does anyone else make there own baby food

Carli - posted on 09/15/2009

thank you for all of the help.

Carli - posted on 09/15/2009

thanks.

Carli - posted on 09/15/2009

he is 9 months

Linda - posted on 09/14/2009

I actually did this for my last child only. It was so much easier and cheaper and healthier! I would just buy apples, pears, carrots, peas, green beans, etc. Cook them and then put in food processor. I also bought those little stainless steel condiment containers from Walmart (I have about 100 now, lol) and filled them and put them on baking sheets and right to freezer. Would take out what I needed each morning to defrost and use for the day. As she got older, I would just take spaghetti, other noodles, or whatever and put in processor.

Dawn - posted on 09/13/2009

I use to make my own baby food when my children where toddlers. I started to make the food when they where only 6mo's old. I would buy the baby food jars and reuse them. what I did is just make everyday food you would eat and put it in a blender to puree the food and put the food in the baby jar lable them and reseal the lid in another words I would can the food. Once my children reached 12 mo's or so I would just slowly start making the food just like the baby step foods you buy in the stores. and eventully by the time they reached 18mo's they would be on reagular food just like adult would eat. Learning to can made life simple since I gave birth to 3 children in 31/2 yrs. now my children are teens. I hope this helped some.

Jeannette - posted on 09/12/2009

I blended lots of fuits and veggies. Even meats (ground beef did not turn out well). Just add water until you get the consistency you want. As he got older I tired some baby recipees, but they never went over too well and it was more work. I ended up just over cooking and blending more of the food we ate without most of the spices. And no salt. Babies do not need to develope a taste for salt.

Brenda - posted on 09/12/2009

The two funniest things I saw my kids eat (not including teething on frozen veggies) was turkey dinner all mashed up for the 10 month old...LOOOOVED the turkey, gravy and potatoes all mashed together and about flipped over the fruit salad. The second was when my daughter was tiny, I would hold her in my arms and with one hand hold her and a banana and with the other I'd use a baby spoon and scrape the top (the long way) of the banana. It instantly mashes the banana as you scrape it. The baby looooved it! Talk about fresh! They also loved it when I'd mash the veggies from our roast dinner and add the liquid from the cooking pot to make a baby food consistency. They'd get to bouncing on my lap and clapping their hands. It was pretty funny.

Stephanie - posted on 09/10/2009

ive never really used any special recipes for baby food. I did make sure i steamed all my veggies and some fruits(steaming makes these foods retain all their vitamins where boiling doesnt). i would steam a good amount then puree it in my food processer and put some in new and very clean ice cube trays which i then put in a freezer bag so it would be more sterile.it saved alot of money and time cuz all i had to do was thaw out whatever i wanted and with perfect little portions it worked out well.

Pernilla - posted on 09/10/2009

Hi!
This is one of my daughters favorite recepies:

Boil potatoes
When they are almost ready, add peas, cubes of carrot and finely minced leek (I usually put the leek into a tea ball) into the potatoe water.
Chop parsley
Cut smoked ham (not too smoked) into very small cubes

When Your boild veggies are ready, take the potatoes and mash them. Add potatoe water, butter and perhaps milk or cream. After that, add carrots, peas, leek, parsley and ham and stir around.

I don´t know how much of each ingredient I use, But it´s easy to do and I´m sure You vill find the right composition. When my daughter only ate pure I used to mix everything. Now shes got teeths and I only mash the potatoes. Good Luck

Twyla - posted on 09/10/2009

yea right

Kerry - posted on 09/10/2009

My kids never ate anything out of a jar. i wouldnt eat it so whey shoudl i make them eat it.. i just gae them the same veggies pureed as we were having, and fruit pureed.. they loved it and still do, its so much better for them, and not high in salt plus its cheaper... enjoy!!!

Anu - posted on 09/10/2009

u can feed even a six month old baby.roast 1 tsp of very fine semolina with a bit of ghee n set aside.boil 25 ml of water n milk 1:1 ratio add the roasted semolina cook well till semi solid . then add bit of sugar or salt.my son liked it with salt .this amouth is for a six month old,u can increase as required n can give even the elders when ill n adviced on soft diet.

Rebecca - posted on 09/10/2009

Oven baked risotto is really easy and you can make any flavour or consistency you like. Basically, it consists of 2 cups of arborio (or other risotto) rice with 5 cups of liquid (stock, wine or water) and add whatever else you like - meat, fish, veges, anything really! Cook in a casserole dish (with lid on) in a moderate oven (180 deg C) for 1.5 hours. Stir through some parmesan cheese when it's cooked to add dairy to the meal. Quick, easy and filling!



My daughter also loves spag bol. I cook a regular bolegnaise sauce, but with heaps of veges (carrot, zucchini, capsicum) grated in to it and some peas and corn kernels. When it's cooked, stir in some cooked small star pasta or risoni and grated cheese. It covers all food groups.



I have heaps more too, if you're interested just let me know.



Bec :)

Nicole - posted on 09/09/2009

My kids are older, but I used to make it my slef. They enver got anything out off a jar. I cooked the same veggies as for us and didn;t put any spices on it and over cooked a smal protion for the kids; then put them in a blender with the veggies water or some juice. I purposly overcooked the nodles for the kids and also put them into the blender. I have an opend faced press. and was able to make instant apple sauce with fresh apples. Also works with pears. Bananas are easy to squash with a fork. Meat I took the more well done edges and put into a blender as well usually with the veggies or nodles. My kids are great eaters and have enver had any problems wth eating. I believe part of that is that they got used to reall food right away and always wanted to eat what we had. If you ahve a more picky eater and are concerend about calories, you can always mix formula into the blender with the food.

Jillian - posted on 09/09/2009

How old is your baby? For really little ones I used to stew and mash pear or apples. Mashed banana or avocado was often a success. Likewise potato, sweet potato and pumpkin mashed, separately at first but together once I knew they could tolerate each of the ingredients.



The first protein food I introduced was soft, well cooked, white fleshed fish. Skin and bones removed and sometimes added to mashed potato. I held off on strawberries and eggs until they were at least a year old, in case of allergies. Looking back, it seems they were eating modified versions of our own food in almost no time.



As soon as they wanted to grab the food for themselves and were able to chew a bit, many of their meals were finger foods and salads. Cheese sticks, celery, bits of tomato, capsicum and cucumber, soft meats, mince and sausage... that sort of thing.



When they were toddlers, some of their favourite meals included "eggy bread": soft boiled eggs mashed up with little bits of soft, buttered bread with the crusts cut off, "pisghetti" with a tomato, onion and garlic sauce, and parmesan cheese. Tuna in a tomato based sauce with rice was a big favourite (still is). Fruit salad was always a big hit, made with watermelon, rockmelon and honeydew melon and maybe some pineapple or stonefruit if it was in season.



Chicken stirfry is still popular and works as a finger food for little ones. Cut onion, broccoli and chicken into bite size chunks. Quickly stirfry in a hot wok, moving the food around constantly. When the chicken is just cooked through add a few drops of boiling water out of the kettle to steam the food. Then a few spoonfuls of oyster sauce and soysauce to taste. For older kids, a bit of grated ginger and maybe some water chestnuts make the flavour a little more sophisticated. Alternatively, for older kids only, you can add some almonds you've already lightly toasted in a pan. You can swap the broccoli for some bok choy, or a similar chinese style vegetable and even add carrots and beansprouts if you like. The object is to just cook the food and keep the crunch in the vegetables, so it's better to put the chicken in the wok a minute or so before you add the vegies.