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Top o' the evening to ya! Happy St. Patty's Day! How cute is that little leprechaun?!
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I've always said I wanted to make my own baby food once we had a baby. It seemed really easy, much cheaper, AND I like the idea of controlling the ingredients. When I got the iPad, I downloaded the book, Top 100 Baby Purees, by Annabel Karmel. It breaks it down in to stages of your baby. I love it...and everything seems simple & most of the purees are freezable. This week I started making solids for the babe & will definitely continue!
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I spent around $5 and made apples, carrots, and broccoli. Not bad! I don't have an actual steamer, so I just added a little bit of water to my pots and simmered until my veg/fruit was tender. Pop it in the food processor and add your simmering water until it reaches the consistency you want. Um, yeah, doesn't get much easier than that!
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3 ice cube trays of food later...we are in business & ready to start solids! Carrots and apples were a huge hit. Broccoli, not so much. Ha. No big surprise there!
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As you can see, more of the broccoli ends up
on him rather than
in him.
In other news, my spring break begins tomorrow! {insert a big "holla!!!"} G and I are heading to Atlanta to see my fam and friends on Saturday. It's my first road trip with just baby. Actually, baby #1 (Jack) will be riding in his carseat shotgun while baby #2 (G) rides in the back. Yes, Jack has a carseat. duh. Here's to hoping that we have a quiet car ride! I'm a little bit nervous!
4 comments:
Thank you so much for sharing! I am excited to start making our own baby food, too.
Go you for making your own food!
I'm going to make my own baby food in a few weeks! Glad you are enjoying it! :)
Yay so glad you linked to this to your 2011 highlight post! I know it's early but I'm getting so excited for when I can make baby food!!! you said you started at 6 months? Did you also still breastfeed then too? Just wondering how you did it!
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