Making the Best Organic Baby Food
To create the best organic baby food, start with top-quality ingredients. If possible, grow your own produce. If not, make sure to buy the right kind of produce. Opt for local, organic produce whenever you can to ensure maximum nutritional benefits and freshness.
Local foods are not only fresher but also support local organic farmers who are challenging the traditional food system to bring you healthier options. If local organic produce isn’t available, find a grocery store with a good selection of organic items. Regardless of where you get your produce, always wash it thoroughly when you bring it home.
What Ingredients are Best?
The ingredients for homemade organic baby food are simple: fresh produce. Some fruits and vegetables might need a bit of liquid added. If you’re nursing, use breast milk. If not, water will do.
To Cook or Not to Cook?
If you’re using hard fruits or vegetables like potatoes or apples, cook them just enough to soften. Puree the produce, adding a little liquid if necessary. You don’t need a fancy baby food machine; a blender or food processor works just fine. For softer vegetables, like cooked sweet potatoes, even a fork will suffice.
Fresh Does Not Mean Store it for 2 Months
When it comes to fruits and vegetables, fresh is best. The sooner you can make and feed the baby food to your child, the better. As produce is stored, nitrate levels can increase. Either make only what your child will eat in one sitting or consider freezing the leftovers. Ice cube trays are great for freezing small portions.
Additional Tips and Tricks
Get creative. Combine different fruits for unique flavors. Eating is a new experience for your child, and their reactions to new flavors can be quite exciting.
If your baby isn’t a vegetarian, you can also make baby food from meats like chicken and salmon. Just ensure the meat is organic and cooked to the proper temperatures.
You can even make organic cereals. For example, buy organic brown rice and process it into a fine flour. Then, add water or breast milk and cook.
Don’t stress. You can easily make baby food that matches what the rest of the family is eating. If you’re making green beans for dinner, put a small amount in the food processor for the baby. There’s no need to prepare separate meals every time.
Preschoolers who eat a conventional diet have up to six times greater concentrations of pesticide residue in their bodies. Infants are even being born with GMO toxins in their blood. We owe it to these children to take control of their health. We can’t rely on food companies to do it for us.
