Couple more homemade baby food ?'s

canadagirlinTX · January 2009

Fresh or frozen?

I am feeding Inara organic only. She loves peas but I cannot find them fresh organic. Wholesomebabyfood said use frozen peas, cook them and refreeze into cubes. This seems like it would decrease the nutrients from the veggies - thoughts or experiences?

I know they say do not make your own carrots - but I think there was another one - does anyone remember?

Has anyone found organic puffs? Happybellies is releasing them soon, but I would like to try some now and cannot find any?

AustinMimi · January 2009

I could have sworn that Central Market has frozen organic peas from their own line (CM Organics). Have you tried the actual CM store? Another place to look is Sun Harvest. The one I go to is on S. Lamar near Brodie.

Taytee · January 2009

Maybe try Edamame instead. Peas are nasty anyway Most frozen foods are frozen at the peak of their freshness which studies have shown may actually be better than veggies which have been hanging around a few weeks. Unfreezing and refreezing doesn't sound so good to me either though. You could just unfreeze and make that one "fresh". You're getting kind of obsessed with cubing and freezing like everything known to man Stick out tongue

For puffs, we gave Veggie Booty or the Pirate's Booty (cheese flavored). I believe they are organic - available in the chip aisle and boy are they cheaper than puffs! There are more kinds just not readily available around here. Abby however got rather addicted to the veggie booty and started refusing to eat anything else. So now we only bring them out on special occasions for bribery. Like church or a long dinner out. I myself can put away an entire bag of it.

The AAP says "Because vegetables, including green beans, carrots, squash, spinach and beets, can have nitrate levels as high or higher than that of well water, infants should not eat these foods until after age 3 months." Well, duh, who the hell introduces foods before 3 months - nevermind, I've seen a 5 month old with a chicken nugget... Here is the nitrate piece from wholesome food - spinach might be the other one you're thinking of.

mcurban · January 2009

we did frozen peas (cooked and then refrozen) and i'm with taytee that more and more nutritionists are saying that frozen is the way to go (in terms of getting veggies at their peak freshness. now, if you boil them to know end and THEN refreeze them, you're kinda defeating the purpose. I would do a light steam until they thawed and then whirl 'em in the food processor.

a note, though- it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find frozen peas w/ out added salt. i'm not sure what it is about peas, specifically, but even Central Market brand had salt added. I can't remember which brand it was that didn't, but I know that it wasn't carried at HEB.

mlf625 · January 2009

The baby food book I have (Top 100 Baby Purees) says the frozen peas are just as nutritious as the fresh ones.

What's the deal with carrots? ?That's the food our pedi and the book author suggest as a great first food....just curious why you've been told not to make those??

Taytee · January 2009

My "spinach" link shows the article. It's one of those "better safe than sorry" kind of things. Lots of people still do it.

canadagirlinTX · January 2009

Great thanks!

Obsession, really? I have frozen 2 foods so far. If you think that is obsession you don't want to see Inara's pediped collection or my DVD collection devoted to Colin Firth Wink

TXAggieBride06 · January 2009

Central Market's organic line carries frozen peas I THINK. I have bought DD their mixed veggies in that brand and it has peas in it (with carrots, corn, and green beans too).

fjaril · January 2009

I knew something about the carrots but not spinach. he loves spinach. oh well. at least his deli meat is nitrate free.

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