What's on the Menu for Thomas and Jacob

I totally love making baby food. I loved the idea of making baby food with Sofia and probably made 75% of all the baby food she ate. Those food pouches were just getting popular and were so gosh darn convenient so I can't claim she ate all homemade. So I was determined with the boys to go 100% home made baby food. Almost three months in and we are doing great!

Not only was I determined to go all home made for the boys, but I wanted to get a bit more adventurous with my creations. Baby food is so simple to make. Crush up a banana, or blend up some peas and voila! So although I did make a lot of food for Sofia, it was the typical stuff. Plus I stood by that introduce one food a week rule religiously which took some time building up to a place where I could offer some variety. So I changed things up a bit this time around. Yes I still introduce one food a week to watch for any allergies, but I quickly moved from single ingredient foods to food blends. I feed one new food blend a week.

Very first solid (after rice cereal)? Mashed up avocado. Then we did smashed banana (what kid doesn't love bananas?!?), pureed mango, carrot and lentils. At that point I started mixing things together. Here's what the boys have tried so far.


Carrot and Lentil
Kiwi Mango (Thomas was not a fan of the kiwi)
Blueberry Oatmeal
Spinach Pea and Pear
Pumpkin and Spiced Apple
Beet Applesauce
Butternut Squash Banana (a huge hit with both boys)
Berry Beet Kale

Tonight's creation?  - Spinach Cranberry Kale.

Next thing I think I'll try? - Apricot Oatmeal  - and maybe I'll throw in some berries.

I'm sure most babies love to start solids, but I really feel like mixing things up has been more fun for the boys and definitely more fun for me. I always love canning so anything that gives me an excuse to break out the pressure canner, I'm all for. But it's impractical and time consuming to can everything, so I save the canned food for when I'm out and about. No refrigeration or defrosting required. For everyday at home meals, I use the frozen method. I got these awesome silicone baby food freezer trays that make freezing the perfect portion of food quick and painless.

So far everything has been gobbled up with no complaints, well except for Thomas and the kiwi, which my mom just kept feeding him because she loved seeing his squishy yuck face. "But look, it's so cute, he doesn't like it." I know I'm going to miss this baby food stage when they grow out of it so I'm going keep up the creativity and enjoy it while I can.