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 So good...this is my second purchase! Aug 09, 2010
I use this all the time. My 9 mo old has NEVER had jar food yet! So easy to do and it makes you feel good too :)The best part is that you KNOW what your baby is getting when you make it yourself. Awesome product! Purchased this one for a friends baby shower. Hope she loves it as much as I do.
It is really "so easy"! Jul 11, 2010
Now first of all, I'd like to say that baby food making isn't for everyone. Yes, it can be time consuming. Sure, it's easier to pop open a container of ready-made applesauce or carrots. But I think that if you are shopping around for a baby food cookbook, then you must already feel as I do-- that store bought, commercial foods are full of preservatives, were made who knows when, and you just don't feel as good feeding your baby something that doesn't feel fresh. (You wouldn't eat a diet of entirely canned foods, would you?) That being said, I got this kit when I was pregnant and couldn't wait until my daughter was 6 months old to start trying some of the recipes.
First of all, the trays are AWESOME and don't bend or crack in the freezer. I started freezing breastmilk in them early on when she started teething. The second thing I love about this kit is the easy-to-follow cookbook. Seriously, it's easy. No intimidating recipes with multiple steps, just simple purees and suggestions for add-ins (such as cinnamon or lemon juice) and meal combinations (like peas & tofu). I now have a freezer shelf full of containers labeled with the puree and date made so I can keep track at a glance. Now 7 months, my baby typically eats 2-3 food cubes a day-- 1 at lunch with cereal and 2 at dinner. (She still breastfeeds a lot, so her solid intake is not as high as perhaps some other infants her age.) My sister got me a different baby food cookbook, and although the one she got me has beautiful photographs and has nice fancy recipes in it, some of them are so complicated that it feels like I'm making a huge mess and creating a separate gourmet meal for my baby. I always end of returning to the "So Easy" cookbook instead. I like the simplicity of a good 'ole puree, and you can combine fruits and veggies to your heart's content. It's also great because it has each food labeled with the best age to introduce, and comes with a nice handy chart that tells you good sources of a bunch of vitamins and minerals. The only negative thing I might have to say is that, like another reviewer mentioned, it does use a lot of microwave cooking. But honestly, microwaving in a minimal amount of water does retain most of the nutrients, and you use the cooking water to water down the puree, thus adding any lost nutrients right back into the food. But if this is a problem, of course you can cook in an oven or stove top if you prefer. Overall, this is a great kit and I'm definitely going to be getting it as a shower gift for my friends!
Making Baby Food Is Not Difficult After All..... Jun 30, 2010
I am so glad I got this set. I am still learning how to cook in general, and really didn't know anything about making baby food. I have a much older child, and at that time it was just natural to buy jar baby food. I wanted to do better with my new little son, especially since I am really into healthy and organic food.
Although I was still intimidated at first, and used organic jar baby food during the first few weeks while my son got used to eating (and mostly wasted his food), I now make all of his baby food (except carrots, which my baby's doctor said it's better to buy for various reasons). It does not take long at all -in most cases, you are just cutting fruit or veggies, microwaving it for 3 to 5 minutes, letting it cool, blending, and scooping into trays to freeze. This book will give you an easy system to get it done. If you add a couple trays of new food to your freezer every week, before long you will have a nice selection of fruit and veggies for your baby. Mine is 8 months old now, and it makes me feel really good to know that as a mother who works full time I am still able to give my baby homemade baby food -I don't worry about what's in it, and it's true that compared to jar food it tastes so much better.
I usually mix fruit with a rice, oatmeal, or grain cereal for morning and night meal, and do a warm veggie "soup" for my baby's lunch, and he loves everything. I've found the cooking times for the food in the book to be accurate, if you go too long it might bubble over, so that is nice. And I am very confident in making baby's food now. Finding a food in the book is also a nice reassurance that it is appropriate for baby, though I am not introducing foods in the exact order listed in this book.
I bought 2 other books of baby purees, but so far this book has been all I needed...sice you only want to introduce one new food at a time, this simple book is enough to keep you busy with a new baby. I like the suggested combinations for mixes, as well. Before long, I may start using the other baby puree books, but honestly it probably won't matter to baby, the food I'm giving him now, though simple combinations, is keeping him healthy and happy. Now I don't know why I thought making my baby's food would be hard...but clearly I needed a little help since like a lot of busy people these days cooking just isn't my area of expertise, and it's been a long time since I had a baby.
Finally, for soft fruits I like to blend with the Kidco electric baby food blender, the size is nice and mixes very well, and is easy to clean. For more chunky fruits or veggies, especially potatos, I am VERY glad I have a Vitamix, which gets it nice and smooth. Also better for large batches. My son has a major gag reflex, so I still have to keep his food VERY smooth/watery/soupy, so this is important. For freezing, I have trays with ice cube size and slightly larger size holes, and both are nice, I like being able to choose larger or smaller portions. I also absolutely love the small 4 oz rubbermaid containers with lids, great for a small portion that you can thaw and mix right in the container for serving, or for when you have enough food left for just one or two containers, don't want another tray in your freezer.
Good luck! If you are worried making baby food is hard or too time consuming, this will show you otherwise, highly recommended. Even if you have just a little time, you can buy some jar food, and make your own food when you have the time, and then slowly transition to all homemade baby food as you get the hang of it, that's what I did.
 Very Helpful Start Jun 17, 2010
I decided to make all of my daughter's food and this set was extremely helpful as an introductory tool. I never did use the CD that came with it. The cook book is a good jumping off point for basic purees. The ice cube trays are not the best; I just started using small Tupperware containers as my daughter got bigger and ate more.
Fun to have but I could have done the same thing with information from the web Apr 26, 2010
I feel more confident making baby food after getting this kit, but I realized quickly that I could have gathered the same information from different websites and saved some money. But like any new mom, having a kit was reassuring. It's something I'll pass on to friends so that we can get some more use out of it. I like that it provides guidelines for what foods and seasonings at what age.
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