I mentioned in the most recent posting that I have been making Ryder's food for several weeks. I chose to make Ryder's because the store food label does not tell you that they use high heat to give the food an almost 2 year shelf life. The food loses a lot of valuable nutrients during the high heating/preserving. The store food has really come a long way, and if that is what you feed your baby, he or she will thrive and do great. However, if you can find the hour or so once a week to batch prepare foods, your baby will get more nutrients from the food which he/she eats. Also, I have read that babies who eat homemade foods transition better to table/finger foods because the tastes are the same (store food tastes more bland). Here's broccoli I made last night (added breast milk to thin)!
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| Wash, steam (10 minutes), add milk, puree! |
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| Some for now, some for later (freezing)! |
How long does freshly made food stay good?
Strained fruits and vegetables 2-3 days in frig, 6-8 months in freezer
Strained meats and eggs 1 day in frig, 1-2 months in freezer
Meat/vegetable combinations 1-2 days in frig, 1-2 months in freezer
(from http://life.familyeducation.com/baby/foods/39378.html)
I'd love your tips on baby food making!! Leave them in the comments for me and others!
this is great, thanks for sharing! I def want to try to make most our food as well. No tips from this mommy to be yet still a rookie :)
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