Pear-sicles and Baby Food

I mentioned before that I've been making baby food for Addison. I realized the other day that I've become one of those moms who doesn't want their baby eating weird chemicals and who knows what else - especially after the Similac recall (if you haven't heard there were beatle pieces and larva in the formula), it makes you think twice about what you're putting into your kids.

Health benefits aside...it's actually a lot of fun and pretty easy to do.

Every Saturday when we pick up our Bounitful Basket I set some of the fruit or veggies aside to make into baby food. I'm still learning what Addison can eat so I use this website a lot: http://wholesomebabyfood.com/ It tells you how to prepare the fruits and veggies and at what age you can introduce them.

So now the fun stuff.

Last week we got pears so I washed, peeled, and cut them in half (I also scooped out the seed/core thingy).



Then I put them in a pan and added enough water to come about half way up the pears. Then i put the lid on and let them steam cook for about 10 minutes.

After they were cooked and really soft I pureed them in a blender then poured them into a ziploc bag. Then I snipped off a corner of the bag and piped the pears into the trays. You could just spoon the pears in but this makes it way easier to get the puree into the ice cube trays (and way less messy ;).

Then after they've frozen I pop them out into ziploc bags. Each cube is approximately a 1 oz serving. So far Addison has been enjoying sweet potatoes, apples, and pears.

I've also found that frozen pears are AWESOME for teething. I just cut the cube into thirds and put a piece into her mesh thingy. She loves it!