Dane's started to work on solids, and hence, I've started to make baby food for him. I was daunted at first, but it turned out to be incredibly simple. We have an amazing restaurant-grade blender, and so it turned out be just a matter of cooking then pureeing the foods. After putting them into ice cube trays and freezing them, I have bags of delicious pure fruits and veggies at my finger tips. Freezing them allows me to keep a wider variety of foods available, as I don't have to worry about timing the ripening correctly or keeping watch for food getting old. Below is a current list of great fruits and veggies to work with.
Veggies - Sweet potato, snow peas, squash, carrots and Dane's personal favorite, avocado
Fruits - Mango, banana, blueberries (although this one stains things so badly that I've stopped making them recently), strawberries
We've also recently added tofu, which was kind of a challenge to make in a form that Dane liked. I ended up making a smoothie out of tofu, mango, passion fruit and strawberries that he loves. This is runny when thawed, so I just add a bit of oatmeal and it becomes the perfect consistency.
If you like the idea of making baby food but don't have time to cook everything, you can also use high-quality frozen fruits, or steam in the bag veggies.
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