Makin' Baby Food!

I decided while Story was in utero that I was going to try to make most of her baby food. My friend Amy C posted in her blog about a wonderful book, Top 100 Baby Purees, and I immediately bought it and started studying. I will admit that my love for cooking was already deep seeded before embarking on the journey of baby food making, so the idea of making Story's food just seemed to be a natural course of things.

I will admit that at first I was a little intimidated. Even though I know it's really basic stuff, I just felt like I would some how mess it up. I seriously had no reason to worry, however, because it's really the easiest thing ever. All you do is steam (or mash, if it's fresh fruit) the ingredients, add some water or milk and freeze in ice cube trays.

Over the past few weeks, I have made baby food in the following flavors:

*banana
*avocado
*carrot
*sweet potato
*trio of root veggies (parsnip, sweet potato and carrot)

And today I plan on making a carrot/broccoli mix. I tell ya, by the time I start giving her these in a week or so, she'll have quite a nice freezer stash of food.

Even though it's sad to see Story growing up so quickly, it's also AWESOME. The fact that I can now take her to visit family and friends for a whole day with ease is just fabulous. Sure, I could take her out and nurse her before, but it required so much focused attention all the time. Now that's she's gotten down the tricks of holding a bottle and eating mushed foods, it's like a whole new ballgame.