Be your baby's Personal Chef

I started making E a bunch of her baby food so I wanted to share the "recipes." First of all, your going to need ice cube trays, aluminum foil, freezer baggies, something to mash with (fork, masher, etc.), blender/food processor,water and a steamer (it can be an insert or a separate machine).

FREEZING FOOD
Put the food into ice cube trays and cover with foil. Freeze, then remove cubes, and toss them into a baggie. *Important: Make sure you label the baggie with the type of food and a discard by date (2 months from when you made it)*

DEFROSTING FOOD
Put a cube into a microwave safe bowl and heat at 50%. Times vary with each food and microwave so start with 15 seconds and go from there. Make sure the food is lukewarm so you won't burn the baby's tongue.

AVOCADO
A excellent choice for a baby's first food. It's got a mild taste and tons of nutrients. Get a bunch of ripe avocado, peel and pit em, then mash them. I like to put them in a mixing bowl and use the potato masher and then add water until it's a baby food-like consistency (it should fall off the spoon pretty easily). Follow freezing instructions.

MANGO
Peel with a veggie peeler and cut off the fleshie part from the giant seed. Throw it in the blender or food processor and add wanter to get the right consistency. Follow freezing instructions.

CARROTS
I cheat and buy organic baby carrots since they're already peeled. Throw them in the steamer till they're soft. Puree them and add water if needed. Follow freezing instructions.

As you can see these instructions get pretty repetitive. You can use canned fruits/veggies just rinse them off and always buy the no sodium and non sweetened versions. Organic is good too. Oh yeah, if you heat up the food and it comes out too watery, I just add a little rice cereal to thicken it. And you can feed babies unsweetened applesauce instead of buying baby food jars.