Now that Eden is starting to sample her first solid foods, I dusted off our trusty baby food mill, for it's 3rd go 'round. Talk about bringing back memories.
First I started with some beautiful organic sweet potatoes.
Next I washed them, poked holes in them and rinsed them in water before covering them with aluminum foil and baking them at 415 degrees for 45 minutes, per this recipe. I managed to sneak in a cat nap with Eden while they baked, the recipe did not call for this, but it sure did help me. ;)
When they were done baking I peeled off the skin, and cut the potatoes into chunks before mashing them in the food mill.
When they were done baking I peeled off the skin, and cut the potatoes into chunks before mashing them in the food mill.
Once I had everything mashed I placed it in ice cube trays and put them in the freezer! I learned this trick when I first started making baby food, and was thrilled to discover that each ice cube is about 1 oz. so you have some sort of measurement to go off of when feeding your little one.
Once frozen I plopped all the cubes in a ziploc baggy where they happily await me in my freezer. Just thaw and serve! Talk about easy, healthy, and cheap too! You can't beat that. Enjoy!
1 comment:
This is exactly what I used to do when my girls were babies. Now they are 7 and 9, and guess what. They love vegetables. I have to believe they acquired a taste for the real deal because I made their baby food without sugar and HFCS and the other additives you find in store-bought baby food.
But believe me, I'm not one of those happy-to-be-in-the-kitchen smiling supermoms. The make-a-ton-at-once and freeze 'em in cubes system saved me (and the sweet potatoes were a favorite...).
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