Baby food is easy to make and store. When it's homemade and organic it's better for them and still costs less.
My daughter and I have been experimenting here with different ideas and organic foods to feed babies.
- Sweet potatoes almost always go over well and all you need to do is fire them in the oven and scoop out the inside once baked. Instant baby food!
- Bananas are also super easy to mash up and you could do it without a food mill.
- Avocados are nutritious, mild, yummy and one of the earlier foods you can offer a baby.
- Apples are an old favorite and when you make applesauce yourself you know it's fresh and does not have preservatives or added sugar.
- Carrots are easy to blend after cooking although they usually require a little water so they're not a thick paste.
Later, once your baby has tried them all you can combine ingredients into a stew and leave a little texture so they can learn how to chew up the bits.
We eventually blended up just about everything we ate when my children were babies and stored them in ice cube trays. They were later transferred into freezer bags.
I had a cookbook but it's really not necessary since you're using basic ingredients although it is important not to overcook baby's food so that nutrients aren't lost.
I wasn't worried about organic food back then but maybe I should have been. I still wonder if the hormones and chemicals in the food was part of the reason why one of my children developed so early.
For baby food recipes and a solid food guide for making your own baby food see WholesomeBabyFood.com
