RE: FOOD Processor for baby food, and homemade question??
If you're going to invest in a tool for making baby food, don't spend a ton of money because there's no need.
DH knew I wanted to make baby food long before we got pg, and when we got pg, since I wouldn't let him buy any baby stuff, he went to town buying me baby food cookbooks, a food mill, food processor, fancy blender, etc., and it was overkill. I like having the appliances because they've come in handy for other things, but the only thing I used to make baby food was the blender maybe 3-4 times and then the food processor for a couple of months.
How often you make baby food depends on your baby - DS loves food, and has from the beginning, so I never bothered freezing. Food went from the processor to a bowl in the fridge and then I'd just scoop out what I needed. I'd guess we went through about 3-4 cups of food per day, and we did what we could to have some variety in there. Breakfast was never anything we couldn't mash with a fork and add cereal to, and then I'd have two stocks of food in the fridge - one for lunch, one for dinner.
Good Luck!
-Petra
DS - Nathan, 12/29/03
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