Hi Ladies, I am getting ready to start feeding my little one solids and I want to make her baby food instead of buy it. Does anyone have any Ideas? I want her to have healthy eating habits from the start.
Thanks Ladies,
Amber

I used pureed or mashed parsnips, potatoes, sweet potates, or any combination of those. You can buy bags of frozen veggies, cook them up and then process them in a blender.

Happy Baby company also makes frozen organic baby food that is comparable in price to the jarred stuff, at least for a younger baby (when your baby gets older s/he will eat more servings so then it's a little more expensive) and my baby loved that--and it was probably even better than what I would make at home.

Whatever you decide to use, you can freeze the pureed baby food.

Also check "What to expect the First Year" for recipes for baby food. My kid loved some of that.

It was really important to me that my baby have healthy foods and I love to take an active in role in things like this, so I make my own baby food. It's really easy and I absolutely love it! I prefer to steam my fruits and veggies because the research I did said it was nutritionally better than the other methods. I did mine in batches, so for example, would peel and slice a few apples, steam them and then puree them in a blender (I use the Magic Bullet which was the perfect size for making baby food). I found this web-site: www.wholesomebabyfood.com which I thought was a great resource. Since I made batches of different fruits and veggies at one time, I bought these ice cube trays from the store that have a cover on top of the tray that slides on and off or else you have to develop a way to cover the trays while they're freezing. Once the cubes were frozen, I placed each different type in a ziploc labeled with the date and the fruit/veggie. This was nice because once my son had been introduced to the fruits/veggies individually I was able to combine the cubes. For example, I would use one cube of carrots and one cube of peas. I guess my response is a little long, but I am so happy that I chose to make my son's baby food myself and I just wanted to let you know it's not hard or time consuming. I just blocked off some time to do it once he was sleeping and preferred to do about 5-6 fruits and veggies at one time. If you have any questions, feel free to reply back and I'd be more than happy to give you more tips!