Baby Food

Simple, easy and super healthy. Home made baby food is way simpler than you expect, and you don't need that much time or fancy equipment.

What you need:

a few ice trays
cling film
fruit and veggies
a blender/ food processor

With a 6 month old baby (/a baby that has just started weaning), the idea is that you start them off slowly. You can start with one or more fruit/veggie at a time, and change every week to give them a variety of different tastes and textures. Obviously some they will like and some they won't.

So here is an idea of how I started out. In the beginning I started with about two 'ice blocks' for meals and then add more as his hunger increased. I puréed carrots and peas, for one weeks veggie tray; and apple and pear for the week's fruit tray. Then for the next week, it was carrots and potatoes and pumpkin for veggie tray; and apple, mango, and pear for the fruit tray. Slowly adding different vegetables and fruits. Try everything. My little guy loved asparagus, even though we didn't.

When they are a little older, shred some chicken, fish and meat into the weekly vegetable trays. And add some yoghurt in the fruit trays. And don't purée so finely. This is how you can experiment with textures and tastes.

The best thing about putting the purée into ice block holders, is that you pop out how ever many cubes you need, warm them up (preferably on the stove) and it's ready.

So how you actually prepare the purée: Boil chopped veggies/ fruit - you can season, if you like. Remember your child is used to tastes that you like, they ate what you did for nine months. Once the fruit and vegetables are soft, strain them and blend until they are the desired texture. Then teaspoon into ice trays, allow to cool and cover with cling wrap. Put in the freezer.

This is also a great thing to have in your fridge when you have a toddler, you can pop puréed vegetables into their dinner without them knowing. Or they have 'yoggie pops' in the fridge when it's hot. Or if they bump their mouth, they have a yummy ice pack!

Hope this helps!
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