For those of you who are/ were interested in making your own baby food, I had done a post before on how it could save quite a bit of money, and went through the steps to making your own. I have taken pictures since then of the steps, for all of our visual learners out there. :) Also, I wanted to add a couple of practical tips that I forgot to mention before. The pictures are a demonstration of doing pears. (Keely's favorite)
Here's the pics:
Pick out your food you will be cooking. (Pears, apples, peaches, squash, zucchini, etc.)
Core and chop food into chunks. (you may also peel the food, but you don't have to)
Cook into boiling water until extremely tender. Drain.
Mix in your blender or food processor with just a little water.
Pour into ice cube trays and allow to freeze completely. Once frozen, put into a large freezer ziploc bag labeled with name of food, date it was made, and when it should be used by. (Should be used within 6 months)
Extra tip: Add more water if you are having a hard to blending chunks of food. Add a little baby cereal (oatmeal or rice cereal) if you find that it has too much water and the food seems runny to you.
Comments (2)
I steamed most of the food that I made for my son, it keeps in the nutrients better, i bought a cheap 5 dollar microwave steamer at walmart and presto. no time at all.
peaches are done a bit different not steamed, and i baked my squash. :)
I really need to get back into making food now that we are starting it with Mya.
Posted by MacnMya'smom06 | November 17, 2008 11:43 PM
Posted on November 17, 2008 23:43
I used to make baby food too. Some times I would just cook what ever veggies we were going to eat, but take out what I needed for Nolan before I added any salt or sugar. I would say it was not all that time consuming. It is still nice to have some canned baby food on hand for when you are not going to be home. I would also say that I bought natural apple sauce with no sugar added. Its in a big jar and not baby food so it was less expensive.
Posted by Melody Dudley | November 18, 2008 10:15 AM
Posted on November 18, 2008 10:15