Making Baby Food!

I never thought I'd be one of those moms who made baby food.  It just seemed like a lot of work and more expensive than buying it.

I had purchased 5 lbs of bananas at Food4Less for $2.57, and I decided to process a bunch (hahaha!!).

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I only used half of the bananas, so we had 6 remaining for eating.  I peeled them, chopped them and pureed them with the hand mixer (our blender died a few months ago). I poured the banana into three containers.  I added rice cereal to two of them for the baby, and left one plain for later use in banana bread.  I froze two of the containers. It made about 6-8 servings for Little Man and enough to make a loaf of banana bread.

 

 

 

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My little helper ate one of  the cartons yesterday. He seemed to like it!

 

 

 

 

 

I also processed a butternut squash. I cut it up into pieces, removed the seeds and membrane, and put it in a 9x13 pan with a little water in the bottom.   I cooked it at 350 for about 90 minutes. afterward, I cooled it, scooped the meat from the skin and pureed it.

I made a 2 cup portion for the Little Man (that's 3-4 servings), and 1 cup  I added brown sugar and cinnamon to for dinner later this week.

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Making baby food was pretty easy, and with the price on the bananas and the squash (which was free- Thanks Mom!), I made about 11 servings of baby food for $1.28!

 

If you are looking for baby food recipes, visit this website.  There are a lot of really great recipes and ideas.