Home-Made Baby Grub Update

A little while ago, I mentioned that my little munchkin will start eating veggies & fruits soon and that I wanted to prepare the food myself. He is currently eating cereal and this week I felt he was ready to move on to the next step. I went to Wal-Mart to look for a regular food processor, and didn't see anything worth purchasing, so I hit up Babies R Us and picked up a Hamilton Beach Bebe Mini Blender for $30. It is compact which I really like, it makes 14 oz. of baby food in one shot and it purees really well. Seeing as this my first time ever preparing baby food I started with just one sweet potato. I put a pot to boil, peeled and chopped the potato and waited about 20mins for the pieces to be soft enough to blend. I put all the pieces in the blender, added some of the left over boiled water and a couple of pushes of the pulse button and voila! homemade baby food! I was actually surprised at how easy and fast the whole process really was (all in all, it took me less then 45mins). I put some in a bowl for Ki's dinner and the remainder I put into an ice cube tray to freeze for later.

Once it was time to eat, I got my little one into his chair and he really enjoyed the new flavor. It was pretty delicious, I taste tested prior to feeding him. I look forward to letting Kion try a variety of new foods and flavours in the future, and I take pride in the fact that I am making his food all by myself.

Yum!

Home-Made Baby Grub

As my little munchkin gets older and is almost reaching the 6 month mark, I have started thinking and preparing to introduce him to veggies and fruits. Currently he is eating rice cereal with a little prune juice mixed in and he is becoming such a pro at it! It's so cute! I want to make my own baby food to ensure I am feeding my little one the healthiest food possible.

I originally wanted to purchase the Baby Bullet which is $80 at Canadian Tire, but I think that is quite pricey. I then started looking online for the best food processor to blend up baby food and I came across this ultra cool Babypro All In One Baby Food Maker by The First Years. It's only $48 (on Amazon) and its a steamer and a food processor all in one! It sounds amazing. It's BPA free and dishwasher friendly, yay! Have you heard and/or used this machine? Am I over-complicating things lol... should I just buy a regular old food processor? How do you make your baby/toddler's food?  Let us know, we would love to here about it!