I really enjoy making baby food. If you
have never tried it, it is super easy and you usually can make a lot of it for
very little money. Here are the basic steps I use to make apple sauce.
Now I occasionally like to be sneaky and stick in something super
healthy, so today, this recipe is for Apple Spinach Sauce. I used 4 large
organic apples and one package of organic baby spinach. When I make this
again, I am going to double the apples to 8 for a sweeter more aromatic sauce.
This is really all you need to make baby food |
Step 1: Wash the apples and spinach
Step 2: Peel the apples (this isn't necessary but I prefer to do this)
Step 3: Steam the fruit and vegetable.
- There are A LOT of ways to steam your food. There are those cool baby gadgets that let you steam and puree all in one appliance.
- When I am home, I just steam using a pot of water and a steaming basket.
- For this food, I was in the Holloway's showroom so I used a Convection Steam Oven. These ovens are so cool! I'm not sure I would buy one JUST for baby food but these ovens are amazing. I will be sure to write a post on these in the near future!
I just put the peeled apples and spinach in the same tray and steamed them in the convection steam oven. |
Step 4: Once the food is nice and soft, place it in the food processor and puree. For this recipe, I used the KitchenAid 13 cup Food Processor in RED! I love this thing. (Shameless plug - you can buy them at Holloways!)
A Yummy Green Mixture |
My son liked really watery baby food but my daughter prefers her food much thicker so I barely added any water to this recipe at all. Remember you can always add some cereal if it gets really watery. I had to do that with carrots once because I basically made the baby food into orange water. I didn't want to waste it, so I just used it to combine with some baby oatmeal. She loved it...but my daughter isn't too picky in the food department.
Step 6: Freeze the extra!
This makes a lot of food and my kiddos can never eat that much so I freeze the remaining amount. I do this in a two step process. I first place as much as I can in these little containers. They can go in the refrigerator or the freezer. After that, I place the remaining in ice cube trays. Once the baby food is frozen, I pop the little cubes out and put them in freezer bags. (FYI-Each cube is about one ounce.)
This makes a lot of food and my kiddos can never eat that much so I freeze the remaining amount. I do this in a two step process. I first place as much as I can in these little containers. They can go in the refrigerator or the freezer. After that, I place the remaining in ice cube trays. Once the baby food is frozen, I pop the little cubes out and put them in freezer bags. (FYI-Each cube is about one ounce.)
I got these little jars at Target...I forget the brand name though. |
Here's my little guy eating some homemade baby food. |
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