Talk to me about making baby food

nae87 · July 2011

Ok so DD won't technically be 6 mo until next week but I feel like you ladies probably have more info regarding solids than the 3-6 crowd does. I'm attempting to make DD's baby food. So far the only thing I've made was sweet potatoes. What have you successfully made and how did you do it? I've been reading up on the wholsomebabyfood website, but I'd like to hear from you. Go!

kia@mac.com · July 2011

I don't do anything fancy. I steam and puree apples and carrots. I also puree avacado and banana together. I have made frozen peach but LO doens't really like it. I also mash canned pumpkins with cereal.

reneepruitt · July 2011

I get frozen fruit from the freezer section, throw it in the food processor with a little of her milk and freeze in ice cubes.

Now that she's older I get red potatoes, broccoli and a sprinkle of cheese and blend. LOVES it!

Carrot, tomato, pasta, and fish. I take pieces of raw fish and microwave it in a bath of milk (I use whole milk, she doesn't really eat the milk, I drain it off). Steam carrots. Cook tomatoes with some basil in a skillet. Boil pasta. Dump all in food processor. Another favorite.

Butternut squash is easy to roast.

Beef stew - Carrots, sweet potatoes, ground beef, beef broth (low sodium), cooked pasta, and small amt of dried onions for flavor. Cook in dutch oven on the top of stove and blend.

Boil broccoli, carrots,and pasta all in one pot. Drain and blend with a little cheese. If you use orzo and cut the veggies really small, eventually you don't have to blend.

Yogurt, apple sauce, and bananas make quick meals.

.rosenjoe · July 2011

I just mash up whatever I'm cooking for us. I pull out a few baby-sized servings of whatever vegetables I'm already cooking before I season it. Ground brown rice is pretty much the only thing I've cooked especially for her.

smallysmallz04 · July 2011

We've made sweet potato, carrots, bananas, pear, plum, squash, peas, and I just steam or roast them, then puree, and freeze in ice cube trays. I've also done green beans but that was a fail, so I but the Ella's Kitchen organic green beans and give that to DS.

Mrslovebugs · July 2011

It's pretty easy. Steam, puree, freeze. I follow the "recipes" on wholesomebabyfood.com.

I've made sweet potato, green beans, carrots, butternut squash, blueberries, apples, apricots, pears.

avacado and banana you just mash and serve, obviously no cooking.

I mix things together too. For example, she hates green beans alone, so I will mix them with pears, carrots or apples. Or add to oatmeal, etc.

Wufroggy79 · July 2011

I've made pretty much everything with success from that website in the 4-6 menu guide. I love that site!

MaddysMama07 · July 2011

I've done sweet potatoes, squash and pears as purees. I've mashed up banana and avocado when needed. I don't puree and freeze bananas and avocados. I'll be making a batch of green beans, peas, peaches and mangoes next week.

I steamed the squash and pears and then pureed. I baked the sweet potatoes before I pureed.

nae87 · July 2011

Did everyone use all fresh veggis for the purees? I tried using frozen green beans the other day (wholesome site said you could) and it def. didn't work.

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