I’m trying my best to not discuss BlogHer or Jon & Kate. Really, I’m biting my tongue. Instead, I will offer you this lovely post I originally put together last year when my little one was eating solids for the first time. Making homemade baby food became a huge passion of mine, and I think when you see how easy it is to do, it will become one of your passions, too. Enjoy.
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Here is a tutorial on making homemade baby food. I promise it is not difficult and does not take much time. This tutorial is for carrots, but you can use the same method for all fruits and vegetables.
HINT: I do not skin anything until after I steam it. The skin will literally fall off the fruit or veggie after steaming. NOTE: for this tutorial, I used organic baby carrots, that were already peeled when I purchased them.
Steam carrots.
I use the Rival 6 cup rice cooker.
Put carrots in food processor.
Adding water as needed for the proper consistency, blend the carrots until it is nice and creamy.(consistency will depend on your baby’s age & experience with food)
You can then freeze in ice cube trays or in a covered bowl in the refrigerator for a couple days.
Once frozen, pop food out and put in labeled plastic bags.
Pop in microwave to heat up! Be careful of hot spots. I always stir it with my finger to make sure.
And there you have it. Easy smeasy, and way healthy for your little one.
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Awesome, thanks! I was just getting ready to start looking for baby food info!
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Good! You will be become so addicted to this! It really gets fun when you can mix things together like strawberries and bananas!
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I love making homemade baby food! Once they are older you can just pull out the Magic Bullet and mix up the stuff you cooked for dinner. My daughter always loved her pureed baked chicken and rice.
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Sounds great, but what are your thoughts about the safety of microwaves and of plastic dishes in the microwave? Carol
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Personally, I don’t worry about it. I’m sure you could defrost using other methods if that is a concern. Maybe soaking in warm water?
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I had always (thought I) read that carrots were one of the bad “don’t make this at home because of nitrates” foods. Have you heard that or heard it debunked?
Thanks for the tutorial, I totally agree that making homemade baby food is easy smeasy.
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HolisticFairy Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
I believe that if you cut about an inch from the green end of the carrot before cooking, you remove a lot of pestitude residue. Alternatively go for Organic veggies grown without pesticides.
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momspark Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I would actually use organic baby carrots that were already peeled, I need to add that in my post.
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Wow, no, I’ve never heard that?
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I also used this method when my girls got older. Cook meat, mixed with veggies and potatoes until very soft, blend, and you’ve got meat stew baby food.
It’s a great way to go, if you want a meat dish for kids.
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