Making Baby Food

I've always been open to purchasing jars of baby food instead of making my own.  There was a part of me that thought it'd be better/cheaper/healthier to make my own, but then again, the convenience of jarred baby food just sounds pretty good to a tired mama.

My Aunt Sandy (who recently passed away) & her daughter got me a Baby Bullet for a shower gift back in September.  In addition to this, my Aunt Kathy got me the Turbo Steamer that goes along with it.  So with both of these gifts, I decided to make my own baby food since I had all the tools I needed!

Today, I pulled the Steamer and the Bullet out and made Annie's first batches of baby food - and I cannot tell you how incredibly simple it was!  I made squash (i bought the tiniest one I could find) and sweet potatoes.   Both the steamer and the bullet come with cookbooks/guides to how to prepare each veggie, so there was no guess work.  Well, I guess there is a little depending on how big of a veggie you get.  Ive seen squash 8x the size of the one I purchased.

Anyways, this is how I made her sweet potatoes:

Step One:  Peel the potato



Step two:  Cut up the potato, put it in the steamer with 3/4c water, push a button & wait for the beep.
(takes about 13 minutes)

 

 Step 5:  put the steamed potato in the baby bullet and add some water.  Puree for about 15 seconds (or longer until desired consistency).  More water = thinner food.  Less water = thicker.

 

 

Perfectly purreed sweet potatoes!

 

 

Step 6:  Put three days worth of food into containers (can last in the fridge for 3 days) and the rest into the batch container to go into the freezer (lasts in freezer for 30 days).

 

 

 

I paid $.49 for that potato and it made 8 feedings!  (keep in mind most baby food jars are about that much or more per jar!)

 

Making your own baby food = win.

So. Easy.