We started the solids journey with our son just before he turned 6 months old. We began by introducing rice cereal and then progressed to mixing in different types of fruits and vegetables. In the early days, we offered each new food separately to ensure he didn’t have a reaction and to gauge what types of flavours he enjoyed.
I found the easiest way to do this was to make separate portions of each fruit or vegetable and freeze them in ice cube trays. I use the Tommee Tippee Quick Cook Steamer Blender to make all my puree’s. Simply wash, peel (if required), chop and pop in the machine to steam and blend. It’s simple, quick and you only have one pot to wash at the end of it all. Once puree’d I would then pop the purée’ into ice cube trays (I used the trays from Kmart as they have lids) and leave to freeze. Once the cubes were frozen I’d then transfer to freezer bags which were labelled and dated ready to be stored.
I figured out each cube was roughly 20g and would mix and match flavours as required.
I don’t like to use the microwave so would try and either take some cubes out the morning before and pop them in the fridge to defrost or defrost them on the stove in a small pan when required.
I found this technique super handy and made mixing flavours so easy.
Hints and Tricks:
- Ripe fruit tends to work best
- To help remove puree‘ cubes from the ice cube trays, run some water over the bottoms and twist the tray a little. This helps them to simple pop out without much effort.
- The Tommee Tippee Cook Steamer Blender adds water to the fruit/veggies when steaming. If you are cooking on a stove top and blending separately add a bit of liquid with the fruits/veg to make a smoother, less thick purée. You could use formula or milk or simply add some of the water that the fruits/veg boiled in.
- General rules apply with storage. Ensure purée cubes stay frozen and use within 3 months.
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