Babyfood-Making Rookie

Well, its official that I am a babyfood making rookie, but I can now say I have done it! I have wanted to do it for a long time and I guess I will admit, I have just been lazy! Sad, I know! As I said earlier, I can't stand the thought of those baby food meats that you can buy. So, I decided to make some of my own.

I started out with chicken and sweet potato. I used one raw chicken breast (Jen~you can do this...Jeff will cut it up for you!) and one sweet potato. I started small because I wanted to make sure Hayden would eat it before I made a ton of it. I cubed both the potato and chicken breast and boiled them together for about 20-30 minutes until both were done. I then spooned the potato and chicken out and put it in the blender.



I set the the water I boiled it in to the side so I could use it as a I needed when I was mixing it up.



I would recommend using a larger stock pot to do this. Mine boiled over both times! You would think I would learn the first time! Not good for a Momma that has a baby that likes to crawl around in the kitchen now!

Then you get that blender going!



I ended up putting mine in my little food processor because my chicken was still a little chunkier than I wanted.



Then, you put it in your ice cube trays to freeze. (It seemed easiest for me to use a baby feeding spoon to get it into the tray without making a mess.) The one sweet potato and one chicken breast made one tray full. (I figure enough for 7 meals).



I then put some cling wrap over it.



After it froze, I put them in freezer baggies for easy access! I didn't put too many in a bag so I wasn't openening the same bag over and over leading to freezer burn!



Hayden trying the sweet potatoes and chicken...He wanted more!


I made apples and chicken as well. I actually added some carrots in with it because carrots are not Hayden's favorite thing. I didn't have to use the food processer with it. The blender worked great. The only bad thing was it took the carrots a little longer to cook than everything else. But, it turned out fine and Hayden seemed to like it! I actually used 1 1/2 apples, about 8 small carrots, and one chicken breast. This made 1 1/2 ice cube trays.

You may have noticed the freezer bag above says peas and carrots. With this, I had opened a can of peas and carrots for Hayden to try. He loved them and did well with self feeding. But, of course you have a ton left over. I decided to go ahead and blend these to freeze as well. So, I got 8 meals for 88 cents!





All in all, it was a pleasant experience and I regret not doing this sooner!