Making baby food up for a week

TheWaltons_3

If I were to do this, how would I store it? Would I freeze it then let it defrost for the next day?

And to take it to the childminders, send it in an airtight plastic container?

I have always used Jars of food but I am sick of the stains on all the babies clothes and with Twins, it's costing a fortune and I'm not wholly convinced that they are as good for them as home fresh veg.

I use Hipp Organic and they are on offer at ASDA, 8 for £3.50 but they get through about £25 a week. This is one hundred quid a month on jars!

badmumof1

ewwwwk never used tinned or jars for my ds

every sunday i used to cook extra sunday dinner and put aside a plate for him and then blend the whole lot down or mash it depending on age.
he used to have at least 5 different veg and chicken with yorkie pud and it used to blend down lovely.

i had 8 tuppleware pods that i used to fill up and then freeze and take out in the morning to defrost before zapping in microwave for a min or 2

crispeater

i got a load of little tupperware pots out of woolies and i just mashed/pureed any food that i had cooked for dinner and froze it. my sister brought me a baby cook book and i got a few ideas out of that.

i used to freeze a months worth of food as i cooked in batches lol i used to take out what i needed for the next day and let it defrost overnight and then take to the nursery. they were fine with this.
you will find it sooo much easier and obviously cheaper when you do ya own feel free to ask for any recipes

tiamai_d

yup, one day a week or so, I would make up the veggies, freeze it down into tubs. Later on, if I was making spag bol etc, I would just set some to the side and freeze it. Home made spag bol doesn't stain nearly as much as teh jarred stuff. Also its easier to get them used to lumpy food as your not jumping form puree to puree with bits of pasta like the jars do.

I'd take some out the night before and put in the fridge, or even set a frozen tub into some hot water. It will defrost in 10mins or so if you keep replacing the water and mixing it up.

TheWaltons_3

I would have to get loads of Tupperware jars then , as the Twins would have 2 meals a day - 4 seperate small bowls. For pudding they can have mashed Fruit or Yoghurts.

tiamai_d

Just make up double in one tub, then split it when its defrosted.

TheWaltons_3

tiamai_d wrote: »

Just make up double in one tub, then split it when its defrosted.

Oh how I wish I had some common sense... :rotfl:

ailuro2

Tesco have little tubs on special offer three for a pound, orange and green lids and see through plastic- look to be freezable- spotted them yesterday, they look like they's hold about a jarful of babyfood, you could colour code orange for main course, green for desserts etc....

Bun

Having one baby seems to sap it, never mind two!

tiamai_d

Sparks of common sense are few and far between when chasing children round.

If we had any, would we have had them in the first place?

yeah probably would... for some reason we love them....

BernadetteN

Doesn't your childminder provide food? As a childminder, I provide all food except baby milk in with the price. It's easier that way so children all eat the same food and there is no pinching.

Would it not be easier to feed your babies the same food as you eat? I went through process of pureeing every vegetable around and freezing in small pots and ice cube trays when I weaned my 2 eldest at 4 months. The 2 youngest were weaned at 6 months and I vritually missed out the puree stage all together and they went straight on to mashed and lumpy food they mostly fed themselves with, the same food as we eat. It just takes a little adjustment on the adult's part and sometimes only giving the baby parts of what you are eating when they are still too young for certain ingredients (such as nuts or shellfish). So for the youngest 2, I freezed very little food at all.