Cheaper and Better Food for Babies

As a nanny I have fed all types of food for children. But the most impressive one I learned to do should have been common sense.

Homemade (Puree) Baby Food!

This is the easiest and most affordable food for babies (besides breastfeeding)!

Apple or Pear Sauce

Things you will need:
One apple or pear will be 1-3 servings for your baby, depending on how hungry he/she is.
Blender
Pot
Water
Knife

Step 1: Rinse and Peel the apple or pear
            (Apples  and pears are always sprayed with pesticides, so be sure to rinse the apples or pears)

Step 2: Cut the apple/pear into 1/4
Step 3: Cut out seeds
Step 4: Slice up apple/pear as thin as you can (don't go crazy it doesn't need to be paper thin)
Step 5: Put apple/pear in a pot with enough water to cover the apples/pear
Step 6: Cook the apples/pear until they are soft
Step 7: Drain the water
Step 8: Put the apples/pear in the blender until it's smooth (you may need to add a little bit of water)
Finished!

Pureed Peas or corn

Things you will need:
1/3 cup of peas or corn (this will make plenty of servings; freeze a few)
Steamer
Blender

Step 1: Steam 1/3 a cup of peas or corn
Step 2: Put the peas/corn in the blender until it's smooth
Finished!

Bananas

Things you will need:
1/2 a Banana
Fork
Bowl

Step 1: Peel 1/2 a banana
Step 2: Put the banana in a child size bowl
Step 3: Mash the banana up with the fork until there are no lumps (you won't be able to get rid of all the lumps, but try)
Finished!

Carrots

Things you will need:
1/2 a carrot
Veggie peeler
Steamer
Blender

Step 1: Wash the carrot
Step 2: Use the veggie peeler to remove the first layer of the carrot and throw it away
Step 3: Use the veggie peeler to have thin slices of carrot
Step 4: Steam thinly sliced carrots until soft
Step 5: Put the carrots in the blender until smooth
Finished!

All of these are EXTREMELY easy to do, they don't take that long AT ALL, they are better for your baby, and it is way cheaper! At least by making the baby food yourself, you know exactly what you are feeding you baby.