MomMade® Baby Food

So I promised you all a post on baby food making. I know it's long overdue, sorry! As you all know I work and go to school so I'm not a person who has a ton of free time but I still manage to fit in baby food making time periodically. It costs a lot to raise a child these days especially when you feel like your child needs every new product known to man. I personally have tried to cut back the costs by first cloth diapering which I love! Secondly I make my own baby food. Have you seen the costs of baby food these days! I wasn't exactly planning on making my own food until I took a look at the price and calculated how much I would spend in the course of my daughters infant hood. So instead of buying the packaged baby food I went back to my produce aisle picked out a few sweet potatoes and some apples to try out my hand in baby food making. No, you don't need a fancy baby bullet or an industrial steamer. We simply use our stove top steamer and a blender or food processor. There is no sense in buying another appliance to take up room on your counter top. So I will be going over two type of ways you will be making baby food. One is by steaming and the other by baking. I will be showing you how to makes applesauce and  in another post we will make butternut squash. So lets get started!

 

Things You Will Need

 

• 8 Apples of your choice (except Granny Smith too tart)
• Cinnamon (optional
• Butter Knife
• Blender or food processor
• Steamer Stove top or electric
• 2-3 Ice cube trays
• 1 Gallon size freezer bags
•  Sharpe

Applesauce With Cinnamon

 

First you will want to rinse and peel your apples.

Best apple peeler ever! Found this at the dollar store!

Slice down each of the 4 sides of the apple until you are left with a square core.

Lay each piece flat side down and slice into same size chunks

Place in your Steamer and cover for 8 minutes.

Should look like this when done.

Place apple in the blender

Use as much or as little of the excess steaming water to thin out the apples.

Once pureed, add cinnamon if desired and blend in.
 

Pour in ice cube tray

Cover with seran wrap.

Place in freezer overnight.

Once frozen, use a butter knife to loosen each cube the don't come out like ice.

Pour cubes into a freezer safe bag.

 



Label and date. Place back in freezer. You're done!

So this is how to make baby applesauce. You can do this with any fruit or veggies. Try doing broccoli, peas or spinach. Pears are exactly the same process as well. Root vegtables should be baked I also would advice you to bake large squash such as spagetti or butternut so check out my next post for a how to on that. I encourage you to add spices to flavor up to baby's food! Rosemary and sweet potatoes is one my daugher loves and it is surprisingly delicious. My moto is if I wouldn't eat it I wouldn't feed it to my daughter so I always test everything before I give it to her to make sure it's delicious. Have fun and feel free to ask questions if you have any!