New Mom: Making homemade baby food and loving it
I always said I'd never worry about making my own baby food. That the stuff at the store was just fine. No need to trouble with it. Then, I had a baby.
Posted — UpdatedI always said I'd never worry about making my own baby food. That the stuff at the store was just fine. No need to trouble with it.
Then, I had a baby.
Then, feeding him was an adventure. A fun one. I wanted to test his tastes. Experiment. And Asher became obsessed with the organic, 'good' stuff.
And, oh he did. He went from 'eh, this is whatever' to 'put that in my mouth now. all of it. pleeeeease' like a little birdie. And thus began our break up with Gerber and Beech Nut and all other things Asher coined 'dull' and 'not yummy.' Also known as cheaper items on the baby food market.
We are now shoppers of Ella's Kitchen (which is available at Target now!) and Earth's Best. I've also had much more luck with stage 2's versus the 1's.
Along the way I decided I wanted to give my smoothie maker a whirl at baby fooding. I started with green beans (fresh) and carrots (frozen). Asher loved them! Then, I moved on to butternut squash (fresh). Big score! I compared the flavor of these to those from the baby food aisle. Much. Better.
Then, I got fancy. My favorite recipe to date is acorn squash and apple cinnamon bake. (Rusty was ready to dive into those when they came out of the oven.) I also added some garlic powder to my next batch of string beans (frozen) and cinnamon to baked carrots (frozen). I've combined green beans, squash, zucchini, potatoes and carrots into a summer veggie mix. (That tasted really good but the consistency when reheating was rather odd.)
Yay for baby food adventures!
6-8 months+
Pinch of cinnamon
4. Puree as needed, adding water to thin if required. You may also chop or dice and serve as a finger food meal.
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