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Baby Food Combinations
From Single Purees to More Variety for Baby
By Teri Brown
Morgan says it's simple to puree baby food, and you can use combinations from your own meal. "Making your own baby food is so easy!' she says. "It's definitely worth it. For example, if you're making sweet potatoes, peel and boil a few extra and mash or puree for your little one (plain of course, no butter needed!). Then freeze the pureed food in ice cube trays, remove from trays once frozen and store in an airtight container or bag in the freezer."
If you are having pasta, with a couple of vegetables on the side, it's not difficult to puree it to whatever consistency your baby is ready for. Rice with little bits of shredded meat, potatoes and spinach, or even a pureed stir fry are all good choices – as long as your baby is known to tolerate each food item.
Jessica Meyers from Kenosha, Wis., now makes most of her own baby food this way. "I followed all the guidelines that said to try one food at a time until we were sure there were no allergies," Meyers says. "Everything went fine until around the time I started her on chunkier solid foods. I was still breastfeeding, but the increased solid food in her diet made her constipated. That was a totally new problem. Up to that point, I hadn't had any problems with her and solid food. That was when I started cooking for her."
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