Trying to make baby food is definitely more enjoyable when you make it with a friend. Moms can enjoy a glass of wine while making the food and the babies can play on the floor together... it's a win-win situation.
Also, what worked for us was that I would get in the kitchen once every 2 weeks. I would make an assembly line with lots of different foods. I would cook for about 2 hours and then wouldn't touch it for another two weeks. As you can see, I'm an "all or nothing girl." I don't want to be in the kitchen every day. So this way I would make a ton one night and then have enough in my freezer to last over a month or so. At any given time, I had about 7 different fruits and vegetables frozen in our freezer.
Simply take the food out the night before and thaw it over night in your fridge. Then heat it for a few seconds the next day and it is ready to eat!
We started with carrots:
After that, it was avocados then bananas. (we were on vacation and those only require mashing the food- an easy thing for on the go.)
Then we moved to sweet potatoes.
Next up: Peas (not pictured) then apple sauce
As you can see- I steam the vegetable or fruit, then blend/puree it. I know some of us have special baby blenders but I just simply used my normal blender. The only thing I really needed the food processor for was spinach.
After that- I put them in a special ice cube tray and then once they are frozen- pop them out and put them in a freezer bag labeled with the freeze date and expiration.
I introduced a new food every four days (rule of thumb to wait to see if any allergies).
Here are some other things that were on our menu.
Butternut squash:
peaches, zucchini, pears and
The books that I have and love:
In my opinion, if you are only going to get one book- go for Super Baby Food. That's the one I still reference even now when she's eating all solids and finger foods.
(Granola Mamas- feel free to add your experience and tips to this post)
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