baby food ideas.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

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Conrad is 8 months and just now loving to eat. Which is so much fun for me because I really enjoyed making Henry's food. Of course I use store bought all the time; if we are on the go it is much easier to take out a jar. But while we are home, making his food has been super easy and so much less expensive. Every few weeks I make a huge batch, freeze and then defrost as I need it. When I make my big batches I usually come up with two concoctions. Then when it comes time to eat I can add a fresh banana, avocado, apple sauce {you can make your own but I just get a big unsweetened Organic jar which works great}, cereal {loving Happy Baby cereal}, probiotics or nothing at all. Also I highly recommend getting a baby food mill; they are great for mashing up anything that you want to add to the pre-made mixture {beans, fish, chicken...}. Here are two recipes, again I have never made the same batch twice so if you are missing something add something else. I guess that is why I think baby food is so much fun, there are no rules. Plus you can spend an hour cooking and make meals for weeks.

Supplies needed:
a food processor {a blender will work too}
a huge pot
a strainer
ice cube trays {I have two but wish I had a couple more, I usually have to freeze in stages}
Gallon sized Ziplocs

Ingredients:
Red Mash-up
1 beet
1 large butternut squash
5 carrots
3 yams

Directions:
Use a big pot, fill with water, bring water to a boil, add all of your peeled and chopped vegetables. After 15-20 minutes check your veggies and see if they are soft. Once they are soft save about 2 cups of the water in the pot {it should be pretty bright with that beet}. Dump the pot of water into a strainer and put the veggies into your food processor. With this much you will probably need to do it in 2 parts. Start to pulse and add the liquid until the mixture looks like baby food. Spoon the mixture into ice cube trays and freeze. Once the cubes are frozen dump them in a Ziploc and store in your freezer.

Ingredients:
Green Mash-up
1 bag of Organic frozen peas
1 bunch of spinach
1 bunch of swish chard
2 cups of frozen blueberries

Directions:
Use a big pot, fill with water, bring water to a boil, add all of your vegetables {wash and chop the chard and spinach}. After 10-15 minutes check to see if the stems of your chard are pretty soft. Once they are soft save about a cup of the boiled water. Dump the pot of water into a strainer and put the veggies into your food processor. Start to pulse and add the liquid until the mixture looks like baby food. Spoon the mixture into ice cube trays and freeze. Once the cubes are frozen dump them in a Ziploc and store in your freezer.

bon appetite little one

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9 comments:

  1. lucky c! i would totally dig those tasty mash-ups.

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  2. Hmmmm, maybe I will put the whole family on a baby food diet. I can make it in huge batches, it's healthy, and it saves time. I'll let you know what Ro' thinks of that idea. ;)

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  3. Oh! I always loved making baby food for my littles as well. So many fun combos!

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  4. I don't think you are supposed to feed babies homemade spinach. It is too high in nitrates, even the organic. You might want to check it out.

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  5. Yummy...I need to go make a batch myself. S is really digging finger foods these days {whole black beans, pinto beans, sweet pots, scrambled eggs and the avo consumption is about to put us in the poor house!}.

    p.s. I did the research for you and it seems as if baby C is clear of any harm from those nasty nitrates ;)

    http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/nitratearticle.htm

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  6. Jennie - phew... thank you for looking into that ;)

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  7. I love this! I can't wait to make little one his food when the time comes.

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  8. Yummy! Lucky little guy! I'm going to try making the red one for my little prez! One Reagan's fav Ella's Kitchen pouches Is a puree of spinach, apple and rutabaga! I second Jennie on the spinach is a-okay! Xo!

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  9. Gosh this makes me wish I had made home made baby for for my kiddos...Love the little guys face...he looks very happy!

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