And I'll admit that when I get focused on something, I tend to be a little obsessive.
Poor Ben. As of late he has been subjected to listening to me discuss one of the following:
a) my strong advocacy for breastfeeding (as my sister says, I get it now)
b) my detailed plans for making babyfood, (because I don't live off of canned jars of food -gross- our child won't either. Hold the preservatives, please)
c) wondering about cloth diapers (he nixed that one, unless, as he said, I want to "take care of that nasty mess all by myself." Hmmm... nevermind. I'll take help)
d) Understanding our child's developmental milestones.
I guess the whole food obsession thing kind of makes sense, now that I think about it, since I'm such a foodie already. Now it's just progressed to not just food for me, but what I am putting into my daughter.
Just stop here if I am boring you. This is going to be a total Mom post. The next one will be jazzier, I promise.
So anyway, I've been wondering a lot lately about how to make nutritious baby food. Right now she is getting what one friend of mine referred to as liquid gold, otherwise known as the perfect, and free!, balanced diet for an infant. But what about when she graduates to food in solid form??
I know, she won't be eating it for another 2 1/2 months, but hey I like to plan. I need to know these things ahead of time. Will I still sneak her a bite of a chocolate or ice cream? Dang skippy. But will I also sneak in avocado, flax seed oil, or other powerhouse brain foods? Yep.
So I have one of these, which I am really excited about:
And I am getting this:
Any other suggestions on baby food recipes or books?
Speaking of recipes, I've also been having a blast making homemade sourdough bread and my other newest obsession, homemade jam. I highly recommend it (again, preservative free), and I promise it's so easy! (I do not have that much time on my hands). I had a load of fresh fruit from our local farmer guy, and we can only eat so much before it starts to go bad, so I had to figure out something. And then when I went to NA a couple of weeks ago, I got a taste of this stuff and I was hooked.
Get a box of Sure-Jell, open it up, and use the Freezer Jam recipe inside. The process takes maybe 45 minutes. Then you pour it into jars, set it on the counter for 24 hours, and viola! Your biscuits never tasted so good! Or in my case, sourdough bread.
here's to homemade food everywhere-
xoxo dae
4 comments:
i posted 2 huge long things on my TMM blog about this last fall. go look for it. it has all my suggestions :) oh, and be lucky you got one of those all in one machines. i did it all by hand and after prep and clean up and all, it took FOREVER!
I made lots of homemade baby food for Madelyn. I mean, have you tasted that stuff in jars?!!! Her fave was sweet potatoes- and it is soooo easy! Happy cooking!
OH, we make homemade sour dough too, and LOVE it...and as for baby food, I hear ya! we only use jar food for outings b/c frozen food was too much of a hassle while on the go! As far as recipes... most things can be heated in the microwave with water, blended, and served right up!
;-} like it or not...when it comes to mommee-hood... you are your mommee all over again - you, too, Heather!!
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