If you're like me, you weren't surprised when your baby turned up
his nose at canned, pureed veggies. They're bland, they look dull and lifeless, they taste so… canned. All throughout
my childhood, in fact, I refused to eat canned veggies. Frozen, now… that's more my style. Why not frozen food for
babies, too?
That was the thinking behind Dominique Stevens' Loving Spoonfuls Organic Baby Food. A two-pack costs $2.95, but the marketing folks think they could charge even more (Stevens isn't biting). Today they're only available in a handful of California grocery stores, including Whole Foods, but she plans to expand to the East Coast next year. Could you make these yourself? Yes. But do you have time? [via crazedparent]
1. it is so easy to make good, simple flavorful meals for my 6 month old. It's downright dumb to spend $3 bucks on 2 measly jars when 3 bucks can buy you 3 pounds of carrots, sweet potoatoes or apples and you can make 10 or more meals. Sure, buy the premade stuff for when you're on the go, but put the $12 bucks you save in your gas tank or college fund.
To Make baby food:
Heat water
Wash, peel and and cut up food and steamer basket or small strainer or an aluminum pie plate with holes poked it in.
Steam food till soft.
Mash food in a bowl with some cooking liquid.
Put mush in icecube trays.
When frozen, put cubes in a zip top bag.
Reheat to eat.
If its too thick, I add water or formula. IF I make it too thin I add cereal.
The whole cooking process takes literally 10 minutes. You can make it faster and cook the vegggies or fruit in the microwave.
I use some seasoning, cinnamon, garlic, salt and or pepper, but you don't have to.
Posted at 6:50PM on Dec 18th 2005 by meg