my first attempt at making elli's baby food was so fun! i made apples & pears. It was so easy! Now she's been eating store bought baby food for a month now because she got a bunch for easter presents but we ran out of fruit so i decided to make my own. Up until now some of her favorites have been pears, sweet potatoes, bananas, berry smoothie. Here's what i did...
peeled and cut apples & pears into chunks (make sure to get sweet apples)
boiled for 20 mins (just until tender)
added some cinnamon & nutmeg
pureed in my new food processor (score! $40 at target)
put into baby food containers and freeze
--I used 3 apples & 2 pears and it made 6 jars--
now----elli must be some kind of food snob because she hated it! i was so surprised! i think i may have gotten apples that weren't sweet and too bitter. this was so fun but unfortunately not too successful. I'm not giving up though. I'm going to keep trying! I'll keep making small amounts for now until I know what she likes, just so i dont waste.
next im going to try some of these:
just pears
sweet carrots
peas
peaches
sweet potatoes
avacado
wish me luck!
