Archive for January 13th, 2009

Making Baby Food, pt 2

Posted in Tipster Tuesday on 01/13/2009 01:00 am by lori

In this post, I talked about the financial benefits of making baby food.  Today, I’ll let you know a little of the baby food making process.

So, you have to buy food: either fresh or frozen.  And then, you cook them: either by baking or steaming.  And then, you puree them in a baby food processor or a blender.  After getting the food to the right consistency, I pour the food into ice cube trays, cover the trays with Cling Wrap, and label the trays with the food name and date.  To free up the ice cube trays, I crack the frozen food into baby food containers or a freezer safe bag.  Then, I put a few helpings in the fridge.

I’ve heard good things about the book Super Baby Food, but I don’t own it.  I came across Ruth Yaron’s website here.  And I found baby food recipes here , here, and here.

A baking example: for the sweet potatoes . . .

  1. I washed them, poked holes in them with a fork, washed them again, and wrapped them in foil.
  2. I baked them at 400 degrees for about an hour.
  3. Then, I removed the meat from the skin and pureed the potatoes with some water.

A steaming example: for the carrots (on two separate occasions, I bought frozen and fresh carrots). . .

  1. I put a steamer basket inside a pot of water; I filled the water up to where a little bit came inside the steamer basket.
  2. I steamed the carrots on Medium heat for about 20 minutes.
  3. Then, I put only the carrots (not the water from the steaming– because of the nitrates) into a blender and added more water.

So, those are the basic things you need to know.  Let me know if you have any questions.