One of my New Years resolutions was to become a little healthier... Isn't that one of everyone's resolutions? Well, I decided that if I am going to be healthier I want to start Cruz out healthy too. I want to let him explore lots of different, yummy flavors of foods so that when he is older he is more likely to hopefully try new things.
So, yesterday I decided to just get some things out of my fridge and freezer and travel into the unexpected... Make homemade baby food! For one of Wes and I's wedding presents, we go a "Magic Bullet" blender. It is so small, easy to clean and most of all easy to use! I LOVE it. I always make yummy smoothies, shakes, salsa and sauces in it. So I was very excited to use it as something new.
I started pulling things out of my fridge and setting them all on the counter so I could see what kind of fruits and veggies I had. I ended up with quite a bit of ingredients! I was so excited to get cooking.
I started by washing all of my fruits and veggies, and steaming them on the stove. I ended up with lots of mixed veggies, peaches, berries, and bananas and just went from there. With my first batch of each flavor I went as simple as can be. I didn't want to overwhelm Cruz with so many different flavors in one sitting. So here are some of my recipes for the first batch of baby foods I made...
•mixed veggies•
1 c Peas
1 c Corn (off the cob)
1 c Baby Carrots (cut)
1 c Green Beans (cut)
1/4 c warm water
Combine all ingredients into one sauce pan, steam veggies until soft. While warn, put ingredients into a blender or magic bullet and put on the "purée" setting for 2 minutes, or until all is puréed.
Pour ingredients into air tight containers (I used breast milk containers first off I have never been able to breast feed and second they have never been used and I have been wondering what to use them all for) and either refrigerate or freeze. Make sure it is completely cooled before serving to your little ones.
•carrots•
1 bag of baby carrots
1/4 c water
1 pinch of salt
Combine, mix, purée for 2 minutes and distribute to containers.
Refrigerate or freeze.
•bananas and oatmeal•
2 bananas (peeled and cut)
8 Tsp of prepared Gerber Baby Oatmeal
Combine, mix, and purée for 2 minutes.
Pour in air right containers and refrigerate or freeze.
•peaches•
2-3 medium size peaches (washed, peeled and cut)
Purée in blender for 1 min.
I canned lots fresh peaches this fall, so I opened one of the jars, washed the slices one more time, and put them in the magic bullet. Nothing more than peaches. And I gotta say, they were DELISH!
•spiced applesauce•
2 red sweet apples (washed, peeled and cut) steam to soften the fruit for about 5 minutes.
Pinch of cinnamon
Purée in blender for 1-2 minutes
This was such a fun afternoon activity for Cruz and I. And because I played it safe and simple, it really only took me about 1.5 hours to make 24-4oz baby foods. And I think it was well worth it! I tasted ALL of the foods, just because I don't want to feed him something I wouldn't eat, and by surprise all of the foods tasted absolutely delicious.
I will be making and exploring more flavors today and will post recipes, reviews and pictures as soon as I can.
enjoy!!!
-whit
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