Before Kennedy was born I knew I wanted to make all of his food, for two reasons. 1) it’s a whole lot less expensive & 2) I am more at ease knowing just exactly what’s going into his tummy. It’s not as time consuming or intimidating as you think. I deticate about 4 hours every other Sunday and make a two week supply. That’s crazy right?!?
I usually just do simple purée’s such as sweet potato or carrots, but this time I wanted to switch it up a little and mix different fruits/vegetables. I was worried Baby K wasn’t going to like them so I put him in the high chair and let him taste test as I was makning everything. I won’t lie, he was not a big fan of raspberries. 😔 He did like everything else so I wanted to share these easy recipes.
To store the food I use BPA free Ozera Silicone ice cube trays & 5 ounce WeeSprout reusable food pouches. I bought both items from Amazon. The trays are on sale right now for $6.99 for a set of two!! That’s definitely less expensive than $14+ of what you’ll spend at a baby store.
Here are the fun recipes I did. Best part all are 4 steps or less!
Avocado & spinach oatmeal
- 1 cup of spinach
- 1 whole avocado
- 1 cup of plain oatmeal
- 2 cups of water
Step 1: pour the water and oatmeal into a saucepan on medium heat. Stir every minute or so for about 7 minutes.
Step 2: Add the spinach to the saucepan and cook for another 5 minutes while continuously stirring.
Step 3: Put the oatmeal mix into the food processor.
Step 4: Slice the avocado up and put it in the food processor with the oatmeal mix. Blend until you have a purée consistency.
This recipe yields about 15 ounces or 1 cube tray
Strawberry & Banana Yogurt Pops
- 1.5 cups of strawberries
- 3 bananas
- 1 cup of Greek vanilla yogurt
Step 1: Cut up the strawberries and bananas
Step 2: Put the strawberries, bananas, and yogurt into the food processor
Step 3: portion out the contents into popsicle containers and put in the freezer.
This recipe yields about 6 small Popsicles or 4 medium
Blueberry & Banana Purée
- 1/2 pint of blueberries
- 1/2 cup of water
- 3 bananas
Step 1: Add the water and blueberries to a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and then set aside for 15 minutes to cool down.
Step 2: cut up the bananas and put into the food processor.
Step 3: Add the blueberries and blend until you have a purée consistency.
This recipe yields about 24 ounces or 1 cube tray & 3 pouches
Raspberry, Cherry, & Kiwi Purée
- 1/2 pint of raspberries
- 1 cup of cherries
- 2 kiwi
- 1/2 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt
Step 1: Peel the kiwis & remove the pit from the cherries.
Step 2: Add all ingredients into a food processor and blend until you have a purée consistency.
This recipe yields about 24 ounces or 1 cube tray & 3 pouches
Well I hope you enjoyed my post. Until next time. Xoxo
