I have to confess, I could have cared less about organic foods a year ago. Ever since A came along I have been more interested in what we eat. I try buy our meat and produce at Sprouts and I always use a produce cleaner....meat and produce are our main organic areas. I am not as much concerned about the nutritional value of organic vs. non-organic, but rather all of the chemicals, pesticides and steroids that food comes in contact with.
Since i love to cook, I knew from the beginning I knew that I wanted to make A's baby food. Not only is it easy, but it saves money, you can make a lot at one time, and you know exactly what your little one is eating. I just steam or bake the food, toss it into the Cuisinart and then freeze in ice cube trays. Each cube is the perfect little serving. Just thinking about the chemicals that go into baby food makes me want to gag.
Wholesome Babyfood is a wonderful website that gives you lots of ideas and information on baby and toddler recipes. Right now A is eating peas, carrots, green beans, sweet potato, pumpkin, banana, avocado and oatmeal cereal. We are going to introduce apples this weekend. She is not a fan of the peas or green beans that I make, but she loves the Gerber Organics variety.
According to Health magazine, this is where you should splurge on organic:
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Like you, I bought little if any organic before Maddy and Libby came along. I used Wholesome baby food religiously when I was making their baby food (it's easy, fun, better for them, and more affordable) and I also tend to follow that list like you showed on what to buy organic. I've also been trying to be better about supporting our farmers markets, eating locally, etc. I have to say, M&L are great eaters now & I feel like some it is because they ate "real" food as opposed to jars. Just my opinion, but I'll stick with it.
I try to, when we can afford it, because honestly, it can add up--at least for me, maybe I'm not a pro organiz shopper? But, I do try to buy organic as often as I can, especially with fruits, veggies and things like that--things I eat a lot of.
Are you freezing the food for storage? I'm making benjamin's food and haven't mastered the storing/freezing/reheating business. Any tips?
only since Lila arrived...funny how so many things change. you gotta teach me more on baby food preparation :)
Any plans for next Saturday?
I do organic, especially root vegetables or fruits and veggies with thin skins, and I also try to keep the nasty chemicals out of my cleaning products. I figure why risk filling my body and my home with unneeded chemicals.
I have always wanted to try this. I saw the Beaba (sp?) baby food maker at WS, but I figured it would be easier to steam the food yourself and then pop them in the cuisinart.
We do eat some organic foods. We aren't exclusively organic, but I try to buy organic when I can.
Enjoy your weekend!
That chart is very handy! Thanks for posing it :)
Absolutely... and so important for your baby food-making! I'm also terrified of hormoned-out milk and am sure it's responsible for the drastic changes in the age of menstruation for girls in the US over the last 15 years. You're being very smart.
I fed the dude the organic Gerber stuff and he loved it!
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