Save money by making your own baby food!

When my youngest began eating solid food I made a decision to make my own baby food. I wish that I had realized sooner with the other two how much easier and more inexpensive it is to make my own! My oldest, who is now eleven years old, was fed with jarred baby food until she could feed herself and then it was table food from that point on.

My now three year old had jarred food for a few months then I bought a food mill. Oh my, what a wonderful invention. I could grind up just about any fruits or veggies and feed them to her. The only draw back was that any kind of meat and certain veggies, like green beans, were really difficult to grind and took forever to push though.

Fast forward to my youngest child, she has eaten nothing but “table food”. I used a mini food processor/chopper that I had picked up at some point for salsa and it worked like a charm. I pureed steamed veggies, fruits, meats, rice….everything for her! She basically ate the same foods that we were eating and because I could run larger amounts through the chopper I was able to freeze more. No extra money being spent on baby food and I feel like I have had more control over the quality of her food, bonus for me!