloween Quesadilla

A glass dish filled with overnight Weetabix topped with banana slices and creamy peanut butter.

Easy Overnight Weetabix – Banana & Peanut Butter

Moist and healthy carrot breakfast cake for babies and toddlers, perfect for baby-led weaning.

Carrot Breakfast Cake

Mini spider-shaped pizzette with olive spiders on top of melted cheese, perfect for a Halloween-themed kids' meal.

Sweet Potato Spider Pizzette

Golden tuna fritters stacked on a plate, made with canned tuna and soft mashed potatoes — a simple, kid-friendly lunch idea.

Tuna Fritters

Sweet Potato Avocado Biscuits

Sweet Potato Avocado Biscuits

Moist and golden banana bread muffins displayed on a cooling rack — ideal for baby-led weaning and family snacks.

Banana Bread Muffins

Golden apple pancakes with a soft, fluffy texture and a hint of cinnamon

Apple & Cinnamon Pancakes

Mini Christmas tree-shaped pizzette with golden sweet potato base, tomato sauce, and melted cheese

Christmas Tree Pizzette

Golden sweet potato and salmon tots with a soft inside and crispy edges

Salmon & Sweet Potato Tots

Creamy courgette pasta coated in a smooth green sauce and topped with grated cheese

Creamy Courgette Pasta

Beansy tots-photo_

Beansy Tots

Mini golden pancakes made with banana, cottage cheese, and oat flour

Protein-Packed Pancakes

Creamy broccoli pasta - photo _

Creamy Broccoli Pasta

Golden broccoli rice fritters with a crisp outer layer and soft center

Broccoli Rice Fritters

Baked vegetable frittata cut into finger-sized strips with a golden top

Broccoli & Carrot Frittata

Small golden apple fritters with soft centres and crisp edges

2 Ingredients Apple Fritters

Rolled broccoli omelette cut into soft strips with a golden crust

Broccoli Omelette

Golden blueberry oat bars with visible blueberry pieces and a soft, chewy texture

Blueberry & Banana Bars

Fluffy baby pancakes made with banana and peanut butter, golden and soft

BLW Banana & Peanut Butter Pancakes

Golden carrot biscuits with a soft, crumbly texture

Carrot Biscuits

Baked broccoli and potato balls with a golden surface and soft inside

2 Ingredients Broccoli Balls

Thin, golden sweet potato crackers with cheese sprinkled on top

Sweet Potato Crackers

Creamy orzo pasta with grated vegetables and melted Parmesan

Creamy Veggie Orzo

Thin, golden pea biscuits with a crispy texture and optional cheese topping

Pea Biscuits

Soft baked avocado and courgette fingers with melted cheddar

Avocado & Courgette Fingers

Apple & Carrot Fritters - photo

Apple & Carrot Fritters

Golden folded piadina filled with mushrooms, spinach, egg, and melted cheese, sliced into triangles for easy serving

Mushroom & Spinach Egg Piadina

Fudgy brownies made with banana, peanut butter, cacao and dark chocolate chunks

Healthiest Brownies

Cheesy tortilla pinwheels baked until golden with broccoli inside

Tortilla Pinwheels

Baked golden cream cheese crackers cut into small squares

Cream Cheese Crackers

No-bake blueberry oat balls coated in coconut flakes

Blueberry Balls

Golden broccoli and cheese fritters cooked until crisp on both sides

4 Ingredients Broccoli Fritters

Baked mac and cheese with cauliflower and melted golden cheddar on top

Cauliflower Mac and Cheese

Soft oat and banana cookies with strawberries, blueberries and chocolate chips

Berry Bliss Cookies

Fluffy golden breakfast muffins topped with fruit and chocolate chips

Easy Breakfast Muffins

Mini golden pancakes with visible blueberries and grated apple

Apple & Blueberry Pancakes

Golden berry oat bars with visible berry pieces and a soft chewy texture

5 Ingredients Berry Bars

Golden baked banana oat cups with chocolate chips on top and a soft, chewy texture

Baked Banana Oat Cups

Golden carrot and courgette fritters with a crisp edge and soft veggie-filled centre

Carrot & Courgette Fritters

Golden broccoli and carrot tots with a soft interior and veggie texture

Broccoli & Carrots Tots

Soft baby biscuits with a golden-orange hue and smooth texture

Sweet Potato, Carrot & Banana Biscuits

Creamy broccoli and potato mash with a light green colour and smooth texture

Broccoli & Potato Mash

Soft avocado biscuits with a golden green colour and light crumb

Avocado Biscuits

Golden broccoli and sweet potato tots with a soft, cheesy texture

3 Ingredients Broccoli Sweet Potato Tots

Golden baby waffles made with apple, served soft and warm—perfect for tiny hands starting solids

Apple Waffles

Warm, creamy star-shaped pastina stirred with egg and cheese, served in a bowl as a comforting toddler-friendly dish

Creamy Egg Pastina

Mini banana pancakes with flecks of courgette

Baby Pancakes with Hidden Veg

Golden baked bagels with a soft, fluffy texture

3 Ingredients Bagels

Golden courgette fritters with a soft cheesy inside

Easy Courgette Fritters

Mini carrot-based pizzette topped with tomato and melted cheese

Easy Carrot Pizzette

Golden avocado fritters with soft cheesy centres

Avocado Fritters

Golden egg and broccoli bites with melted cheese flecks

3 Ingredients Broccoli Bites

Soft banana and courgette oat bars with chocolate chunks

Banana Courgette Breakfast Bars

Creamy butternut squash pasta with melted cheese and pasta swirls

Creamy Squash Pasta

Golden piadina filled with green egg and melted cheese, sliced into triangles and perfect for little hands

Green Egg Piadina

Golden mini sweet potato pancakes, soft and fluffy

Sweet Potato Pancakes

Fluffy apple pancakes with a soft texture and golden edges

Egg Free Apple Pancakes

Small golden pancakes with blueberries throughout

Healthy Blueberry Banana Pancakes

Golden oat cookies with chunks of strawberry and chocolate chips

Banana & Strawberry Cookies

Golden orange biscuits with a soft texture, shaped into small fun forms

Sweet Potato & Carrot Biscuits