9 Best Organic Baby Food Pouches - an expert review of the best tried-and-true brands! I tested all 9 brands for consistency, taste, ingredients and price and come up with my 4 winners! Easy guide on the best store-bought pouches to serve baby! I get it. You may not want to make all of your own baby food, or you are in a pinch and are traveling or heading to a playdate without a stash of puree on you. You need a go-to brand of store-bought baby food that's as delicious as it is nutritious. So I rounded up 9 of the top brands of store-bought organic baby foods and put them through my rigorous testing. I tested them for consistency, taste, price and ingredients <------ yes, you read that right, I tasted each and every baby food puree in this post! And I was actually surprised what I discovered. More than half of them I would feed to my own babies! But a couple of them I would pass up in the market in a heart beat. There ...
4-Month Purees
Pea + Mint Baby Food Puree
This Pea + Mint Baby Food Puree is a smooth and mild puree that is perfect for baby's first bite! A green puree that baby will love! Great baby food for 4 months and up - stage 1 baby food! Updated Post – original September 2013 content is at the bottom of this updated post. PEA + Mint Baby Food Puree Don't get caught up on what you think pea baby food is going to taste like. Store bought brands can be thick and lumpy, with a strong acidic taste of overly cooked peas. Don't even get me started on the smell! But this homemade pea puree is everything! And is nothing like those store bought baby foods. Nope! This pea baby food is beyond delicious! Smooth and creamy with a mild pea taste that has a hint of freshness from the mint. Bright and cheerful to look at! It will actually put a smile on your and baby's face:) Benefits of Peas - Peas are a great source of protein, fiber, vitamins K and C. They help promote healthy digestion and may ...
Pear + Cardamom Baby Food Puree
This homemade Pear + Cardamom Baby Food Puree is so creamy and delicious that you will want to eat it as well! A healthy puree filled with wholesome pears that is a wonderful first puree for baby. Updated Post – original October 2013 content is at the bottom of this updated post. I first posted this pear puree recipe 6 years ago! Excuse me while I stare off into space while scratching my head - I'm just trying to figure out where time has gone. I can't tell you how many times in the last 6 years that I have made this puree - 10? 20? 100? It's so damn delicious that I am still making this for my girls (who are now 7 and 5) because they still request this baby puree for a snack. Who am I kidding? As I write this post, I have a bowl of this warm pear puree sitting next to me and I am devouring it. It really is that delicious! To get to this level of yumminess is actually really easy! We take chunks of pear, a pinch of cardamom and ...
36 Healthy + Homemade Baby Food Recipes (4+ Months)
These 36 Healthy + Homemade Baby Food Recipes are crazy delicious purees that are great for baby's first bite. All are easy to make and freezer-friendly. Great baby food for 4 months and up - stage 1 baby food! 36 Healthy + Homemade Baby Food Purees for 4+ Months and UP These homemade baby food purees are everything! Delicious! Smooth! Nutritious! Colorful! Everything your baby needs in their very first bite of food! Because it only seems right to serve baby a true culinary adventure right from the very first bite. We are aiming for baby food that will give baby's little taste buds a spark of joy. These 36 Baby Food Recipes are tried-and-true recipes that are made with fresh and wholesome produce paired with a pinch of spice to up the WOW factor. These aren't your normal boring baby food recipes - these are purees that both you and your baby will enjoy! Seriously, I have tried and usually eaten each of these baby food purees right ...
Sweet Potato + Curry Baby Food Puree
This Homemade Sweet Potato with Curry Baby Food Puree is a fun and exotic first puree for baby! Creamy, smooth and filled with a ton of essential nutrients for growing baby. Great baby food for 4+ months (stage 1 baby food). Updated Post - original September 2013 content is at the bottom of this updated post. This deliciously creamy baby food puree will take your little one on a fun culinary adventure, without ever leaving their highchair! Sweet potatoes are one of my all-time favorite vegetables to puree for baby! Not only do I find that most baby's love their naturally sweet taste and creamy texture, but sweet potatoes are loaded with essential nutrients for a growing baby. It's a winning combo in my book! In this recipe, we are going to roast the sweet potatoes to bring out their natural caramely-earthy goodness before we add in a pinch of mild curry powder and blend to a super light and creamy consistency. Don't be afraid to eat this delicious puree right ...
Carrot + Nutmeg Baby Food Puree (4 months and up!)
