Second time's a charm

I guess it pays to be the second child....sometimes. I decided that I wanted to try and make my own baby food. I wanted to with Julia but sometimes it was hard enough trying to even know what to feed her from a jar let alone how to make it and what to even make. Allie started with solids two weeks ago and is doing okay. Prices have gone up on those jars just since Julia was eating them so in an effort to be cost effective, I thought I would make my own. So armed with a blender and some ice cube trays I got to work.

I made carrots, sweet potatoes, and squash. It was a learning process on how to even make squash!!!! I threw it in the blender, added some water, and threw it on the baby food setting (yes, my blender has a baby food setting). With some advice from a friend, I put them in an ice cube tray and froze them. Overnight, I had carrot cubes. Sounds delicious huh? I spent $4 on a squash and made 24 cubes. That has to save some money right?

Carrot Cubes

Finished products - Ziploc bags and labeled for the freezer!
This is half of a squash

Thanks Peggy and random grocery store shopper for teaching me how to make squash

1 small bag of carrots - check!I even got to use my new Pampered Chef veggie steamer

And yes, I do realize I am a bit psycho for taking pictures of the steps but you know what, I am a little proud of myself. This time last year I could barely make veggies if they weren't microwavable! ;)