Babyfood

I love making homemade babyfood. I have made so many different things lately for Londyn to try.

Fruit-

I like mixing fruit with oatmeal in the am. I made purees apples, pears and peaches and smoothie cubes.

Apples-
Bottled apples. Strain. Add 1 Tbsp cinnamon for 1 bottle apples. Puree and pour in baby food jars. Freeze until ready to use.

Peaches and Pears-

Puree and freeze! Super easy.

Smoothie Cubies-

Whatever you have fresh- mix together. Pour in ice cube trays and freeze.
I have made orange, pineapple, strawberry. Mixed with the mixed grain cereal it smells like toast with strawberry jam!
Today I had a bunch of bananas going bad. I mixed them with frozen strawberries and pineapple. I also added a little yogurt and some OJ.

For Lunch and Dinner we do vegetables and meats. We have found we can ground up almost anything for L. The other night we made spagetti with the healthiest ingredients and ground it up. She LOVED it!! We made extra and froze them for later.

Peas and Carrots-

Carrots are easy just steam and puree. Add some pear juice to make less solid.

Peas are supposed to be de-shelled! Takes forever if you buy fresh and only made 3 jars! I would buy frozen next time!

Beef Stew-
Ingredients


1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch pieces

2 beef bouillon cubes

1 cup hot water

1 large onion, chopped

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 bay leaf

2 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed

2 celery ribs, sliced

4 cups shredded cabbage

1 carrot, sliced

1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce

salt to taste

Directions

1.In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, brown stew met; drain. Meanwhile, dissolve bouillon cubes in water; add to beef. Add onion, pepper and bay leaf. Cover; simmer 1-1/4 hours or until tender. Add potatoes, celery, cabbage and carrot. Cover and simmer 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in tomato sauce and salt. Simmer, uncovered, 15-20 minutes more. Remove bay leaf before serving.

(Nat's Notes: I used s packets of McCormicks beef stew seasoning (instead of the bouillon cubes and bay leaf) and used 2 lbs beef. I added a lg. can of diced tomaotes. I cooked this in my electric pressure cooker and cooked it for 30-40 minutes. Very good flavor) 

Julies Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
This soup recipe is yummy for you and your baby! Makes a ton! Jar and Freeze. You can mix this with extra carrots or peas to add nutrition to the yummy flavor.

I made the tortilla soup recipe below and fed it to Londyn. She loved it!

I made labels on the computer from mailing labels and put the baby food jars in cans in my freezer. After removing from the freezer store in the fridge. We try to feed them to Londyn within 3 days.