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Baby Food 101

People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, well how about an expiration date? What is that worth? Better yet, how about an expiration date that promises a year’s worth of shelf life, what is that worth? I was kind of uneasy about feeding my son a “vegetable” that doesn’t go bad for a year, so I decided to contact an expert, my mom. Luckily, my mom has years of experience in this field (parenting) so I asked her what she recommended.

Being from an era where disposable diapers were a luxury reserved for long trips and vacations, she had lots to say not the least of which was “you’d be better off making your own baby food”. Not that she is against convenience, but she does make a good point, there is something unsettling about consuming food that seems to be everlasting. I talked to a couple different people and asked their opinion, everyone thought we were crazy. They argued “Do you know what you’re getting into”, “Where are you going to find the time to do it”, “Isn’t it easier to just buy it”, boy they were right, it’s not easy, convenient or fast, but the payoff is well worth it (***hopefully***).

So step one was getting a food processor and not the kind of processer you can buy for $10 on Black Friday, we were talking about some serious hardware.  I must admit, I did luck out with my infomercial watching, smoothie drinking somewhat crazy dad. Why you ask, how in the world is that lucky? Well thanks to the wonderful infomercial host Montell Williams and a 3am infomercial demoing the “Master Health Blender”, our baby food making lives became possible. See, while my dad is a crazy smoothie drinker, he is even crazier about buying in on what he watches on TV (This is where the luck plays in). He has lots of different things he has purchased over the years over a 5 min soul sucking infomercial and while most of it becomes junk or things taken to the Salvation Army, this is one we are cashing in on. Armed with a couple of baby food recipes from my mom and an awesome blender from my dad, we were well on our way to making the healthiest baby food we possibly could. In spite of it being gross looking, and having the worst texture imaginable, it actually was a hit! He seemed to enjoy every bite although most of it went on his face and in his hair. The sounds of his grunting and whining for more makes me believe we have made the right choice.