Making Little Man's Food

When we had our little guy we decided that when it came time we would make our own baby food for him for two reasons...make sure that he gets wholesome foods and it is much cheaper than purchasing baby food from the stores.

Coninsidently I was at the library shortly after we introduced him to oatmeal (this is one one thing that we bought from the store) and on the shelf of new books was a cookbook for baby food...Amazing. I knew the process was going to be simple but I am still blown away by how easy and benficial it actually has been. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with purchasing baby food for your little one, we just wanted to do something different for our little guy - we eat very little prepared or packaged foods so why should our little guy.

We started by arming ourselves with these items...

1. Emersion Blender
2. Ice Cube Trays
3. Cookbook (see below)
4. Lots of fruits and vegetables
5. An evening after the little guy went to bed

The book that we used is titled "The Wholesome Baby Food Guide" by Maggie Meade. It has been a great resource on how to prepare hundreds of different foods (obviously we haven't done them all yet) along with what freezes well, what doesn't, and so much more.

I went to the grocery store and spent a total of $10.13 on produce for the little guy (the only non-fresh item was the peas, however these are just as good for you and much, much cheaper).

It took two evenings of cooking and blending and the end result was over 60 meals for our little guy. 

Averaged out to about $0.16 per meal and when you compare it to about $0.50 per meal of the leading baby food brand and the stores, it can't be beat (over $20.00 in savings)...especially when it gave Todd and I two nights in the kitchen together and time to chat about just about anything.