During my pregnancy, the reports on arsenic and lead in baby formula facilities came out. Then, early on in my season of being a mother, the ByHeart recall occurred. With all of that scary news around feeding babies, it made me want to be SUPER careful with how I fed my daughter. Luckily, breastfeeding (or pumping) came easily to me so I could avoid formulas for the most part. But once my daughter started eating, what was I supposed to do?
Making purees seemed so hard… until I tried it! So I want to share how easy it can be if you have little time but still want to feed your baby well.
A few tricks I have used to make it easier, with the advice of my pediatrician, are:
- Let the baby eat what you eat: If I am already cooking for my family, there is no need to make more. So I would set aside a small serving, put it in the Nutribullet with water or breastmilk, and puree it. Some of her favorite foods came from this, such as maple breakfast sausage, eggs, and tacos (black beans and ground beef puree)
- Prepare in batches: If I am making something specific for my daughter, I make as much as I can at one time. You don’t have to go crazy but I’m going to make multiple servings at one time.
- Freeze for future use: Once I have large batches, I use an ice cube tray to freeze individual servings for the future. Then, I use those handy breastmilk storage bags we all have so many of to store the cubes. Then, the night before, I pop out her meal (now meals) for the next day.
Homemade Baby Foods
This is my prune recipe but can be used on any items you want to make in to baby purees.
Ingredients
Method
- Put the fruit (or veggie) and the water into a pot together. Bring it to a simmer.
- Stir and let simmer for 10 minutes. Check to see that the fruit (or veggie) is mushy.
- Put the fruit (or veggies) into a blender. Add a little bit of the water from the pot and blend. Continue to add water until it reaches your desired consistency.
