freezing baby food?

msasnitu · December 2011

Anyone there found a good solution to freezing home-made baby food? I have tried regular ice cube trays and some of those individual containers for baby food but I am not in love with any of them. Food is too hard to get out, tops pop off, etc. I'm looking for a better, not too expensive solution. Has anyone tried silicone ice cube trays, like the ones from Tovolo? I don't have a lot of room in my freezer, so I'm looking for something not too large and that makes the food easy to get out, preferably one cube at a time...

SunDrop11 · December 2011

I froze it in ice cube trays and then popped all the cubes out into Ziploc bags. They were much easier to store for longer periods of time!

angiekillaire · December 2011

I use ice cube trays an ziplock bags as well. I find I usually have to turn the trays upside down and run the hot water over them for a few seconds. They pop out much easyer that way and if you only run them under water for a few seconds they don't thaw enough to stick to eachother in the ziplock bags once there back in the freezer.

WaitingforGrace · December 2011

I also use regular ice cube trays and ziplock bags. I have to leave the trays on the counter for 5ish minutes to start to dethaw and then they pop out easily. I then flip the tray upside down on a paper towel and all the cubes fall onto that. Then I put them in the bag. I had a hard time trying to go right from tray to bag.

srs5624 · December 2011

I grabbed a bunch of silicone ice cube trays from Ikea last time I was there. Dump the food in the tray, wait a few hours for it to freeze, pop them out and store them in a ziploc.

Keeping the food in the trays would have been too confusing. Peas and green beans look the same, apples and pears look the same, squash and sweet potatoes look the same... there's no way. I needed labeled freezer bags so I could keep it all straight.

awollenweber · December 2011

I have one of these OXO trays with a lid ($5) and pop out the cubes to store in freezer bags. After pureeing my food, I dump it into a gallon ziplock bag, snip the corner and pipe it into the cube trays. I leave the rest in the gallon bag until that tray is frozen, then I repeat until all the puree is gone. The bottom of these trays is rounded, so the cubes pop out more easily than the normal rectangle ones. I just twist the tray and pour them all into the freezer bag at once.

FYI - The "lid" on this tray isn't air tight and probably shouldn't be used for storage; it just makes it easier to stack.

https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Food-Freezer-White-Green/dp/B0038JE5Y2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324418546&sr=8-1

juliagulia4 · December 2011

I use these trays, and absolutely love them! Not the cheapest option out there, but they fit well in the freezer, you can get the food out pretty easily, and they hold a ton of food at once. I still pop them out into ziploc bags when I'm ready to make more food and need the space. Highly recommended though....

https://www.amazon.com/Mumi-Bubi-Starter-Compact--Recipes/dp/B004A9ZF3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1324421045&sr=1-1

IrishEyes0530 · December 2011

I use these.They are silicone and super easy to pop out. They are about 2oz cubes. I got 2 of them, which is plenty. I pop them out when they are frozen and put in labeled ziplocks.

lynsef · December 2011

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paramedicswife · December 2011

WaitingforGrace:
I also use regular ice cube trays and ziplock bags. I have to leave the trays on the counter for 5ish minutes to start to dethaw and then they pop out easily. I then flip the tray upside down on a paper towel and all the cubes fall onto that. Then I put them in the bag. I had a hard time trying to go right from tray to bag.

This exactly. The first time I tried to pop them out of the tray immedietly and it didn't work to well. I got tied up after getting them out of the freezer the second time (for a few minutes) & came back to pop them out with absolutely no problems!

mikee · December 2011

I use the tovolo trays and they are awesome. Really easy to pop the cubes out of the tray after freezing. I learned about them from this mom's blog: https://tinyurl.com/3q8cdgb

CMM4828 · December 2011

I freeze in regular ice cube trays and then pop out as soon as they have frozen. If they have trouble I bang it on the counter or run the bottom under hot water for a second. We then put the cubes in ziploc freezer bags so we can have our ice cube trays back. When its time for her to eat, I take 2 cubes, place them in a snack size baggy and let hot water run over it to defrost. You can just cut a hole in the opposite end of the baggie ans work the food out.

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