After spending $80 today at Babies 'R Us on formula and baby food, I decided to try to make baby food. I had been reading blogs and books on it, but I just had not taken the time to jump in and try. I bought a small bag of sweet potatoes (the potatoes themselves were also very small). Wow - it was easy. I won't be buying baby food anymore unless I need to for convenience. Another reason is that while I buy organic baby food, I cannot think that it is healthy for the baby to eat all jarred/boxed food. He needs fresh food without any additives or preservatives.
So, I poked holes all around the sweet potatoes with a fork and popped them in the microwave for 5 minutes. Once they had cooled, I peeled off the skins, cut them in cubes, and threw them in the food processor. I added enough water (used the Nursery water gallon jug) until I was comfortable with the consistency. These 3 small sweet potatoes yielded three 4 ounce jars. I boiled some Earth's Best baby food jars that I had saved to sterilize them and used a rubber spatula to put the sweet potatoes in. I am going to buy some containers for the freezer. For this week though, the baby will have sweet potatoes for dinner made by Mama! Final result below
