Baby food at home – health from the beginning!
Preparing baby food at home to help integrate the preparation of meals for your child in preparing meals for the rest of the family. Making baby food yourself, you are in control of the quality of the nutrients that your child eats, and you will be able to her diet with a greater variety of healthy foods that taste much better than any jar of baby food available on the local supermarket. Although it's a great feeling of satisfaction with the impact on your childhealth, is also saving money!
Essentials you need:
– Stainless steel cooker and steam (avoid copper as it is devoid of vitamin C food)
– Food processor or blender
– Veggie / fruit peeler
– Cross Cut
– Colander (to wash and drain)
– Sieve
– Ice Cube trays or muffin tins
– Pen, labels or tape
– Small freezer bags
– Instant-read meat thermometer
Fruit & Vegetables
With the exception ofbanana and avocado, all fruits and vegetables should be cooked. Cooking tenderizes them and kill bacteria that may be present on their surface. While you cook in water is the easiest way to prepare fruit and vegetables, is not the healthiest, because many nutrients are exhausted. Saving all or most of the vitamins and minerals, vegetables and steam farm fruit. Other ways to prepare healthy food is cooking and baking. You can bake or apples, pumpkins, broccoli,cauliflower and sweet potatoes. Dry heat will retain all its nutrients and brings their natural flavors.
Meat and poultry
Roasting or cooking of meat and poultry are the healthier methods such as frying, rear, or grilling. Leaving greasy fried food and fat, while the back and the experience can lead to the formation of carcinogens, the cancer-triggering substances. Always check that the meat is done with a meat thermometer.
There is no need to add salt to your food for your child.One must also remember to add spice in the first year of the child, as his delicate digestive system is not ready to complete them.
Rain
Spoon cooked and cooled your baby food in clean Ice Cube Tray (~ 2 tablespoons of food) or muffin tin for older children. Gives space to allow for expansion of the liquid freezing. Cover tightly with plastic and put in freezer. When frozen food cubes into freezer bags baby for the transfer. Labeled with the name of the food and the date ofpreparation. You can use the frozen cut at 1-2 months of time to save it.
Defrosting
Defrosting the desired amount of baby food in the refrigerator overnight. You can microwave for ~ 30 seconds per cube, if you need food right away. Again, the temperature of food before serving to your children to prevent burns! Discard leftovers. Also any baby food left at room temperature for an hour or more shall be discarded.
Sample Recipes:
BANANA
1 small ripe banana
mothersor formula
Break the banana into pieces. Blend in a blender or food processor. Add the milk or formula to thin out.
Roots
½ kg carrots, peeled and washed
breast milk or formula
Steam carrots until tender (~ 10 minutes). Cool for about 10 minutes. Blend. Add the milk or formula to thin out.
MEAT / POULTRY
2 ounces of cooked and chopped chicken, turkey, beef or pork
breast milk or formula
Mix the meat. Remove the crumbs. Add the milk orThe formula of subtle off.