Freeze Homemade Food (1St Stage)

Great for you! I think my "baby food" tasted so much better than the jar stuff. I froze everything but bananas (and they're easy to smush as everyone says), and I used organic applesauce, so no need to freeze that. Sweet potatoes and acorn squash and pears were some of my kids favorites. Things like the pears were great mixed with a little oatmeal.

I also put the cubes in labeled freezer bags to free up the trays for another food. Have fun!

You can freeze almost anything I found. I froze everything in ice cube trays and then popped them out into labeled freezer bags, worked great. Only things I found were a waste of time in the trays were apricots and prunes b/c they don't freeze solid. So instead I just poured those straight into freezer bags and took it out a spoonful at a time. (sorta sticky, but it gets the job done)
I highly recommend wholesomebabyfood.com I used that for everthing. Great recipes and tips on how to store, and what foods to try next etc.

Sure, some things don't freeze well, like banana and avocado. I freeze almost everything else.

Big fan of wholesomebaby.

Check out the book Super Baby Foods. It lays out everything. My favorite part of it is that it tells you which foods are best for baby.

I made our sons food. The only thing we did not freeze was bananas and mashed taters. We got these single cubs that sit in a tray of 12 or 16, and we put a food in each and took it out in the morning (sent it to daycare) we heated them in a warm bath of water.

You should have started him on vegetables. All babies should be started on vegetables and not given fruit until they learn to like the vegetatbles. Stop the fruit and get him on vegetables. The little freezer containers are safer for freezing than ice cubes. The ice cubes are exposed to everything in the freezer. You can buy the tiny containers that hold one serving to freeze the food and then re-use them. Any time you eat you can throw some food in a blender for your son. Personally I would not freeze baby food any time you freeze and thaw food it loses some of it's nutrients and vitamins.

I froze food in ice cube trays, too. Why would you think there are foods you cannot freeze? And don't limit the food you give to your baby either. I had a baby food mill but a food processor will work just as well. I took small portions of every dinner I made and milled it and froze it. At 5 months, your baby should be able to tolerate solids very well. If you are just beginning to experiment with foods just always to remember to give the same food for at least 3-4 days to see if any allergy develops. Butternut squash, sweet potatoes, acorn squash...the produce section is full of different tastes. As baby gets more teeth and can tolerate chunks you can begin making it thicker but yes, give your baby whatever you eat right from the table. This way you ensure not to end up with a picky eater.

I too froze food in ice cube trays and then moved them to freezer bags. I also made homemade "cereal" by grinding up the uncooked grains into a powder before cooking. Then I froze the portions in small tupperwear containers (& then moved to freezer bags). The Super Baby Food book is great for guidance on how to cook that kind of stuff. (although she is a bit wacky when it comes to some of her commentary). Avacado is a great alternative, because like bananas, you just mash it up. no cooking required! It turns a little brown when you freeze it, but it tastes the same. Sweet potatoes are also super easy (I used the microwave) and were a huge hit with my daughter. I would also blend up frozen peas after I cooked them. (I don't think you are supposed to re-freeze though after they are cooked.) Just add extra water to everything in the early stages, as necessary. You can use less and less water as your little one develops a tolerance for thicker foods. I cooked just about every vegetable that sounded good to me, added water, and pureed. It's not as convenient as store-bought food. But I sure felt good about what I was feeding her. (But I totally bought manufactured baby food to take to restuarants or on the road.) Good luck and have fun!

I do exactly what Alana said...it's easy and works great. You don't necessarily have to freeze bananas, if you just keep some on hand, I smashed them as I went along. She's right about some of the fruits being kind of runny, but I froze them anyway. I thought it was easier and less messy, but when they thaw it's easier to just mix them in with something else.

I also used wholesomebabyfood.com so check it out!