Creating a New Normal . I have a “system” (you’ll see this theme with me) for making, carrying, storing & feeding the baby food I make and it is easier than you probably think. Would you believe me if I told you that I have only made baby food about 8 times? Well, you heard it! Unlike cloth diapering, making my own baby food was something I have known I would do for years. I have a "system" (you'll see this theme with me) for making. The Paleolithic diet (also called the paleo diet, caveman diet or stone-age diet) is based mainly on foods presumed to have been available to Paleolithic humans. A bunch of news outlets reported that a “breatharian” couple survives on air alone. I’m not wasting my time debunking this shit. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am a master of efficiency when it comes to this subject & I want to show you how simple it really is. So, here it goes. Baby food made EASY!! WHY WOULD YOU MAKE YOUR OWN BABY FOOD? I want my baby to grow up thinking it is totally normal to eat five different fruits and veggies a day. ![]() It’s my responsibility to cultivate my kids taste buds & let them experience anything & everything they can, so there is a better chance at liking the healthy stuff. I like to think I am doing my part to help fight the child obesity epidemic by making it very easy to like what is green & fresh and by only offering REAL food! Seems like feeding a baby from a jar is normal these days & that’s fine, this is not for everyone. However, I can tell a distinct difference between jarred & fresh food and I just think that I’d rather have my baby like the fresh over the jarred. I really don’t want to start feeding my child broccoli when she is two, then battling with her because it’s something new. I want her to already be very familiar with the flavor. So, we started right away. Getting my baby used to different textures is also a big part of why I make my own baby food. Real food textures (like banana, sweet potato, cauliflower) are not found in jarred baby food. One HUGE part of my decision is being able to regulate my daughter’s bowel movements by giving her a diet with all the fiber she needs. On a recent road trip, I had no choice but to use some packaged food (I chose Plum Organics pouches) and within three days of having three pouches a day, she was writhing in pain due to constipation. I cooked up a head of broccoli, and she gobbled it down as fast as I could get it in her mouth. After a glycerin suppository (boo) and a BUNCH of broccoli, she was back to normal. This is now a really big part of why I am so passionate about this choice! Some may say it is cheaper. I am not so sure of this, as I buy mostly organic. Maybe it is, but cost is at the bottom of the list of reasons why I do it. WHAT DO I NEED TO MAKE BABY FOOD? One of the first posts I ever shared on Food Renegade was a method of brewing flavored kombucha called the double fermentation method. It was the only method I’d.![]() There are a lot of fancy tools out there as companies are now capitalizing on the home made baby food market. I have experience with a lot of these fancy things, but here are the basic essentials you need: stock pot & lid with a vegetable steamer basketblender (a good one. I shredded the rubber spinner thing . Discontinued at Williams Sonoma. I was gifted one. ![]() I have used in on occasion. I have found that it kills my efficiency since I cannot make big batches with it. If you plan to cook for your baby daily, it might be a good investment because it is far less cleanup, but I much prefer giant batch cooking. Complete non- essential. Save your $$ on that & buy organic food! ![]() HOW DO YOU MAKE IT? One of the big myths about making your own baby food is that it takes FOREVER. There is certainly a time commitment, but if you cook efficiently, it is pretty simple. Not as simple as unscrewing a jar, but there is an easier way to go about it than making baby food every day. Mine does & she loves to cook. She has helped me SO MUCH with making baby food & I pretty much have made it from trip to trip with no additional cooking! So, use your help! This is a super easy thing that grandma can do when she comes visit! SHOPPING: I typically buy the fruits & veggies in bulk, many at my local Costco, as they have a wonderful organic selection. I often buy broccoli & cauliflower already cut into florets just to make it easy. Fresh foods that I buy weekly & don’t cook include blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, plums, bananas, mangoes, avocados, cherries. Foods I buy in bulk and cook are apples, pears, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, cauliflower, asparagus, broccoli, corn, beets, zucchini & carrots. I am sure there are some I am forgetting. COOK BOOKS: I only have two. This one & this one. I believe in keeping it simple, so I really only have made the single food recipes & baby stock for cooking quinoa, couscous & rice. There is also a GREAT blog, if you are looking to same some money, called Wholesome Baby Food. Not only does it give you a bunch of recipes, but there are food charts and it has a plethora of important & credible information. COOKING: I steam or bake just about everything. The only ingredient I have ever added is Butter. The first two or three batches I put in the blender to puree. Then I began making it chunkier & by about 1. I had to do was mash everything. HOW DO YOU STORE IT? Best thing to do is watch the video at the end of this post. ![]() Culture of Pakistan - history, people, clothing, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family No-Sa. ![]() FULL info on freezing & storing + some tips better demonstrated than written down. Short answer: everything is frozen in the Tovolo