I am sure most of you know but for those who don't I make all of Henry's baby food with the exception of Rice, Barley and Oatmeal Cereal. Surprisingly I enjoy it and I love knowing exactly what he is putting in his tummy.
Once a week I go to the store and pick up the fresh fruits and vegetables he will be eating. Most of the foods he eats need to be steamed/baked/boiled and I use the nifty Steamer my mum bought for us. I dice up all the food I am preparing and put in in the steamer. Then steam until tender.
After the steamer I put the food in the food processor until it is of the right consistency (sorry no picture).
When done I spoon the pureed food into ice cube trays.
Then cover the ice cube trays with aluminum foil and label them. From there they go into the freezer. When I am ready to defrost I take the amount of cubes I plan to use over 2 days out and put them in a container in the fridge. By the end of the day or the next morning they are ready to be served.
So far Henry likes bananas, sweet potatoes, zucchini, summer squash, peaches, pears, apples (only when in the Sweet Potato Apple Mash though) and plums. He does not like avocado, green beans and carrots. I mix the fruits with Barley or Oatmeal cereal (to add some filler) since he seems to like them better then Rice cereal.
I use this website http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/ for recipes and reference on cooking methods. This site has a lot of information is you are looking to make your own baby food (age appropriate foods, freeze chart, recipes, etc.).
Garden Update:
These pictures taken 35 days after everything was planted
On Sunday Chris brought in a large crate full of radishes. After trimming the greens and tossing the real bad ones they filled up about 3/4 of our sink.
Now I have to chop, blanch and freeze all of these :-(
The greens and the real mangled ones go to the chickens. On another note the chickens finally moved out to the chicken coop....yeah my porch no longer smells like chicken poop.
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