{"id":1508,"date":"2021-12-27T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/living-practically.com\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2021-12-27T18:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T23:31:15","slug":"homemade-baby-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/living-practically.com\/homemade-baby-food\/","title":{"rendered":"HOMEMADE BABY FOOD- A BEGINNER’S GUIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Homemade baby food, it’s a lot easier than you think.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have included some affiliate links in this post of products that I have used. If you use any of these links to buy something, I may make a small commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here at Living Practically<\/em>, I try to do all things practically, including feeding my children. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an ideal world, our toddler and baby would eat what we are eating at every meal. <\/strong>Unfortunately, that just isn’t a realistic goal for us. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty much a little of this and a little of that<\/strong>. We do some baby led weaning, some homemade baby food, some store bought baby food, and a lot of store-bought unsweetened applesauce. But, the majority of our kids’ nutrition comes from homemade baby food.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW WE GOT STARTED MAKING OUR OWN BABY FOOD<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When our family pediatrician told me I can start solid foods with my first baby I panicked. I had no idea what that meant. Pretty much clueless on what he could eat, I headed to Walmart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After seeing the prices of individual priced baby food, I saw how it would add up VERY quickly. I grabbed a few pouches and decided to research homemade baby food. I discovered on Pinterest just how simple it was to make homemade baby food, so I gave it a shot.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I simply fell in love with it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Making your own baby food can be intimidating, because we think we have to go out and buy extra equipment and spend money on fancy glass containers like these<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Don’t get me wrong, those containers are awesome, and I would love to use those. Because I try to be a minimalist and very practical, I know that I can use containers that I already have at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHY MAKE YOUR OWN HOMEMADE BABY FOOD?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CHEAPER<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Making your own baby food is significantly cheaper than buying it from the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on your grocery store and the brands that you buy, store-bought baby food can be anywhere from $0.50 to a dollar per serving. So if there’s 30 days in a month, and 2 containers a day. For easy math, we’ll say 50 cents for container. (That is estimating on the low side) If you do two containers a day you’re looking at a dollar day for baby food. So that will put you at $30 a month for baby food, definitely not the end of the world, but that will definitely add up month after month. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the flip side, a large 5 lb bag of carrots is about $5 and can get you 30-40 servings for the month. Saving an extra $25 a month sounds good to me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HEALTHIER<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

if you ever look on the ingredient list for some store-bought baby foods, you can easily find a lot of preservatives and extra ingredients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are making your own baby food, you can add water or even breast milk to make it even healthier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EASY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am not going to lie, it would be easier to just buy 20 baby food pouches for the week. My purpose in writing this post is to show you that making homemade baby food is easy<\/strong>, but I am not saying it is easier than buying pre-made pouches \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CUSTOMIZABLE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t have to find “real” recipes. That’s the beauty of it. Stick with vegetables and water or fruit and water and you’ll be good to go! You can mix fruits and vegetables and then freeze or freeze individually and mix together later. Really whatever works for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEST FOODS FOR HOMEMADE BABY FOOD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When I first got started making homemade baby food, I didn’t trust myself. I needed to be told every step of the way what I should do. Now that I am a lot more comfortable, I just play around with different fruits and vegetables. I think we make things WAY MORE COMPLICATED than what they need to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRUITS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n