- Blog
- Bios
- Boards
- Classifieds
- DIY
- Gallery
- Vendor Reviews
- Shop Weddingbee
Weddingbee boards
Williams Sonoma!
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/baby-toddler-cookbook/?pkey=x|4|1||4|baby||0&cm_src=SCH
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/cooking-for-baby-cookbook/?cm_src=rel
I love their cookbooks.
I can't believe I'm about to admit this, but I was watching Tori Spelling's show (so embarrassing) & she makes her own baby food. I think she mentioned this blog, or it was in an article about homemade baby food.. I don't remember. Anyway, here goes. LOL
I probably will, too...can't find the site I used to have, but here is one...
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/stage1_homemade_baby_food_recipes.htm#nogo
I like the sites with allergen info, and I plan to avoid allergens for baby as much as possible and/or at least monitor affects, since I have them!
We plan on making our own baby food too. I know we can just use a steamer and food processor, but someone bought us the Beaba Babycook so we are going to give that a shot first. I'm really excited to use it. www.wholesomebabyfood.com is a great website that comes highly recommended by other moms who make their own food.
oh, I'm hoping to do this too, and can't wait to get the babycook! It looks like a great tool. Great to have all these links! :)
I would like to do this also! A friend of ours with twin boys recommended the Magic Bullet since the cup sizes are small and you can just puree the food right there and then serve, or freeze in smaller portion sizes (using ice cube trays) for later. That will work with our budget and may be less messy than taking out the food processor. My mom used the blender so there a so many ways to do this. I think making your own food is such a great idea, these are awesome links!
I want to get the Babycook as well but my hubby had bought me a Magic Bullet years ago for Christmas and it is still in the box, never used, so I may resort to that for blending and processing the food.
I have a Magic Bullet. I"m very "eh" about it. I'd rather have a real food processor. I can't get it to puree easily--i tried to make hummus and it was still chunky. It pureed some carrots ok. Not perfectly smooth, though.
Very interesting.
What's the deal with the BabyCook thing? Besides the whole BPA free thing?
We use a steamer regularly at home so I'd imagine I would just use that. Not that I'm pregnant or anything but I would def try to make my own baby food when we have a kid. :)
Can you buy the tiny glass "mason" jars (ala Gerber)?
BPA is only really a problem when you boil or melt plastics. BPA is a very stable chemical and not toxic until it starts to break down. The same could be said about a lot of items.
Basically, if it's plastic, it has bisphenol A in it.
@ejs - good to know. I have a small food processor in addition to the MB but since I use it for our food, I rather not contaminate the babies food. Worst case, if I don't like the MB I will go out and get another processor. I just want to try it since it was free. You can't beat that :)
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law swear by the Magic Bullet. We put one on our registry and can't wait to try it.
Definitely try it out--i managed to use mine a lot when I was on that soft food diet. It got it pretty close, but i think my big problem with it was that I could only do these tiny portions at a time. Obviously not a problem for baby food making. It's not like you'll be making Baby Roddy hummus =]. But it did squish up my carrots nicely. Pureed carrots are not very tasty, by the way....=]
Could you buy a second set of blades and a second plastic container thingy for your food processor and label that "baby only" if your magic bullet doesn't work out?
If you're really concerned, make sure you don't put hot, freshly steamed food in the equipment (the steam alone can cause some breakdown--think like when you overcok soup in a plastic bowl and it bubbles? Yeah, gross) but if you let it cool all the way before squishing it up, that'd be safer. I know i'm guilty of putting hot foods in my magic bullet and letting it go (especially sauce-making! i use it ALL THE TIME to make dressings and sauces with fresh herbs when i don't want chunky herbs) I actually worked with bisphenol A a lot in college when I had a senior project (I was creating some kind of fluorescent blue epoxy and the main polymerizing component was bisphenol A) and I did a buttload of research on it because something was wrong with our bisphenol A (it broke down and wouldn't polymerize so it was fail after fail) and i was really concerned when I found out i was working with a bad batch. There was huge media hype at the time about it, too...
Ok i wrote a novel. Sorry about that!
@ejs - no I am very thankful for your novel :). This is the kind of information I need since I no expert at any of this.
I will check to see if I can get replacement parts for my existing processor because that would be a lot cheaper.
You must log in to post.
| Visit our sister sites | eHarmony Online Dating |
eHarmony Advice Dating Advice |
Project Wedding Wedding Songs |
JustMommies Pregnancy Calendar |
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
| User | Posts Today |
|---|---|
| Lyndzo | 52 |
| Brielle | 43 |
| This Time Round | 42 |
| Future Mrs K | 38 |
| mypinkshoes | 34 |
| his chippymunk | 34 |
| Cady | 32 |
| fivemonthsnotice | 32 |
| TheLionQueen | 31 |
| AshleyR83 | 30 |
| User | Posts Today |
|---|---|
| BoiledPNut | 2 |
| MarryMeTiffany | 2 |
| foodnerd81 | 2 |
| julies1949 | 1 |
| bunnylovesbear | 1 |
| simpleandchic | 1 |
| trugem | 1 |
| bebefly | 1 |
| keepsmiling19 | 1 |
| basketballwifetobe | 1 |
My hubs and I are highly interested in making our own baby food for Baby Roddy.
Can anyone give me a list of good books, websites, etc. that can help me in this process?
Thanks!!