Ice Cube Trays

[Maggie]

My favourite baby product is ice cube trays that are used to prepare frozen baby food.  Although it is not a "baby product", yet I find it very handy and time efficient.  I got the idea from a baby food workshop and I started freezing baby food in bulk ever since then.  I find that it is much easier to pre-make a bulk of baby food rather than making fresh ones everytime.  The ice cube trays can be used to store vegetables, meats and some types of fruits.  At mealtime, I would thaw or microwave 2-3 cubes (depending on the age of the baby) of food and mix it with cereal to serve.  It is quick, easy and cost-effective.

Maggie

[lawrencelb]

Hi Maggie -
I have heard of people doing this - it is a great idea.  Thanks for sharing it here!

[heyblue41]

We used commercial food for our first.  He eats okay now but we have to tell him all meat is chicken so he will eat it.  Tonight he had Ahi Tuna flavored Chicken for dinner!   With our second I made my own food.  She will eat just about anything now.  I think the difference is that home made has so much more flavor than the commercial stuff.  I can't cook much at all and I was able to make all sorts of things for her using recipes from wholesomebabyfood.com 
We used ice cube trays to freeze the food in bulk.  I only made food about twice a month.  We even got some heart shape trays to make it fun.

[nhockaday]

I have heard of doing this before, but never tried it. Gabriel is exclusively breastfed, so I only give him a little baby food mixed in with his cereal once a day. I am going to start giving him baby food as a snack throughout the day though.
Thanks for the link too. It looks like a neat site.
Karma to you both!

[nhockaday]

So what do you guys recommend for pureeing the food? I have a blender, but it seems too big for the task. Do you use a food processor, and if so, what brand/type do you recommend?

[koala girl]

When I started making my own baby food with my first I used my Kitchenaide and bought a pureeing attachment.  This ended up being a bit of a hassle so with my second I used a mini food processor.  That worked pretty well.  But now with number 3 I have been using my blender and I freeze it all in ice cube trays.  I make enough to last quite a while usually 2 -3 trays worth of any one type at a time.  So far with this one I have only introduced her to sweet potatoe, carrots, green beens and peas.  I'm trying to go very slow because she has a sensitive stomach.  We have had many issues up until this point so I have elliminated dairy and nuts from my diet.  I guess I was wondering if there is anyone out there with the same type of tummy problems/ diet issues with their baby.?? 

[nadia0801]

There's a good product by Munchkin. You can put whole fruits (grapes, piece of banana, pureed babyfood) in the mesh and baby can eat it up by himself, no risk of choking. Downside is it's a bit hard to clean especially when using mushy fruits like bananas..

[heyblue41]

I used the electric food mill from Kidco.  It is just like a small food processor but it seems to puree smoother than my regular food processor.

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