For some reason with the boys I was in a rush to get them on solid food. I bought into the Gerber everything and they were the poster children. Like most parents, I was like a marketing zombie and thought since it was on the shelves, that's what they had to have. This time I decided to do it different. For Lily, not only did I do extended breastfeeding before introducing solids (she was nine months) I'm also giving her homemade first foods. We started with your singles, steamed and pureed sweet potatoes, squash, peas, carrots green beans. Bananas and avocado are good firsts too, but they only need to be ripe and fork smashed (totally easy, like fast food for baby.)
Well now we're into the mixes. My first mix for Lily was squash and zucchini with quinoa. I steamed the squashes in the microwave using my steam cooker from Tupperware. I love the thing because ot retains all the good nutrients. I cooked the quinoa on the stove and then pureed them together using my immersion blender. Sooo simple. Well, I had a lot of baby food so I made three servings using the (go figure) gerber bowls with lids, stuck those in the fridge and the rest went into ice cube trays to freeze into individual servings, that I later put into freezer bags. You can add water to adjust thickness if needed. Sometimes I toss the flavors up a little by adding applesauce or smashed steamed carrots. But this was a Lily fav for sure.
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