Homemade Baby Food

I've been using the Super Baby Food book by Ruth Yaron for both my children. There is a website-www.superbabyfood.com that may be helpful.
D.- Skippack

I am also a first time mom. My daughter was born Dec 2007. I have not introduced food yet, but i intend on making my own baby food when the time seems fit. I have a kit called "So Easy - Baby Food Kit" which i intend on using. take a look on Amazon, you may find it there. I think Babies R Us sells it and our local health food store does too.

I often make veggie purees and add them to our dinners. They can be used for baby food too. Just steam a vegetable of choice (such as butternut squash) and puree it in the blender or food processor. You can also add a little water depending on the age of your child and the consistency you want. A great new cookbook I've been using is "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeld. This book has a lot of puree ideas that can be used for baby food.

I have heard great things about the book, "Super Baby Food." Good luck.

Hi M.. I made my own baby food for both of my children and loved it. It was so simple. I had a baby mill and put everything in it! I steamed peas, brocolli, carrots, baked sweet potatos, apples, avocado, mango (though watch the fibers with mangos with young babies--great flavor, though, to introduce), bananas, you name it. You don't need to do anything fancy, simply introducing them to whole foods is terriffic. They will develop a taste for these pure flavors and you will thank yourself later for it. My two are 4&1/2 and almost three and they could each finish a mango on their own, not to mention the fact that i never have to tell them to eat all of their brocolli! I agttribute this to the early intro of these beautiful flavors.
good luck!

I have the Baby Steps Food Guide and Cookbook. I ended up not making my own for my son, but will now for my daughter who should be starting solids any day now. My pediatrician recommended getting a Magic Bullet to help make the food and I've talked to dozens of other mommies who have used the Bullet for baby food and swear by it.

I purchased a cookbook from One Step Ahead (I think it is called First Foods or something like that). It gives you TONS of options for making your own baby food...plus it gives you recipes for toddlers, kids and your entire family. Be sure to purchase a food mill and/or a food processor.

Good luck!!

K.

You don't need a recipe. I just looked over what was for dinner and smooshed up the peas, chicken, soft bananas, cook apple slices in the microwave and then smash them. If you have one of those puree machines, that will reduce anything to a fine mush. Most of the time, I smoothed it with a fork in a little custard cup so I didn't make more than needed. Black & Decker makes a great Little machine that can be used for the baby and for your other recipes. You don't need the baby food type since the other is fine and can make larger amounts.

My last child, (my third) was the cheapest. I breastfed him for a year or so, he got his teeth early (11 mos.) and I simply started feeding him smooshed table food around 6 mos. (when he looked interested). I never bought a jar of baby food for him. You can make up a few extras for when you run out by taking the leftovers, pureeing them and placing them in single serving, small tupperware-like containers. They freeze well. Just make some up as you go along.

Bananas and apples are a first food and you don't have to force a kid to eat food before 6 mos. Some say their systems aren't ready for it and others are worried about allergies. There is also rice cereal you can mix up on your own.

http://www.easy-homemade-babyfood.com