Here is a tutorial on making homemade baby food that I created back when my son was a baby. 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.
I use an old mini Cuisinart 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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I used glass ramekin dishes to defrost my baby food as I was paranoid about microwaving plastic dishes. Perfect size and as a bonus, you can run them through the dishwasher and they are hefty enough that they wont be flipped over and collect dirty water like lightweight plastic dishes will.
Ali´s last [type] ..Pulled Pork with Root Beer BBQ Sauce
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Mom Spark Reply:
October 1st, 2010 at 4:54 pm
What a great idea! I actually don’t own any ramekin dishes, but that would be perfect.
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