does anyone know how to make homemade baby food?

Question

my daughter has alot of health problems and i wanted to make her homemade baby food but i don't know how?please let me know if you do or any good recipes.

Answer 1

I make all my own baby food and it is really easy and cheaper in the long run. Steam or bake your vegi's until soft, blend them up with breast milk/formula and store them in the freezer in ice cube trays. One cube is a serving and just microwave them as you need them. I make about 8 trays at once and this lasts for almost 3 weeks of food. Just put in homemade baby food under google and you'll find all kinds of recipes. Due to the nitrates you can't make carrots, turnips, spinich or beets, baby food companies remove them in the manufactoring process. Nature's Best makes a great organic spinich and carrots, plus it's good to keep some jars on hand when you have to go. Good luck

Answer 2

There are lots of great books on this! :)

Congratulations on such a wise decision too. The lack of preservatives is going to be a huge boon for your daughter's health.

The gist is that you use a food processor. Want to make carrots? Put them in the food processor and blast them into bits!

If that's still too solid, then take that mush and squash it through a mesh strainer with the back of a spoon. You now have strained carrots.

Switch it up and teach her to enjoy the different flavors of foods when they're cooked and when they're raw.

Make a mix of raw and cooked carrots. When she starts to eat more solid mixes, it will give the food a fun "mouth feel," due to the contrast in textures.

Don't add sugar--she doesn't need it.

Pick foods that have different colors too. Stretch out and try small amounts of different fruits and veggies. Find out what she likes. You will put her on a path of prefering naturally tasting foods that will benefit her long into her life.

Send me email and I can send you some documents on infant nutrition to help you along.

Answer 3

One book will help you with everything - Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron. (See link below.) You can pick up a used copy on Amazon or Ebay. Great awesome book! It gives you recipes and tells you when your baby is ready for what foods. A really helpful item you can buy is "Baby Cubes." (See link below.) The portions are the perfect serving size for little ones. I had a great time making food for my baby. It's easy and nutritious and cheap - you just can't beat it. Good luck!

Answer 4

The website wholesomebabyfood.com is a good place to start. Also, if the Dr. Sears site has some info. It's very simple to do, and saves a lot of money. I also looked at which fruits and veggies are sold as "stage 1" to get an idea where to start.

Answer 5

I bought a little mini blender. All that I was told to do, boil what ever it is to make soft. Toss it in the blender with a little milk or water, and there you go. Depending on the type of food, I even used orange juice or something like that to add different flavors in.

Answer 6

I made all of my sons baby food. I bought fresh vegtables (carrotts, green beans, etc). I boiled them in baby water, and blended them in the blender. I put them in ice cube trays and froze them. (Be sure to label the trays). Each meal, I took one out and put it in the microwave. I did the same for the fruits. It is much cheaper, and more healthier for the baby.

Answer 7

just keep it simple. no spices cus their tummy isnt ready 4 them. steam veggies(dont boil)it kills nutrients.scrap apple,mush bananas,no skins and that includes beans, peas, and grapes,and nething else. papaya is good 4 the digestive tract and yummy aswell

Answer 8

Mash bananas!

Answer 9

boil potatoes ,carrots and pumpkins mash all together at butter and home made food.you can mash eggs. boil and mash fruits. be creative