Making Your Own Baby Food
How to make baby food.
Making your own baby food. Making your own baby food is actually simpler than it seems just blend up a few simple steamed veggies fruits or well cooked meats and youre in business. Its also a way to get more control over whats going into babys mouth and may save you money over the pricey jarred foods. While convenient commercial baby foods lose vitamins and nutrients during processing not to mention the yumminess that gets. Mashing a very ripe avocado or banana is a good place to begin.
Wash it then bake boil using as little liquid as possible or steam vegetables and hard fruits like apples and plums before pureeing or grinding them. Best of all you know exactly what youre feeding your baby. If you are interested in preparing your own baby food but find the idea daunting start with just a few homemade items. Its also convenient because you can use fresh produce grains and meat that you have on hand.
How to prepare ingredients for your own baby food. After your baby responds well you can try preparing nutrient rich foods that might not be as common in the baby food aisle such as beets broccoli turnips. Great for 4 months stage 1 baby food. You dont have to be a master chef to make your own baby food.
Making your own baby food does help you think more about what youre feeding your child says erika radtke the mother of a 4 year old boy and newborn daughter in carlsbad calif. Peel and pit or strain as needed then puree in a blender grinder or food mill adding liquid water breast milk formula to get the desired consistency for your baby the older.