making your own baby food|What are your experiences with making your own baby food?
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Question–: What are your experiences with making your own baby food?
I’m considering making my own baby food. We have a food processor. What else is necessary? Is it worth it or should we just buy the jarred foods? What are other people’s experiences?
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Answer by Tanya
I do both. Sometimes jarred food, sometimes I make my own. Depends how much time we have.
Answer by ☼ haŋdle with care ☼
Home made baby food is better… I personally would not buy pre made baby food that has preservatives, salts/sugar added into it, at least if you made your own food you know what’s in the food already 
I just don’t trust the food on the shelves…
Answer by Mummy Wife Friend Life
Totally worth it, you know exactly whats in there & bub learns to appreciate ‘your families’ menu. Adjust the qty & texture to suit, always have ’something’ on hand, how hard is it to slide a few veggies aside, puree, mash etc & freeze! We used ice cube trays. Small portion sizes ideal for starting & once older good size to mix say 1 cube potato, 1 carrot etc.
We only used jars on the very rare occasion we were out unexpectedly at meal time. Id bring the jar home wash & store to use for our home made but ina takeaway jar for our next trip.
Answer by debbie
Hi, it’s well worth the effort of making your own baby food. It’s much healthier for one thing and tastier! Some of those jarred foods are revolting.
Make sure you never add salt or sugar.
Cook up a batch of something and freeze in little pots you can buy, with lids. BPA free.
Or in ice cube trays, which is good to start with for little tastes of things.
You can also mix things easier.
Introduce one thing at a time, gradually and so you can check your babies reaction to each thing.
Make sure things are properly defrosted. So take out the night before, ready for the next day.
Answer by Merry
I always made my babies food and loved doing it – it is much cheaper then jarred, you know exactly what is in it and above all it is made with love.
Initially babies eat only very small amounts so ice-cube trays make for great ‘freezing containers’ – pop out the next day and place in a zip-lock bag and put back in the freezer – they take seconds to defrost.
A good sieve is also handy – things like pumpkin, sweet potatoe etc go through a sieve very easily and if you are only doing 1 – 2 pieces then it saves on mess.
There are some great books on the market for ‘baby food ideas’
Annabelle Karmel The New Complete Baby & Toddler Meal Planner has some good ideas (although I found some of the combinations a little strange and also only used about 1/4 of the onion she put in her recipes) ~ Enjoy it really is great fun and feels so good knowing your baby is getting a good start in life!!
Answer by sue
I’ve made avocado, apples. pears, bananas, squash, carrots, green beans, sweet potato, zucchini and more, the key is cooking it by steaming which keeps all of the nutrients, and use the juices left over for making it creamy.
avocado and banana are never to be cooked. Alot of fruits can be prepared without cooking, as long as they are ripe. After serving avocado to eliminate an allergy, try mixing it with apple or pear to make it taste yummy.
Here’s one recipe my daughter loves: 1 ripe banana, 1 ripe mango …puree with boiled water or breast-milk/ formula, but when baby is older, I use yogurt or cottage cheese instead of milk/water.
My experience with cooking pearled barley and rolled oats, and short grain brown rice, is you can grind it into a powder, and then cook it. But from experience, I found cooking it whole, and then processing it is much easier.
I was never too good at the meats, so I would buy those.
It is worth it, because YOU know exactly what goes in it, and your baby will get used to your cooking this way, you also know how fresh it is.
Good luck!
Answer by RaverBaby
my daughter cant stand jar food
i make her home made food
she loves it
eats it all up not even a spoonfull left.!
i find it so fun and easy making it to
for the sweet stuff
i cook it let it cool
then siv it then jar it up
with savory
i use my food prossecor
cook it cool it jar it up
… and you can make your own nice tasting flavours.!!
jarred baby food is horrid iv tryed it when feeding my little one
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Answer by anamika
u r doing the right thing .. why give jarred foods with preservatives and all .. just leave those for emergency use when u r out of the house ..
and its otally worth it , inexpensive and convenient ..
Answer by UFC Girl
My daughter is 7 months old and she’s been eating solids since 3 months. I have never bought a jar of baby food. I use fresh fruits and vegetables and she loves it. It’s easy to make, all the vitamins are retained, it hasn’t been sitting on a shelf forever, etc.
It takes 20 minutes or so out of your afternoon to make food that will last for days, but it’s worth it. There are a ton of recipes and idea online, Google them!
So far, she’s had:
Mango, banana, strawberries, watermelon, cauliflower, corn, peas, carrots, broccoli, avocado, pears, apples, potatoes, oranges, pineapple, kiwi, and I’m going to start her on some meats soon.
Answer by B R
I made all of my son’s baby food. Saved so much money. We used 8oz containers to freeze our food and one night my hubby and I did the calculations and what cost us like 4$ in sweet potatoes equalled to over 50$ in jarred food. It was crazy. I used the website below..it tells you what food is what stage, how to make it, how to store it, what foods to combine…its great!
wholesomebabyfood.com
Good luck!
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Q&A–: Can anyone recommend a good book about making your own baby food?
I am interested in making my own baby food and freezing it. I would like a book that explains how to do it properly, freeze it, reheat it, and has ideas of different foods to use, etc. Thank you!
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Answer by Mary Lou S
I have been making my son’s baby food for the past two months and I constantly reference www.wholesomebabyfood.com. They have tons of recipes and information about cooking, freezing and storing baby food.
While it is a website rather than a book, I’m sure you will find it really helpful.
Answer by Pitusi
This is a great website for recipes, tips, etc.
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com
Answer by mystic_eye_cda
http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html
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