50 Shades of Purée

HOMEMADE BABY FOOD:

Veggies that work well:

• Sweet Potatoes
• Butternut Squash
• Carrots
• Eggplant 
• Green/ Yellow beans
• Peas
• Corn I started at 8 months, it's harder to digest (you know what I'm talking about)
• Beets are more trouble than they're worth, but I have made them
• Zucchini is kinda so-so.  I find it watery and potentially not as filling as starchier veggies

Fruits that work well:

• Gala apples
• Pears 
• Bananas (no need to steam)
• Strawberries
• Peaches
• Plums 

1. Wash, peel (if applicable), dice and steam until tender.  I don't have anything fancy.  I just use a pot of boiling water, a lid to contain as much steam as possible and a stainless steel steamer  
2. Dump the steamed fruits/ veggies into a 4 cup Pyrex glass bowl and wait until cool.  This is SUPER important.  You can not blend things when they are hot or you will literally have a hot mess and pa-tench 3rd degree burns.  After a baby, the last thing I need is more marks on my body.  Lord have mercy.  
3. Save the precious water from the pot, you'll use that to blend and smooth your mixtures, I use the magic bullet or a braun hand mixer.  Works perfectly.  
4. Spoon into ice cube trays (buy a couple extra, it'll save time) and freeze.  



Fruit/ Veggie Steamer

 

5. Toss the frozen cubes into Ziploc bags or big containers and label and date !  
6. Get creative!  Banana-strawberry blends are a favourite, as well as 1/2 peas 1/2 carrot cubes

*Each "ice cube" measures approximately 1Tbsp.

Simons meal plan right now (at 8M) for example is this:

Breakfast:  3 tbsp of cereal, 1 cube of fruit (melted and mixed into cereal)

Lunch:  3 cubes of veggies, and 1 cube of fruit

Dinner:  3 cubes of veggies, 1 cube of fruit, 3 tbsp of cereal 

I'm not suggesting everyone follow his meal plan, I'm just letting you know what's working so far for us!  

Amy