Baby food is obviously ridiculously expensive. Gerber products average about $1 for every 2 oz., and other brands are a little less but not by much. So, I found a website that offers recipes for homemade baby food as well as this little storage idea. Puree whatever food you would like until it is smooth, steam your veggies beforehand. Then, to store, put the puree in an ice tray. Each frozen cube makes about 1 oz. Here is fresh squash about to go in the freezer...
and here are some peas frozen in their own little cubes. You store them in zip lock bags and they last about a month. When she's hungry, pull out one or two, heat them in a sauce pan or the microwave and you are good to go.
So 24 oz of squash and I only used 1/2 a squash I bought for $0.89 a pound. Big difference.
8 comments:
AWESOME!!! That is a really good idea. I'll have to remember that when #3 comes along! :)
Oh my, that is awesome. What a great idea my friend!
Good idea! I wish I had the time to do it! Maybe if I was stay at home....
Wow! Love it, love it. I am all about saving mula. I'm definitely going to do that in the future. Thank you for posting that!
This is so great Lara! I can't wait to try this with our next baby...
What's the website that you used for your baby food recipe.
What a good idea! The crazy thing is I have been thinking about when I am going to start Ava on solid foods and seriously 5 minutes before I looked at your blog I was thinking about how I wanted to try and save money by making homemade baby food. I was thinking that it would be such a hassle but this makes it way more convenient and doable!
yes sir - making baby food is the ONLY way to go. i did it with jorgen and it's so easy and saves so much money. i think jorgen only ever ate bought baby food in a jar twice, both times we were travelling;) it's nice knowing what is going into their bodies as well. way to go!
you are in on the puree conspiracy as well eh!
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