This Carrot + Nutmeg Baby Food Puree is a great starter puree for baby! Filled with nutritious carrots and a pinch of nutmeg - this puree will sure to delight your little ones taste buds! Great baby food for 4 months and up - stage 1 baby food. Updated Post – photos and content have been updated from the original October 2013 post! You can read the original post at the very bottom. A baby food puree that is sssoooooo fresh, colorful and full of essential nutrients for baby that it's almost too intense to look at.. seriously #nofilter But believe me, this carrot puree is foreal! This fresh tasting homemade puree is made with steamed carrots and a pinch of nutmeg to bring out the earthiness of the carrots - a combo just made for each other. If you compared the color, taste or texture of this homemade recipe to it's store bought counterpart, you would be shocked at the difference.. and not in a good way. And then you would be completely hooked on making your ...
Apple + Cinnamon Baby Food Puree
This Apple + Cinnamon Baby Food recipe is a wonderful first food for baby! A delicious nutrient dense puree that baby will go gaga over! Great baby food for 4 months and up – stage 1 baby food. Updated Post - photos and content have been updated from the original August 2013 post! You can read the original post at the very bottom. This recipe is an all-time favorite on the blog! It was the first post that I ever published and since then, readers (and babies) have fallen in love with it. It is an amazing pick for baby's first bite of food! Or spooned into a reusable pouch for toddler! Even older kids love this recipe for a simple and healthy snack! I'm pretty sure even you will be sneaking in spoonfuls of this delicious homemade puree for yourself as well! Reasons to love this apple + cinnamon baby food recipe: creamy and smoothnutrient dense - filled with 2 kinds of fiber, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. delicious - seriously better than any ...
Top Tools for Making Baby Purees
These 5 Top Tools for Making Baby Purees are absolutely my favorite go-to kitchen tools to help you make the absolute best homemade baby food! UPDATED - MARCH 2019 (WITH NEW FAVORITE PRODUCTS!) I get a lot of emails from readers asking which products/equipment/tools they have to have in order to make homemade baby purees. The truth is, not many. Unless you are crazy like me, and you buy anything and everything related to baby food, then I guess you need it all ;) To save you time (and money) I’ve narrowed down all my favorite tools into one guide (which I updated in March 2019), here are 5 main tools that you have to have - a good blender, baby storage containers, reusable pouches, freezer storage trays and a steamer insert. There are other tools that you will need but if you have ever cooked before, then I know you probably already have them in your kitchen. Below you will find the items that I have used over the last couple of years for making homemade baby food ...
Multi-Grain Probiotic Baby Cereal
This Multi-Grain Probiotic Baby Cereal is a great first food for baby! Filled with 3 whole grains and probiotics that will help promote a healthy and happy gut in baby! Baby food for 4 months and up - stage 1 baby food! HEALTHY FIRST HOMEMADE BABY CEREAL I can’t even begin to tell you how great it is to have homemade baby cereal stocked and ready to go in those cute little frozen cubes or rectangles in your freezer! What is it about frozen baby purees stocked in the freezer that make my heart so happy? Does anyone else feel the same way? And while you can serve this cereal right after you make it, you will then have over 20 ounces of homemade cereal leftover, so those extra servings are great to freeze and use when you don’t have the time (or energy) to make a batch of homemade baby cereal. A smooth and creamy homemade baby cereal that is perfectly delicious served by itself or with your favorite fruit or vegetable baby puree. WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THIS ...
10 Super Starter Baby Food Recipes (plus FREE ebook!)
Baby is going to love these 10 Super Starter Baby Food Recipes from the very first bite. Easy to make, easy to eat! Great baby food for 4 months and up - stage 1 baby food! *Plus there is a download for my free 10 Super Starter Puree ebook * - designed to get you in the kitchen and off to a great start - includes an entire starters guide on how and when to feed baby, plus tips on how to get the best out of your baby food recipes. All of these amazing purees once lived in an ebook, which you can download here for FREE, but I feel like these 10 amazing purees have gotten lost in the crowd. Especially since I took my ebooks off my site this past summer. But I love all of these recipes so much, I need to add them back to the site. You needed me to add them back to the site, they are that good! So here they are, back in all of their glory. Ready for you to whip them up for your little one in the matter of minutes. These are the 10 recipes that BOTH of my girls gave ...