homemade baby food

when we started spending $100.00 (sometimes more) per week on baby food i decided it was time to find a cheaper solution...quickly.

i've always wanted to make our own baby food but was intimidated at the idea and didn't know where to start.

after talking with a fellow triplet mama who makes baby food i felt better about the idea and decided to give it a shot.

she told me about this website:

http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com

my first trip to the store i really didn't know how much to buy. i started out with this:

3 pkgs of carrots at $0.89ea. so $2.69 total.

2 whole butternut squashes at $0.99/lb. so $3.64 total.

one bunch of bananas $1.37

7 apples at $1.49/lb so $6.41 total

so all together i spent $14.11

yesterday i baked, steamed and pureed. it really didn't take long at all. being a mommy of a 2 1/2 year old and 6 month old triplets, anything i do needs to be something that doesn't take too much time.  i didn't even finish pureeing all the apples and by the looks of it i will have enough baby food to feed all THREE babies for 2 weeks.  yes, that's right, 2 weeks!

$14.11 every 2 weeks is a LOT better than $100.00 every week.

so to all you mommies of babies out there, i highly recommend you trying it! seriously, it is SO worth it. just a couple pros to making your own food is obviously it will save you a lot of money and it is a lot healthier for your baby to have fresh ground food. oh and the cost, i bought all the veggies and fruit at target and wasn't looking at sale prices. i'm sure if i shopped around and found good deals i could save even more!

think about this too...i'm feeding triplets. so if you have one baby think of the money you'll be saving. if i spend approx. $15.00 for enough food to last 2 weeks...just triple that if you have one baby. you'd probably spend $15.00 every 6 weeks! (if my math is correct...i'm horrible at math)

and if you're worried about having the right equipment, DON'T. the triplet mom i talked to uses the good old stove and an electric mixer, sometimes her hand mixer. i have a steamer and a food processor which works awesome...but you can use almost anything!

i store the food in sandwich-sized ziploc bags label and date them and stick them in our freezer. when i'm ready to feed the babies i thaw one bag and cut off the lower corner with some scissors and squeeze the food out into a bowl....so easy!

some parents with just one baby use these because each cube is equivalent to one serving for one baby. but i obviously need 3 servings, hence the ziploc bags.