Baby Food

Don't kill yourself trying to make fancy baby food or buying the latest baby food gadgets. I've tried it all and this is easiest-Almost all the recipes I post, the kids can enjoy too. Toss some on their high chair and let them experiment-or add a tad bit of water to it and toss it in a food processor. There's no need to go out and get a baby food blender...they aren't that different! I have the Baby Brezza and like it; but it's not near as easy to use as our good ol' fashioned food processor. And I know Infantino makes a baby food pouch dispenser which seems nice in theory, but that is just one more appliance to store and clean. Rubbermaid containers work just as well :) be easy on yourselves, mommas! Our lives are chaotic enough!

We have been very fortunate. Our daughter eats just about anything we shove her way! That is one of the many good things about eating clean-you don't have to worry about it's quality or content harming your babes because you know what is going into it!

We usually cook our vegetables with steam or do them roasted-which results in a nice, soft food that our 10 month old has no problem eating. Now, for those with younger kids-you'll obviously need to mash it or blend it more for them. Try it out and see what consistency they prefer. All babies are different! Our daughter didn't like anything that wasn't of breast milk consistency in the very beginning (~8 months old)

Our daughters favorite food that I've made for her so far is Mango & Sweet Potatoes:

~1 cup diced mango

~1-2 c sweet potato

Steam or boil the sweet potato (peeled) until soft, then add the mango (also steamed for about 5-10 min) then blend together with about a tablespoon of coconut milk and a dash of cinnamon. It makes it nice & creamy! Then store in containers! This stuff was so good I was eating it out of the blender (surprise, surprise..I'm always eating)

Lately though, we have just been giving our daughter the same thing we have for dinner (we break it into small pieces or mash it up) & it's SO easy. She's also learning to feed herself (double easy). 

Or in the mornings, when we juice for breakfast; we will let her have a little bit of that out of our cup. Her reaction is always priceless. You can easily freeze the juice into Popsicle molds and use for a snack or as a teething treat! Our daughter LOVES this! (If you don't have a juicer, you can also blend this into a smoothie) A good juice frozen into popsicles recipe for kids is:

-1 Gala apple

-1 heaping cup of carrots 

-splash of Aloe Vera juice

-1 cup spinach 

-1 cup berries of your choice (avoid super seedy berries if your babe is young & try a very ripe banana instead-the more ripe it is, the easier it will be for their tummies to digest it)