Sunday (since Daddy was off) I decided to take a crack at making my own baby food for Elizabeth. She has just really started eating cereal and baby food last week. At first she didn't want to have anything to do with cereal but once I started giving her baby food with it, she seemed to love it all. She has gotten so much better at eating just in this one week. So many parents these days choose to make baby food for their kids because of the organic side of it but as many of you might know (and see), I am not a health nut and neither is Greg. Our reasoning is truly based on the cost. I think that is the accountant in me! After a trip to HEB to buy all the fruits and vegetables, I figured everything up. We spent a total of $18.21 on all the fruits and vegetables. One jar of baby food would cost $.44. At that rate, we could buy 41 jars of baby food for $18. In total, we had over 200 servings of baby food when all was said and done. That is a total of about $.09 per serving versus $.44 per serving of jarred baby food. I am hoping that maybe I will only have to make food about once a month so even my time is worth it. Can we all say WOW!?! In order to freeze all the individual servings I needed to find some ice cube trays. Who would have thought trying to find ice cube trays would be so hard!?!
It was truly a very easy process. I washed all the fruits and vegetables and got everything going in different pots and pans. I had butternut squash baking in the oven, frozen peas in microwave, peeled and cut up sweet potatoes and apples in pots on the stove. It worked out great because of course the peas were done first and I put them in the Baby Bullet (I got for a baby shower gift) and processed those. Once those were done, the apples were ready. The butternut squash and sweet potatoes followed shortly after. I did do a mango for Elizabeth to try this week but I think that piece of fruit is more trouble than it is worth and you can't freeze mango servings. After all was said and done it took me about 3 hours or so to complete it all. I still have the pears, yellow squash, and grean beans to do but those will be done this week once I pop all the other stuff out of the ice cube trays.
My parents came over yesterday afternoon to have supper with us. This was truly another blessing because my mom entertained Elizabeth and fed her some fresh apple sauce and cereal for me while I worked. She seemed to love the fresh apples and I can't wait for her to try everything else. Here are some pictures of Elizabeth enjoying her baby food (and cereal):
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