I’ve had many requests for saving money on baby food and one of my lovely Facebook readers answered my call for help. I am so thankful for all the documenting that my reader, Tanya, has done regarding her journey into homemade baby food. I’m truly blessed with such savvy readers that love to share with others!

Here are some recipes and tips Tanya shared with me regarding the process of making your own baby food.

Steamed Pureed Peas

• Put the frozen peas in a steamer basket or similar then put that in a pan.
• Fill the pan 1/4 the way up its legs so maybe 1 cup of water.
• Steam 8 to 10 minutes.

From there Tanya proceed with the following but found a better way later on. (see Steamed carrots)

• Take the peas while hot thinking the skin would pull away better and put them in this strainer.
• Using a rubber spatula push them through. (Tanya was trying to make stage 1 baby food.)
• Put tablespoons of water to steam them in and thin it out.

Tanya found it was a HUGE mess and said no, not doing it that way again. This was her first attempt and a great learning process for her and cooking healthy homemade food for her baby girl.

Steamed Pureed Carrots

For this method Tanya steamed the carrots the same way as the peas but choose a hand blender this time.

Steamed Pureed Cauliflower

Tanya got creative and steamed the cauliflower in a Ziploc Steamer bag with 3 tablespoons of water.

From there she placed the steam cauliflower in a potato ricer and found it was a bit easier than previous method.

Pureed Mangos

By now Tanya had moved on to using the blender and made some yummy pureed mangos for her baby!

• Place ripe mangos and some Mango nectar into blender.
• Blend well.
• Pour into clean ice cube trays or equivalent for freezing. (see first image for frozen baby food pic.)
• Once baby food is frozen, pop the cubes out and place into freezer bags with name of food and date.

When defrosting baby food you could do it overnight in the fridge or  gently warm in microwave. Be sure to stir thoroughly and make sure there are no hot spots in the warmed food so your baby doesn’t burn their delicate mouth.

If you need more recipes I’ve found a couple of baby food sites to take you further into your homemade baby food journey.

• Once a Month Mom - Recipes
• Nurture Baby - Recipes

Again, a huge Thank You to my gracious reader Tanya B. for sharing this info with all of you! Photo credit goes to Tanya as well!

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