Baby Food

Question: Making your own baby food question?

(Posted by: ಌмι¢αн'ѕ мσммуಌ [6.5.09] on 2009-09-18 09:00:44)

I plan to make my own baby food. I have a rice cooker which stems veggies..Can I use this to steam his veggies that will then be pureed? Also are there any small BPA free food processors? Any moms who make their own baby food, any tips? Also could I freeze my own baby food in the little gerber containers?

Posted by: The Natural Mommy on 2009-09-18, 09:07:39

I used a pressure cooker to cook my sons fruits and veggies, and the magic bullet to puree. As for freezing - you can use ziploc freezer bags, and defrost in a pot of warm water.

Posted by: Big Red on 2009-09-18, 09:07:41

I made mine for a while, until i started back into school. But you can always get ice trays and freeze them like that and with in a day they should be good enough to take out and put into a freezer bag. But it takes a long time to make it and everything

Posted by: Katie W on 2009-09-18, 09:28:20

I don't cook special foods for my twins, I just puree our leftovers or use leftovers from the garden or home canned veggies. as for freezing we use regular ice cube trays covered with plastic wrap, after a day in the freezer I pop them out and put them in a freezer bag.

Posted by: Stacy's Mom on 2009-09-18, 09:38:01

If you Google, there are lots of websites with good info. You'll have to check your rice cooker's manual to find out if it can cook veggies too. I bought inexpensive steamer baskets that I used to cook veggies and I bake the fruit in a water bath (about a half inch of water in the pan). I puree the food either with a hand blender (what you'd use for soups) or in my glass-jarred blender. Some foods, like pears, green beans, and sweet potatoes contain strings that can choke little babies and should be strained through a sievee. I then put my fully pureed and/ or strained foods in clean ice cube trays. I put those trays in the *fridge* until they're cool to reduce the chance of freezer burn. Then I put them in the freezer, and the next day I transfer the cubes to a freezer bag marked with the type of food and date I made it. I take individual cubes out of the freezer the night before I need them and put them in the fridge to thaw. I never warm anything. My daughter has no problem with cool food. It might sound more complicated than it really is. I just cook two or three things for her while I'm making our weekly meals for the freezer. It's very little trouble and doesn't take that much time. (It's also generally cheaper and her food tastes like what it's supposed to be! Jarred baby food is awful!!)

Posted by: BMABL2122 on 2009-09-18, 09:43:42

I would just use the magic bullet to puree my babies food. It seemed to work out pretty well and was fairly inexpensive. You can use ice cube trays to freeze the food and it also make the portion control pretty easy too. I think it is really great that you are going to make your babies food.

Posted by: Ashley ♥Aislings Mum♥ {09.25.08} on 2009-09-18, 10:37:38

I'm not sure about BPA free food processors. I can't see any reason why you can't use the rice cooker to steam his veggies if it has that option. What I did for storing when I was making baby food was I would steam it, puree it, pour into an ice cube tray and stick it in the freezer. Once it was frozen, I popped the food out and put it in labelled freezer bags. Once frozen, the food is good for approx. 3 months. But it's recommended to use it within 1 month.