Baby food to last a lifetime

This past weekend, after a trip to Wholefoods, I decided to make enough baby food to last trough the rest of Peanut’s baby food stage.

Well, not literally, but I did make a lot.



I started with this:
Zucchini and yellow squash from our garden.
Apples
Pears
Peaches
Plums
Sweet potato



Don’t they look delicious?

And of course, my immersion blender.



Plus my “cookbook.”



Then I started with the items that needed to bake since they take the longest.





De-boned peaches and plums.  I also put the sweet potato in the oven.

While these puppies were baking, I was boiling/steaming the rest.


Zucchini, pears, apples and yellow squash - pureed.

And after everything cooled off, I put it in ice cube trays.



(This is just the boiled stuff!)

I actually ended up having to run out and buy more ice cube trays to finish the job.

But now we have about 150 ice cubes of baby food to mix and match as we please.



We even have a few new foods to introduce to Peanut like plums and peaches.

Do you make your own baby food?

Did you know I used to cook for my dogs?

Homemade baby food - apples and pears

Peanut seems to really love this whole food idea we’ve been introducing her to.  So we press on.

On the menu this past week were apples and pears.



Because apples and pears are on the Dirty Dozen list, we bought organic.  I think that raised the price a little, but considering that we still got about 20 portions for about $5, I’m over it.



After talking to my bestie, Inna, I decided to try one of her “recipes.”  Instead of baking, I peeled, cubed, and boiled the apples and pears for about 10 minutes in about 1-2 inches of water.  Then used my immersion blender to get it down to a nice, watery paste.

At first, Peanut did not like the apples.  She just kept making gagging faces with each spoonful, but reaching out for more.  After a few bites, she got used to it and seemed to really love it!




I think we may try bananas next!