Tools for making your own baby food?

Re: Tools for making your own baby food?

• kat.in.the.hat

  January 2011

  I bought some glass custard bowls from Target (they came with plastic lids) and would put the next days food out in them and put them in the fridge.  That way they were pretty defrosted by the next day and only needed a little warming in the microwave.  I also bought a lot of ziploc plastic containers to store the cubes in while they were in the freezer.  That way, I didn't need a lot of ice cube trays and they were easy to stack and store since they had lids.
  

  
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• kreeper611 member

  January 2011

  I have a pot with a steamer basket I used for cooking most veggies.  Squash and potatoes were roasted in the oven.

  I would either puree with a food processor or the immersion blender.  The blender works pretty good on most stuff, but it didn't work for peas at first - the skins wouldn't break up enough.

  Once things were pureed, I would freeze them in the ice cube trays that had lids and store in gallon ziplock bags.

  Daycare let me bring a weeks worth of food at a time that they kept in the freezer, then they would defrost the food as needed.  If they won't let you do that, you could send 2 small containers daily with the food already defrosted (for breakfast & lunch).

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• mom2ll member

  January 2011

  I used a steamer/rice cooker for certain veggies...  I used a little "mini chop" food processor.  They regular size was too big.  You might want 8-10 trays.  I always went on a cooking spree and made a lot!  I also stored them in snap lock containers in the freezer marked with each item.

  MDO happily warmed and fed the cubes I sent.  I put them in little containers with lids and they would heat as needed.

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