I bought a bag of organic sweet cherries from the frozen section. Once they thawed, I popped them in the processor with a tiny bit of water and liquidated those suckers! One bag of cherries made about 9 ounces of liquified cherries.
Tonight, I noticed that our bananas were rapidly getting overly ripe. Since there's no way we'd eat four bananas before they go bad, I peeled two of them and popped them in the processor. Voila! I instantly had about 8 ounces of baby-ready 'nanas.
R loved both!
For some reason, I'd been a little hesitant to start making any baby food. I can't believe I waited so long; it was ridiculously easy! My attitude now is that I will make what I can, meaning what is relatively easy to make or unavailable in regular baby food flavors (cherries, bananas, sweet potatoes, etc.), and I will buy what seems to involved, out of season or otherwise inappropriate to make (apples, carrots, etc.).
I've actually started buying large jars of Motts unsweetened applesauce instead of apple baby food. It's cheaper and just about the same thing. And, since R currently refuses most vegetables right now (unless they're mixed or alternated with apples), applesauce is a staple in our house.
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YAY! Great job! I had a good time making food for Nathan & Faith. I could easily make a couple weeks worth in jsut a few hours during nap time ever other week. I loved this site - http://wholesomebabyfood.com/ - if you haven't already discovered it. They taught me the tastiest ways to cook spaghetti squash and peaches, and all kinds of things I'd never cooked before. My house always smells so good on baby food making days :) Ice cube trays work great - after they frozen, I'd pop them in freezer bags. Those Gerber plastic baby food containers with lids work great, too. but I liked cubes, cause I could mix and match foods. Though, i learned to make better labels after Jacob fed Nathan peas & cantaloupe for lunch one day... lol. He thought they were carrots, till he thawed it in the microwave and saw that they were cubes of fruit, not pureed (that site I mentioned said cantaloupe freezes best cubed like that). Oops... we still laugh about that combo - but Nathan ate it up! I never froze bananas - howd they turn out? I never froze avacodos either, but everything else imaginable came out great from the freezer! have fun creating combos the store doesn't sell! I think making my own baby food has a direct relation to why my kids are not picky eaters now - both will eat ANYTHING. Well... broccoli is a battle with Nathan. But anything else he'll eat ;-) And Faith is a one woman garbage disposal!
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