Homemade Baby Food
@MischiefFilledMe (268)
United States
5 responses
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
31 Jul 12
My son's first solid food is the mashed banana with a little bit of milk. You are right that making your own baby food is lot cheaper and you are much sure that you are safe and clean.
Just boil veggies like squash, potato or apple and mashed it, add a little bit milk or sugar for taste.
Although it is lot cheaper, it has a shorter life span so better prepare only few amounts so that nothing will be left or spoiled.
@MischiefFilledMe (268)
• United States
1 Aug 12
Thanks for the tip! I've heard that some veggie/fruit purees are okay if you put them in the freezer, though. Is this true?
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
1 Aug 12
I have not idea and haven't tried putting the veggie or fruit puree in a freezer. What we did is just freshly cooked veggie, mashed and let it eaten by our son. He was 6 months old that time when we introduced him solid foods.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
31 Jul 12
i bought all the fresh veggies and fruit and cooked them all and put through a baby food grinder which was passed along through the women in my hubby's family. you could also use a baby bullet. then, what i did was put them into ice cube trays and then froze it. then you take out as much as you want and thaw.
@MischiefFilledMe (268)
• United States
1 Aug 12
Never would have thought to use ice cube trays... Cool idea. Thanks!
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
2 Aug 12
|Mine are over 25 now, but "back in the day" I made my own. I bought about 2 dozen jars of baby food and kept the jars. then I bought either fresh veges and fruits or frozen and would cook them in water and nothing else... and then put it in a blender with a tad bit water or possibly butter to add tiny bit of taste, and then fill the jars with the food, twist the cap on and put them in the freezer. Worked great. I didn't do this with meat as I just didn't think the blender mushed it up enough, so I bought a few of the untiul they could eat table food, but the rest.. they ate and were healthy and atill are! I even bought sweet potatoes, and regular potatoes and boiled/baked them and then mushed up that and put it in the jar.
I know today they use those plastic containers... when my grand daughters were little that is what htey had and I know those aren't air tight sealable anymore, but you could look around and find the jars or tupperware style containers. I kept those plastic ones and now today... 5 years later...still have some of them that I use for paint water or other craft issues for the kids!
@MischiefFilledMe (268)
• United States
2 Aug 12
Cool. Thank you for the idea. I think there are still SOME baby food brands that come in the little jars.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
2 Aug 12
True; it is simpler to make baby food at home.We ought not to share recipes here but I can give you a gist. You can soak boiled rice after washing it thoroughly in water drain and let it dry a bit, just enough t o lose the moisture content.; Then you must roast it little by little [in full flame--only in full flame it will puff up nicely] and be nice and crunchy.Now either powder this in a mixie or give it in a millto get it powdered.
THis can be stored in an airtight container.You can do one kilogram at a time.
For one meal--Take two to three teaspoonfuls of powder ,add water and cook it on slow flame.It will get done in one to two minutes.Then you can add your milk powder or regular milk, some sugar and give it as a porridge to the little baby.
After the baby is six months old, you can adopt the same method, roast pulses and dhals in small quantities and make nutritious powder along with the same rice powder and give it as another type of porridge.You can try this in small quantities too to test whether the food agrees with the tender little child's digestive system.
@padu19 (1441)
• India
31 Jul 12
First of all I would like to know how old is your baby? 6 months old babies can be given homemade soups or rice mashed in the clear vegetable soups. Also, mash boiled potato with boiled beetroot is very healthy for babies. Porridge made out of Raagi is very good for health.
@MischiefFilledMe (268)
• United States
1 Aug 12
Baby is finishing up developing, and should be here by early September. Just trying to get together a baby food cookbook for when he's old enough for baby foods, and I'm not home to cook so my boyfriend knows what to give him.
Thanks for the ideas!
@MischiefFilledMe (268)
• United States
2 Aug 12
Thanks, congrats to you too!
I didn't think to look on Amazon... I think I'm going to head over there now to look. =P
I have heard that cloth diapers can be HELL to clean, so we're going disposable [sorry, environment. =(]. Might be a little more expensive, but you don't have to deal with the washing of stinky, poo-soaked cloth.
@subhojit10 (7375)
• India
31 Jul 12
Well i can suggest you to go for some crushed vegetable soups which are nutritious for babies. They can also be given mashed potatoes or crushed meat in small amounts in order to enhance their diet and speedier their growth. They are cheap and can be easily made at home. Oats is also a good option.
