Homemade Baby Food

This past week Olive turned 5 months so I decided to start her on solids. Before I actually had her I knew two things: (1) That I was going to cloth diaper her; (2) That I was going to make her homemade baby food. Well, we have the cloth diapers down so now it was time to fulfill number two. I already had the Baby Bullet that I bought for $20 (a steal!!) so all I needed were the ingredients. I decided to start out with carrots. I did my research on how to prepare, cook, and store her food.

I got all the tools needed: pot, carrots, Baby Bullet or blender, peeler, knife, cutting board, ice tray, cookie sheet, and wax paper

I peeled a little over a dozen carrots and washed them.

I cut the ends off the carrots and then cut them in half. Since the top part of the carrot is thicker than the bottom I cut the top half in half again because I wanted all the pieces to be around the same size.

I put the cut up carrots in a pot filled with water and then ate my baked ziti to kill some time.

After the carrots boiled in the water for about 8 minutes I put the carrots in the Baby Bullet. I used the same water they were boiled in for the carrot puree because all the nutrients are in that water. I started the bullet and made some baby food! It came out perfect!

After I made the puree I used an ice tray and a cookie sheet with wax paper to freeze the baby food servings. After they were frozen I labeled a frozen zip lock gallon bag with the date and put all the frozen baby food in there. I also put one serving in three baby food jar containers for the refrigerator.

Olive approved! Best part is that I have stocked up carrot baby food that will last me about 2-3 months, depending on how much I give her, all for less than $1.98! This week I will make a batch of green beans and peas.