Back to the Basics – Make Your Own Baby Food

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The cost of baby food can really add up. I started making my own baby food with our second daughter. (Isn’t she cute!) Anyway, it is so easy to do. As you know, we grow our own organic produce, but even if you don’t just check out my lists of produce that is in season on the first of each month to find the cheapest prices for those items.

Making the food is so simple and doesn’t take much time. When my baby’s first start eating, and I am introducing one food at a time, I just spend a day making different foods. I love the variety of foods that I can give my kids this way.

For veggies, I just steam them, then put them in the food processor with a little bit of water. Once they are the consistency I want, I pour the food into ice cube trays and freeze them. Once the cubes are completely frozen, I pop them out and put them into labeled ziploc bags in the freezer.

With most fruits, I don’t cook them. I just wash them, peel them and cut them into large chunks. I put them in the food processor with a little bit of water (less than with the veggies.)  Once the cubes are completely frozen, I pop them out and put them into labeled ziploc bags in the freezer. Note some fruit won’t need any water. Also, I tried watermellon one time and it did not work at all, but all of the rest of the fruits I tried worked great!

Once my daughter is ready for the same foods that we eat, I just put a little bit of our food into a mini food processor with a little bit of water if needed, or I just mash it up with a fork. On the days that we are eating foods that she can’t have yet, I can pull out the veggies, oatmeal and fruits that I have stored in the freezer.

To make homemade oatmeal, I just put oatmeal in the food processor until it is very fine. Then I cook it per the directions, pour it into icecube trays and freeze it. Once it is frozen, I pop the cubes out and freeze them in ziploc bags.

This really doesn’t take long and is so healthy. I honestly just spend one or two days and I have enough baby food to last until they are eating table food.  I hope this helps you make some budget saving baby food for your baby!