Comments on: Homemade Baby Food

By: Rikki

Rikki — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:19:26 +0000

I was so happy to run across this post. I just decided to switch to making my own baby food–we need to save $$. This post makes me feel like I can do it!!

By: Angela Carroll

Angela Carroll — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:06:12 +0000

love it! never tried prunes with my first, but great idea for my second in a few months! .-= Angela Carroll´s last blog ..Baby Food Galore! =-.

By: Eva @ Cuisinart Food Processors

Eva @ Cuisinart Food Processors — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:47:18 +0000

We make baby food with our 3 cup food processor. We use organic vegetables. It’s healthy and really inexpensive.

By: desimommy

desimommy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:39:45 +0000

Homemade baby food is WONDERFUL! My children are 9 and 6 and both had almost exclusively homemade baby food. I occasionally bought baby food if it was on sale or I had a coupon and even then it was only peaches, mango, and blueberry banana. I made everything else. When they were ready for meats, my husband and I steamed and pureed free range organic chicken for them and mixed in a cube of something orange (carrots, sweet potato, or butternut squash) and served a cube of something green (peas, green beans, lima beans, zucchini, or asparagus).

I liked being able to control the texture and was able to get them used to real food and chewing on my terms, not a big corporate factory baby food company’s terms.

To this day they both love the flavor of raw or freshly steamed vegetables and never turn their noses at them.

By: Christine @ Live to Learn

Christine @ Live to Learn — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:33:40 +0000

I just made a whole batch of sweet potatoes for my little man today. So nice to see other mommies making baby food. My son had avocado for the first time today and tolerated it simply mashed, but it probably would have been easier to eat pureed like you did. Good idea.

By: beth

beth — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:39:39 +0000

This is a great idea Myra! I did it for Heath too. Once a month I made babyfood and it took the entire Saturday. It got a little more complicated when he moved to meats, but there again the slow cooker and food processer will still work just fine! It was so easy to transition him to "big boy" food b/c it tasted just like what he'd already been eating (unlike store-bought stuff, which is gross!) Keep up the good work…it is worth it!

By: banananutmeg

banananutmeg — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:57:44 +0000

I just found your blog through frugal friday… how do you defrost the baby food? Do you nuke it or wait for it to defrost? I'm SO into trying this and we had a huge garden this year, so I'd like to try using some of our veggies up.

Also, how much water to use?
please email me a little more info! I'd be thrilled!!!

leggo_my_meg-o@juno.com

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:21:37 +0000

How long does it take to thaw the cubes or do you microwave them? We don't have kids yet, but this is something I have planned on doing. We already make our dog food in batches so this should be a breeze!

By: It Feels Like Chaos

It Feels Like Chaos — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:44:30 +0000

I completely agree! I made the baby food for my 3 kids and it is so much cheaper and better tasting! There is no way I'd eat store-bought baby food peaches — so gross, but I definitely sneaked bites of the homemade baby food peaches!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:38:02 +0000

I think I am just backwards to what Diaper Diaries said… Baby #1 – young and clueless mommy = store bought food always! Baby #2 – slightly more educated mommy, but still very busy = about half and half. And Baby #3 only got expensive processed baby food when I was on the go and desperate! I never made that much up ahead of time though…just usually enough for a couple days because I would cook down whatever I was fixing for the rest of the family! Should have thought to freeze it too though! Good job!