Intro to Meat

One day last week I went on a baby food making binge.  Carter is now 7.5 months and it is time he starts eating meat.  While the kiddos napped I made apples with cinnamon, chicken with sweet potatoes and apples, and chicken with carrots, sweet potatoes and peas.

The applesauce was the easiest to make and smelled the yummiest while cooking.

Just skin and cut up 3 apples add a little water to the pan along with a cinnamon stick and simmer for around 8 minutes.

Puree and serve or freeze some for later.

While I was making the apples, I started on the chicken and veggies.  This required searing the chicken then adding chicken stock and the veggies, and simmering for about 20 min.  For the chicken I just used the frozen boneless, skinless chicken tenderloins from Costco.

Also to simplify I used carrots that were peeled and ready to eat (wish I had thought of this when I was making baby food for Trent).

Last I cooked the chicken with apples and sweet potatoes.  This recipe was basically the same as above but had a little shorter cooking time.

Apples and sweet potatoes

All done

Both of the chicken recipes were made using just one pot which made cleanup faster.

Next batch of baby food will probably include some beef and pasta sauces. 

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First Tastes

One of the things I love most about the baby stage is all of the firsts, including first tastes.

Carter is almost six months old and has been eating solids for three weeks now.  He started with rice cereal and then we added oatmeal.  After two weeks of cereal and working up to two meals a day, he tried his first vegetable: peas.

I love making anything for my boys and food is no exception.  It is a great feeling when you make something for them and they love it.  Making your own baby food is so easy to do and sometimes it can take as little as ten minutes.

Here's how I did it:

Start with a bag of frozen peas in a pan and cover with water.  Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for four minutes.  Easy and quick.  Add to food processor or blender...

and blend.

Scoop some out and enjoy.

Are you sure about this Mom?

When you are all done just freeze the rest for next time.

YUM YUM!

Hope you all enjoy your vegetables too.

Tomorrow Celebrate the Summer Boy series starts at Made and Made by Rae.  I can't wait to see what boy creations they have come up with for summer.

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