Great baby finger food: Black Bean pancakes

I got an email the other day from a friend who was looking for iron-rich baby foods. My suggestion was dried apricots (cooked and mushed). She wrote back a few days later with this recipe for black bean pancakes. Thought I'd pass it on:

I put some cooked potatoes, canned black beans, and onion in the cuisinart, then added some whole beans as well for fun texture. Mixed in egg and rice cereal to stick it all together (and for that extra iron). Fried in a little olive oil. Too bland for my taste, but E likes them and I can spice them up when he gets a little older.