Mothers know that purchasing baby food can be quite expensive. In addition to the expense, there is no assurance that the baby food you are getting does not contain added sugar and/or preservatives.
However, a simple and smart method can help mothers save on the purchase of baby food, and guarantee that the baby food does not contain additives. In addition, like the slogan often used by the restaurant Burger King, you can “Have it Your Way.” You won’t be forced to make food choices with limited selections.
In order to get started, you will first need to make sure you have the following items:
- Blender
- Ice trays
- Plastic snack-size food storage bags
There are 3 simple steps on how to make your own baby food.
- Food preparation. To get started, we can look right into our own refrigerator. What do you have? Perhaps you have fruit, frozen vegetables, or some kind of leftover meat from the night before. That's perfect! Let's start with a frozen vegetable like peas (any frozen vegetable you choose is fine and will be prepared the same way). In order to retain as much of the nutrients within the vegetable as possible, we will cook the peas by steaming them. However, if you don't have a steamer, that's not a problem. You can cook the peas in a pan on the stove with a little bit of water and on a medium temperature. Once the peas are fully cooked, they can be placed in a blender with just enough water to make for a smooth consistency (not too runny and not too thick). The blender setting selected will be "puree." (Most blenders have "puree" as a setting.) It's important to make sure that the food is pureed just enough to guarantee that there are no large chunks (making it difficult for the baby to swallow or perhaps even choke)....
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Author: J. London