If you make (made) your own purées, what are some of your favorite combinations? LO prefers the store bought stuff but I think it's because they have such fun combos. I need to branch out!
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I found this cookbook helpful for more creative combos:
http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Baby-Meal-Planner-Recipes/dp/1451665598/ref=la_B001H6OCLY_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391112319&sr=1-2DD loved the chicken/sweet potato/apple one best, and she loved various fruit combos (apple/peach/strawberry was a popular one). I also let the combos found in stores inspire me!
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@rattles: Thank you!!
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I used recipes from a few different websites.
http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/
http://weelicious.com -
I've made some of the ones from weelicious.com. I've also combined butternut squash and sweet potatoes, apples and sweet potatoes, and I can't remember what else. If I have a half portion of something that sounds good with something else, I mix them lol
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@kiddosc: @grizz: I haven't heard of weelucious. Thanks!
I tried sweet potato/banana the other day. He loves them separately but the combo was a huge fail. Lol.
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I cooked everything separately for the most part and thn would freeze it in ice cube trays and then mix and match. It helped cut down on waste if he didn't like something!
I think kids sometimes like store bought because they are so sweet. Try mixing apples in! It's in almost every store bought one.
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I was never successful at mixing veggies and fruits. I could do two or three fruits togther or two or three veggies, but not across categories.
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I do the same thing as @jedeve: - puree everything separately and freeze in ice cube trays. That makes it really easy to try new combos and to up the serving size as DD grows. She is almost through purees now, but some combos she loves:
lima beans + applesauce + green beans
carrots + mango
mango + berry blend
applesauce + peas
sweet potatoes + butternut squash
sweet potatoes + peaches
peas + spinach
peas + lima beans
red beans and rice + applesauce
carrots + butternut squash
corn + peas
corn + cherries
mango + cherries
broccoli + peasI also tend to add some sort of spice (cinnamon, cumin, curry, herbs) to my purees, which DD *really* likes.
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@septca: Great ideas! Thanks!
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@rahlyrah: I was so offended when LO rejected my purées! I too used store bought as inspiration. Favorites these days:
Carrots/peas
Sweet potato/blueberry (his fave)
Beet, carrot appleI also make prune cubes and mix with organic plain yogurt. He's obsessed!
Going to make green bean/pear this weekend.
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The wholesome baby food website is great! Also don't be afraid of spices, just no salt. I put garlic in green peas, used cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. DD liked the sort of "Fall" blends like pumpkin apple cinnamon, sometimes I'd add a little rice or oatmeal, too.
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@erinpye: B loves Cinnamon! I need to branch out with other spices.
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@septca: When you did corn purée did you use frozen or fresh?
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I'm about to start LO on solids but am still going back and forth on the whole BLW vs. Purees thing. And I have a stupid question: why do you mix and make combinations? I'm way exited about all these possibilities!
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@ZombieBullfrogHoller: for us... she doesn't really like just spinach so I mix it with banana.
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i used store bought for inspiration and a tyler florence recipe book for kids!
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I cook/puree everything separately as well, and then mix and match 1 cube at a time.
We do mostly BLW, but she loves a sweet potato peach combo, and avocado pear.
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@rahlyrah: In the summer, fresh, but most of the time, frozen.
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For those that mixed food combos, did you mix it all together? Defrost the frozen cubes (if you did that) and stir it all together? I'm assuming this is after lo has tried it for the first time.
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@singingbee: I usually make things separately so that we have more variety.
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These were a few favorites when I was trying to introduce some more complex flavors/spices:
- cauliflower, spinach and cheese
- chicken, peas, apricot & apple puree (I used a pre-packaged applesauce with apricot puree from Whole Foods)
- parsnip & carrot with cumin and corianderI used weelicious for inspiration a lot too.
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@jedeve: Same!
@rahlyrah: LO seems to be okay with anything mixed with butternut squash, pears, apple, and green beans.
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