How to: Make Baby Food

I started making our own baby food after checking out a book from the Library on, you guessed it, making your own baby food! It was so much easier than I expected. It goes like this:

1) wash very well

2) peel it

3) chop it

4) steam it

5) puree it in the blender (for this step I usually added some already pumped breast milk to make it easier to blend, for an added nutritional boost and to offer a familiar taste in addition to something new).

6) pour it in ice cube trays

7) once frozen, run the bottom under warm water, then they fall out in nice neat little 1 oz. brightly colored cubes.

8) label the zip lock with what it is and the month/year and pop it back in the freezer.

I think its a good idea to have a few glass baby food jars for defrosting (in the microwave or fridge) and for storing any leftovers (for no more than 2 days).

Easy Peasy! (get it? Peas-y?) Or at least its easier than loading up baby, umbrella, diapers, keys, wallet, udder-cover and driving a total of 1hr to the grocery store, only to forget to go down the baby isle (and your umbrella soaking baby and mom) and instead get distracted by the delicious looking free cookies that they would only have in a place like yuppie Jackson Hole. . . not that that happened yesterday or anything.