making your own baby food....

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  vcusano member

  January 2011

  I do!  I make one type of fruit or vegetable each weekend and freeze it right away.  Then I take out what I need for the day and put it in the refrigerator.  It's good for 2 days in the fridge.  A lot of people freeze the food in ice cube trays then pop them out and store in zip lock baggies until they need them.  I bought a set of baby food containers from BRU that are 2.5 oz containers instead of the ice cube trays.

   

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  NicoleR524 member

  January 2011

  check out www.wholesomebabyfood.com you can pretty much find what you need there. 

  but what I do is:

  make a small batch of something to see if DS likes it.  If he does I'll make a huge batch, put it in ice cube trays, freeze, put in freezer containers.  This way I have about 4 or 5 options for  him for lunch/dinner.  For example, tonight I made him escarole with garlic and olive oil and pureed it with some brown rice - he FREAKED for it.  So, tomorrow I'm going to make the rest of the escarole and another batch of brown rice and freeze it all.  I may even add some bits of chicken to half of it. 

  For breakfast he has oatmeal (organic whole oats, not the baby food crap) and I mash a banana to mix in with it.  Or the oatmeal and cube of pear or apple sauce that I made and froze. 

  It's super simple and very reassuring to know that he is really getting the best nutrition wise.

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  HBaylies member

  January 2011

  I make some and my LO hasn't even started on foods yet!  I steam, puree in the Magic Bullet, freeze in icecube trays, then put into storage bags in the freezer, which should keep for 6 weeks according to the baby food cookbook I got for Christmas.  Well, I didn't puree the rice.  I pulverized it until it was a powder then whisked it into boiling water and continuously stired for 10 minutes.

  So far I have brown rice and cinnamon, carrots and ginger, and apple/pear/cinnamon/nutmeg.  The last one I had to stop myself from eating.  It was like a liquid apple pie.  So delicious!

  
  
  
  
  
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