Comments on: Make Your Own Baby Food

By: tamidor

tamidor — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:53:24 +0000

Hi Kim,
I like to put it in the fridge the night before to thaw it. You can also heat it over the stove.

By: Kim Devoe

Kim Devoe — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:37:00 +0000

How do you thaw the food once it's frozen? Do you just heat it up over the stove or wait for it to thaw?

By: Maritza

Maritza — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:56:52 +0000

I forgot to mention, any ideas for snack time, I've given my son store bought and some homemade cookies, and store bought pudding, any ideals for snack time that are at room temp. or hot, he is not able to eat anything cold. I forgot to mention that I made fried plantains for my son and he loves them, Polenta, rice flour it's like ground cornmeal, you can find it next to the cornmeal in the geocery stores, and it's made the same way as cornmeal. Before turning in the stove put a little bit of water and milk (about 1/2-1 cup, depending on how much you want to make), then add salt to taste and sugar, taste make sure you like, then turn on the stove and Gradually add the rice flour while continually whisking, keep adding until you think it's getting thick, the rice flour should be less then the amount of water you are adding. once it is cook and a little bit thick it should be done. Always check if it's cook before giving it to the child. It's my grandmothers recipe so it took me a few tries before it came out the way she use too do it for us when we were little. LOL.

By: country girl

country girl — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:52:12 +0000

It is so strange that mothers are just now being introduced to home made baby food. I cooked all of my babies their food, put it into ice cube trays and then pulled out a full course meal for my little ones. I did this thirty two years ago. Isn't that strange. When I cooked my unseasoned cuts of meat and grind it up, I added an unseasoned white sauce to the meat. My babies loved it. I had a portable grinder which I could attach at the table when my babies got a little older. I noticed the grinder is now being sold in stores. I am glad that mothers are taking a little time in this busy world to give their little ones a healthy start in life.

By: Maritza

Maritza — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:29:56 +0000

That is such a cute baby.

By: Maritza

Maritza — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:26:09 +0000

Yes please Recipes for toddlers my son is 3 years old and I cook his foods, but I've cooked pretty much the same thing for a while now, I wish I had some new recipes for my 3 year old. Also at times it's hard to cook for just one (My Child), I'm use to cooking for lots of people in my family. So recipes that call for just one child will be great (LOL). I also mix in the veggies with his meats and rice, or any other meals I make for my son, I find that's the only way I can get him to eat his veggies and probably won't notice I have veggies in his meals. (it's a good ideal for picking eaters). I like recipes for pizza, mac and cheese, etc.., instead of me buying them, every one recipe I made for mac and cheese didn't come out good, yes I know, it's easy, but for some reaseon it didn't work for me. I've given my son, sloppy Joes, rice and chicken (boil) with veggies, thin slice of steak (boil) with mash potatoes, spaghettis and veggies. For breakfast I made pancakes, a boil hot dog and an egg, ham and cheese (or hot dog) Omelet, oatmeal. Fast breakfast ideals will be great, since he is in school now.

By: Happy Gramma

Happy Gramma — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:04:08 +0000

This is great. My daughter makes all of her son's baby food – and is thrilled to be adding more regular food to his diet now that he is away from puree and on to solid foods. His favorites are bananas, green beans and grilled chicken! How about some recipes for toddlers?

By: Elowen's Mommy

Elowen's Mommy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:30:38 +0000

I made all of my daughter's baby food (she's now a year old and eats just about everything I give her) and she won't touch the jarred stuff (and no wonder, since eating real food I couldn't blame her!). It's very easy to clean and sanitize regular ice cube trays (although my silicon one definitely makes it easier to take out the cubes)- steam some fruits and veggies, puree and freeze in cubes. Once they're frozen you can remove the cubes into a freezer bag and write the date it was prepared so you have a nice stock of foods to choose from. I used to make a lot of things over the weekend so I wouldn't have to rush during busy weekdays. It's so much easier and cheaper than buying food- and it gets your baby's tastebuds geared up for healthy foods instead of processed and canned foods! For instance, my daughter LOVES steamed brocolli- but if I had given her baby food brocolli she may have never liked it – blech.

By: Mommy69

Mommy69 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:48:16 +0000

I used to wait until everyone was in bed to make my baby food. My husband used to laugh at me since he couldn't understand why it gave me such pleasure. I froze the pureed food in ice cube trays. I used a metal strainer to cook the baby food and later thaw the ice cubes. Each morning when I was taking out frozen meats for everyone else I would decide which "cubes" to feed my baby that day. Wish I had done it for my first as well.

By: tamidor

tamidor — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:24:16 +0000

Thanks Stephanie and Tanya! That cute baby would be my delicious daughter:)