baby food diaries.

I love homemade baby food! Not only is it really fun to make, it’s also super cost effective and a healthier alternative to store bought baby food which is full of additives and preservatives (tuna oil and gelatin in the carrots? Um, no! Gross!). Audrey seems to love it too! The few in between times I’ve tried to give her jarred food, she flat out refused it. On my first try, I made carrots and green beans. I washed and cut the carrots, put them in the steamer, waited for the beep, dumped them into my magic bullet, added a tiny bit of water, and pureed away! Then put the puree in a ziplock bag, cut the bottom right corner, and squeezed the puree (like you would do with icing on a cake) into ice cube trays. Ice cube trays are great since each cube is approximately one ounce. I use the trays for freezing and storing breast milk as well so I know how much to thaw when it comes time to use it. 

first batch is in progress!

YUM!! carrot puree!

green bean puree!!! delish!

final product!

mango/banana cubes!

So far I’ve made carrots, green beans, sweet peas, pears, mangos, bananas, apples, peaches, and sweet potatoes. The other night I made banana and mango, and sweet pea and apple combo cubes! So far she has loved every food she’s tried (even peas!) but is definitely partial to the most recent combo cubes. Will thinks I’m totally gross but every once in a while I’ll sneak a little bite while I’m feeding her. It’s not gross!!! I’m just making sure my finished product tastes good okay? I love the baby bullet steamer more than I thought I would. Although it probably would’ve been more economical to just buy a basket steamer, I like that I can just pop the food in the steamer, push a button, and walk away. Everything is always perfectly steamed and if I get distracted (which happens often now that little A is more mobile), I don’t have to worry about overcooking it. It’s also nice for thawing the food cubes, since I avoid the microwave for all things baby. The steamer has a defrost setting, which works the same way as the steamer feature. I just put the cubes on a tray, push a button, and walk away until it beeps. The steamer also makes the best hard-boiled eggs! I thought it was a random feature, and didn’t plan on using it. But, I tried it out last week and to my surprise, the eggs were done perfectly! It takes the guesswork out of making traditional hard-boiled eggs.  It’s nice to know that even after Audrey outgrows food cubes, we can still use it to make eggs as well as use the sterilize feature for pacis, small baby toys, and bottle nipples.

I’ve tried to capture all of the lovely faces that Audrey makes when trying a new food over the last couple months but with the move and my forgetfulness, I may have missed a few. She has become very expressive lately, and also likes to wrinkle her nose and make a very unladylike snorting noise whenever she’s eating. Enjoy!

green beans!

sweet peas!

mango and banana

making the snorting noise! haha

LOVED mango!

playing with pears!