the big wide world of (yummy) baby food

I anticipated well in advance that I would greatly enjoy the time when I could start introducing Claire to the world of solid food. We waited until she was about 4.5 months old, and it's been an adventure ever since! From memory, the first thing she tried was rice cereal mixed with breast milk. Pretty boring standard place to start. She mostly gets pures cooked at home by yours truely, but I also buy about 4 pouches of commercial baby food each week for when I need something quick to grab if we're racing out the door, but I'll save that post for another day.. She is a fabulous eater and will eat almost anything I offer her, with the exception of peas and potatoes. For the sake of ease, every couple of days I'll cook up a big batch of whatever fruit or vege that I've got handy, or decided it's time to introduce, and then pop them in the freezer in little containers. The containers that I was using were given to me by a friend and hold probably about 1.5 tablespoons of food. They are plastic and cube shaped and sit in a little tray. Once they've frozen I pop them out (READ: run them under hot water, trying not to burn myself, and then squeeze and sqeeze until they pop out) into zip-lock bags and label with the date cooked and name of the food. My 8.5 month old hungry-starving baby eats a couple of cubes per meal, so I go through about 4 cubes each day (she gets cereal for breaky and other snacks like yoghurt or cheese in between).  However, yesterday when I was grocery shopping, I found these:

 

carrot & mushroom combo - not my cup-of-tea, but the baby loved!



Another great find!! What I love:

• They are the perfect meal size, so I can freeze enough for one serving
• The bottom is SILICON! This means that when the time comes to pop out into the zip-lock bag there is no hot running water required! I tried this today and is was the best thing ever!
• They were only about $8 from memory (yes I know I only bought them yesterday, but I swear mummy-brain/forgetfullness hangs around long after pregnacy is over...)
• They stack neatly in the freezer (oh, can you see the other mini cube pots to the left that I was talking about?)

 



So, I'm calling this one a win



Love,

H.


* I love parmesan cheese...