Do not feed your baby any home-canned food except fruits. In addition, do not feed them raw fruit purees, because some raw fruit can carry pathogens and is a food safety risk. Therefore, you should heat the puree of raw fresh fruits e. Prepare foods for a baby immediately before use, and avoid using leftover food. Food that is not eaten right away should be refrigerated or frozen immediately after cooking. Cover, wrap, or protect food, and label with the date and time prepared.
Throw out any foods left unrefrigerated for longer times. When food is left out longer, bacteria can grow to harmful levels and may cause your baby to get sick. Refrigerator : Baby food spoils more easily than other foods, because it has been pureed or ground. It also does not contain the preservatives needed in many shelf-stable processed foods.
If freshly prepared baby food pureed food is not used right away, refrigerate it in shallow covered containers and use within one or two days. Meats, poultry, fish and egg yolks should be used within 24 hours. Freezer : Freeze pureed baby food in single-serve portions so that it can be heated and safely fed to your baby. There are two recommended ways to freeze it. Ice Cube Tray Method : For single-serve portions, pour cooled, pureed food into a paper cupcake liner or directly into sections of a clean ice cube tray.
Cover with plastic wrap or foil and place in freezer. Cookie Sheet Method : Drop tablespoons of cooked, pureed food in separate spots on a clean cookie sheet. Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil and put in freezer. When cubes or pieces of food are frozen solid, put them in a plastic freezer container or bag and store in the freezer.
Write the name of the food and the date on the container and use within one month for best quality. Thawing : Frozen food can be thawed, or defrosted, three ways: in the refrigerator; under cold running water or as part of the reheating process. When you remove baby food from the freezer, label it with the date and time removed.
Store thawed food in the refrigerator and use most within 48 hours or throw it out. Meats, poultry and fish should be thrown out after 24 hours, however. Do not refreeze baby food that has thawed. Warming : Baby food can be served cold, at room temperature or slightly warmed.
An Electric Baby Dish : This keeps the food at constant temperature, but food should always be stirred and tested for temperature before feeding to the baby. A Small Heat-resistant Dish Placed in a Saucepan : After dishes are placed in about an inch of water in a saucepan, heat water to simmering, not boiling. When food is warm, remove, stir and test for temperature. Higher-fat foods, such as meat and eggs, should always be warmed on the stove, because they heat faster and splatter or overheat more.
Cover the dish with a microwave-safe cover, not plastic wrap. Stir food well and turn dish often. Heat food only a few seconds to a lukewarm temperature. Regardless of the warming method you use, always stir and taste test food yourself. Reheat food only one time, and never refreeze food that has been thawed.
Making your own fresh fruit purees is a food safety risk, unless you heat them first. Raw fruit purees are unsafe for babies to eat, because some raw fruit can carry pathogens. Choose a ripe banana with an unbroken peel and no damage to the outside.
Rinse the banana under running water and remove the peel. Puree or mash the banana with a clean fork. Serve immediately, and throw away leftover banana. Peel, quarter and core apple. Blend until smooth in texture. Let cool before serving to baby. Peel, core, and dice apple. Cook for 5 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes, then puree mixture until smooth. While apple is cooling, prepare the peaches. If using fresh peaches, peel and slice them. Combine peaches with 2 tablespoons water in a blender.
Puree until smooth. Let cool before serving to your baby. Freeze no longer than one month for best quality. Use apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots or cooked dried prunes without sugar. Remove skin and seeds. Press through a sieve, or put ingredients in food mill or blender and puree until smooth. Serve or freeze. Puree ingredients in baby food mill or blender until smooth. Let cool, then serve or freeze. Place peas and water in saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, and cook for 6 minutes.
Let cool 10 minutes, then puree until smooth. Cook fresh vegetables, or use frozen or canned vegetables without salt or seasoning. Read labels for ingredients. Press vegetable chunks through a sieve or baby food mill. Thin with cooking liquid or formula to eating consistency. Or, put cooked vegetables and liquid in a blender and puree until smooth. Note: After the individual vegetables have been fed several times, some good combinations are: potatoes and carrots, potatoes and green beans, carrots and peas.
Simple Strained Meat or Poultry: for babies over 8 months. Cook lean meat fat, skin and connective tissue removed over low heat in a small amount of water. Puree meat and liquid until smooth. Combine and blend until smooth. Serve or freeze in serving-size containers. If frozen, use within one month for best quality. Put eggs in a saucepan and cover them with 1 inch of cold water.
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Charts: Main baby food chart 4 to 6 months 6 to 9 mths 10 to 12 mths Baby food diary. I have an organic pear to try this weekend too but I'll probably blanch the skin off then cook and puree. I leave the skin on now.
First few times I didn't but Nathan is a really good eater so I thought I'd give it a try and he still loves it. They say most of the nutrients are right underneath the skin so if you peel them you cut them off. I just make sure I wash them really well. Also saves time, takes forever to peel them!! They puree fine.
I've done apples, pears and carrots so far. It makes the texture a little bit different, less smooth. But if you already do it chunky that wouldn't be a problem. Does make them turn different colours. My apple sauce is now pink and pears are more green - the skin colour leeches into the rest while it's cooking. I was wondering the same thing, and since I didn't know what to do, I kept on some of the skin kindof a compromise, I guess.
Well for apples I took them all off since the skin seemed like it'd be too thick? And I take all of the skin off for carrots and sweet potatoes. Good luck to you! I start zucchini last wk and he Loved it. For some reason, my LO prefers veggies over fruit. He really hates bananas, but I mixed in some zucchini and then he ate it up :. We have switched to baby led weaning lately. Daphne's current staple food is cooked pear slices. She gets a slice with the skin on.
She has gotten sweet potato the same way. The skin helps her grip the slice. Usually, she just sucks on the skin, but every know and again she will gum it up and swallow. No worries except the stupid pesticides.
For me it depends on the food. I buy mostly organic, and then I do include the peel if it is something I would eat Most of the pesticides stay on the peel and I don't need that in there!
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