cooking for baby

 

last thursday we were cleared to try some different solids not of the rice cereal variety.  the time had finally come to bring out my babycook machine and get to steaming.  this machine is amazing if you've ever been interested in making your baby's food.

this weekend, at my usual grocery run, i snagged some organic fruits and vegetables: pears, apples, carrots, bananas, sweet peas, and sweet potatoes.  after i read through the instructions about three times, i felt ready to take on this challenge.  it was actually really fun and i feel so much better about putting these little mashes into holden's body because i know it doesn't get any healthier.  plus, have you ever seen how expensive the little jars of organic baby food are?

so, here are a few images of my little process and a shot of my freezer.  after you freeze the individual portions (note the orange and green trays), you can just stick them in a labeled freezer bag (seen here next to the thin mints, mind you) with the date you made them and they're good for three months.  the beauty of that is it actually takes very little time to have three months' worth of baby food stock...even i don't think that's too much work.  later, i'll post a photo of our sloppy little eater.