Cube because a cube is a very efficient use of space. I tried a regular ice cube tray & it was a disaster. I have a chest freezer that I have larger stacking cubes in that are actually meant for hanging files that I found at my local Office Max. By using the stacking cubes, I actually have nice compartmentalized space in an otherwise horribly designed freezer. Below the top cube is my stash of (adult) soups & meats. It works really well. Once I have my batch of baby food frozen in the trays (usually freeze them all in my refrigerator freezer) I put them into gallon size Ziploc freezer bags, perfectly lined up & flat. Smaller portions (on the right) I put in the hanging basket (comes with most chest freezers) in quart Ziploc freezer bags. Each bag is labeled with the contents & date of packing. HOW DO YOU MANAGE MEALS? Each of these cubes takes about 1 minute to defrost in the microwave. For each meal, I grab her plate & head out to the freezer, select the mix of foods for that meal, then take it in & put it in the microwave. I prefer these plates, which I actually found in pink at our local Homegoods. I have six of them, so I can run the dishwasher every other day. I like them because I can mash bananas + oatmeal in the big section, the medium section holds 2 cubes, and the small section holds one cube. The smallest section holds a half cube, so I rarely use it. ON THE GO: This is a whole different story. I always take a soft cooler (I have & love this one) w/ icepack with me & use the following tools with great success: *AMENDED 1. The Zo. Li OTG Feeder. Below is what I used before I found this! Sassy On- the- Go (only needed one so far)Sassy EZ Grip Feeding Bowls (I have two, great for mixing two cubes on each side or for adding meat/cheese on one side, cubes on the other)Boon Squirt Food Dispensing Spoons (I have three, but only need one. I used them more when she had smoother food. Now the chunks don’t fit through the squirt hole, so all I use it for is yogurt but I LOVE them!)*I just found this while checking out one of my favorite stores, Baby. Earth. Looks like a very cool concept!! The Baby Bento Box. WHAT IS A TYPICAL MEAL? Of course this varies over time, as the child grows up & nutritional needs change. I exclusively breastfed until last week, so as per the American Academy of Pediatrics I did not start my daughter on solids until she was 6 months old. However, right from the start I always offered at least 3- 4 different foods at each meal. I never gave up any foods she didn’t like, and so far she will still eat anything I put in front of her. I’ll give you a glimpse at a normal daily menu for her at 1. BREAKFAST2 handfuls of blueberries OR 3- 4 large strawberries (or some of each!)1 piece of buttered toast with cinnamon OR an organic pancake. OR 1- 2oz of apples/pears/mangoes/peaches fed with. TBSP whole grain organic cereal & cinnamon. Baby yogurt (we call it her Yogurt Dessert!)LUNCH1 oz cheese. DINNER1oz cheese. OR sometimes I give her a bit of what I made for dinner. TBSP whole grain organic cereal & cinnamon. Dessert. WHAT ABOUT “OTHER” FOODS? So of course my daughter does consume foods other than the baby cubes. I fed Caroline the yo. Baby yogurts right from the beginning, along with the fruit & multi- grain cereal to start. Our progression towards self feeding began with organic Happy Baby banana/apple puffs. I broke them into thirds and she could get them to stick to her hands & gobbled them right up. Within a week we moved on to other solid foods & I never went back to using the puffs. I only used a bottle & a half total. The other nice “trainer” food was the Baby Mum Mum. A couple of my mommy friends turned me onto these & they are truly no mess, no choke. Typical teething biscuits are a disaster & definitely become choking hazards at the end. These were really great to help get the hand- mouth coordination down. Toast is another good option, but I try to keep her diet mostly protein, dairy & produce. Caroline ate only egg yolks for breakfast until recently, as the whites tend to be quite allergenic. EFFICIENT!!) She also eats bits of cheese and a serving of meat at lunch & dinner. I introduced meat at 9 months, and because I began the transition to chunkier food within four weeks of solids, I never had to do any grinding of meat. I cooked my own chicken (to control the sodium content–babies should have ZERO salt) for the first five months and have just recently began offering rotisserie chicken & small servings of what we’re eating for dinner. For her introduction to beef, I used the organic ground beef (Costco) that I roll into one ounce patties, cook on the stove then freeze. Each patty defrosts in 1. Caroline also eats a lot of Quinoa (it’s mixed with pureed asparagus & looks like green & white balls in the cube pictures!) which is very high in protein and so good for you! I buy it in a giant bag at Costco, but you should be able to get it in any good grocery store. Food in Italy - Italian Food, Italian Cuisine. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING AND ENVIRONMENT. Located in southern Europe, Italy is slightly larger than the state of. Arizona. Most of Italy is mountainous, and it is home to Mount Vesuvius. European mainland. Many. different plants thrive in its rich soil. Italy is surrounded by water on. Colder temperatures can. Alps, a mountain range in the northwest. Temperatures are warmer in. Po River valley, the coastal lowlands, and on Italy's islands. Sicily and Sardinia), with an average annual temperature around. Italy. hosts a wide variety of trees, including conifers, beech, oak, and. Evergreens, cork, juniper, laurel, and. Po River Valley and. Italy's islands. 5. 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