Baby Food
February 28, 2010 - 6:49 pm UTC
While I have a moment, let’s talk about baby food. Corey and I chose to make our own baby food, instead of buying the jars. It’s significantly less expensive, likely more nutritious because it’s more fresh, and won’t have any preservatives or ingredients that we don’t like. We try to avoid crazy chemicals and ingredients that we can’t pronounce in our own food, so of course we do the same for Katie.
So far it has been remarkably easy, but you really don’t need to make it complicated. We have several ways to puree food, depending on our mood, how much we’re making, or what needs pureeing. We have a KidCo food mill which is made just for the purpose, and it’s great for making single serving purees. We also have an adult size food mill/ricer which is nice for larger batches. We’re also foodees, so the potential for using this in our own meals is a bonus. We also have a big food processer, and a little attachment for one of those immersion blenders that’s great for a few servings.
OK, so that sounds like overboard, but most of the appliances we had before Katie. We probably really only needed a food mill of some kind.
I try to roast, or steam her food, and I only boil it when I’ll be pureeing the food with the water it was cooked in. That way I can keep all the nutrients in the veggies.
Very early on I made this really great applesauce when apples were in season. I just roasted chunks of apple, and put them through the food mill. They didn’t need any sugar, because it was deeelicious. So much better than any store bought applesauce I’ve had.
It’s really fun to give her avocado, or soft pears because she can work on her motor skills and enjoy having control of her own food. Bananas are great too. I can’t wait until I can introduce dairy into her diet, because there are so many more things I can make.
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Grammy
March 2nd, 2010 @ 7:32 am UTCYum, yum! Where are the messy pictures of Katie eating her yummy food?
Beth
March 2nd, 2010 @ 11:20 am UTCOh, awesome! I plan to do this too once we have a little one. Is it a lot of extra work?
Kristin
March 2nd, 2010 @ 6:43 pm UTCBeth, it takes almost no time at all.
Mom, I have some new ones I’ll put up soon.
Beth
March 2nd, 2010 @ 8:47 pm UTCGood to hear! A mama’s time is precious
Levi Aho
March 21st, 2010 @ 8:01 am UTCI once worried about ingredients I couldn’t pronouce, but then I realized tha I’m good enough at pronoucing chemical names that I can pronouce most of the objectionable stuff.
My mom makes her own applesauce too. As you say, it’s far better than the store bought stuff.