My daughter started solids recently. I’m delighted that she loves eating! In a previous post, I shared my 5 reasons to make your own baby food. In this post, I’m sharing some useful tools you will need to make your own baby food. Sort of like a baby food starter kit. I’m completely aware that not everyone reading this have little ones that are starting solids but feel free to share with friends and family that might find this useful!
Useful Tools For Making Your Own Baby Food
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The first thing you are going to need is a baby! Just kidding! If you don’t have a baby but still likes food, check out this recipe here.
I want to keep this baby food starter kit as budget friendly as possible. The good thing is, you might already have some of these items at home.
Something to mash/blend
To make baby food, you need to be able to blend or mash the fruits and veggies. I usually use my Magic Bullet, but sometimes I use just the handle of my Mortar and pestle. The Little Lady doesn’t have any teeth yet, but she loves to chew. So I’ve been making her food a bit more chunky for her.
Here’s what you can use:
- Blender
- Food processor
- Mortar and pestle
Storage
I usually prep her savory meals ahead of time. I like to have about one week worth of food ready for her. For that, you need storage. There are lots of inexpensive ways to store baby food. I like using little containers that I purchased from the dollar store. Just be sure the containers you do use are BPA free.
Here’s what you can use:
- Ziploc freezer bags
- Ice molds (with a lid)
- Small containers with lids
Cooking Time
Although I had planned on buying separate pots to cook for my daughter, I never got around to it. I’ve been using what I already have. Just use what you have.
Here’s what you can use:
- Pots and pans
- Vegetable steamer
- Oven safe dish (if you plan on roasting some of your vegetables)
So this is my list of useful tools for making your own baby food. Very inexpensive. The only thing I did buy are the containers. I already had everything else I needed. I hope you found this post useful. Be sure to share this with your soon to be mommy friends. Like I said in my previous post, making your own baby food as a lot of perks.
Be sure that you are subscribed to my blog. I’m really enjoying this “baby food making” thing. I have some more fun and useful post coming soon.
You can use a food processor or blended to make the food a smoother texture.
I used to just mash up stuff with a fork at meal time to feed my kids. I also gave them tiny bites. I started with fruits and vegetables.
My kids have all ended up being really good eaters. They aren’t very picky either.
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I never tried making my own baby food. It’s become quite popular now that my kids are older, and I can see why some people would prefer to do it.
That is so cool, I never made my own baby food but will admit I have made apple sauce from scratch for both my sons as well as my niece when they were little. I could see how this actually may end being cheaper as well as healthier!
Love all the gadgets they have to make Momma life easier and healthier for the baby… My mom used to make all my baby food!
This is really useful – what an awesome idea, I wouldn’t have thought of making my own. x
We definitely needed this when my son was born. I shared this with my niece who just had a newborn girl!
This is great. I’ve never made my own baby food as all of my kiddos did BLW. But I think this is a much better way to do it than store bought. So much healthier too!
I loved making my own baby food. We had loads of plastic containers and once I made a batch we would freeze it and it lasted for ages.
We made baby food a lot for the last two little ones. We would just take whatever we were eating and would either puree it or cut it up into smaller manageable chunks so they got used to different flavours, textures and tastes from an early age and we saved a ton of money in the process.
I love the idea of making homemade baby food as it’s probably so much healthier. My daughter is 26 so maybe she will have a baby and I can share information with her.
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These are great and useful tools. I loved making my youngest kiddo baby food when he was younger.
I made my son’s baby food. The only thing you really need is a good mini food processor
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It’s always better to make your own baby food because you know what goes in there. I made my kids’ baby food.
I wish that I had that when I just had my baby. It would have been very beneficial to the baby and I. So many time wasted when I tried to cook the baby food.
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I wish I had made more of my own baby food. I did for a little while with my magic bully, but often got busy to keep up with it.
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Making homemade baby food is so much fun. You can create unique, delicious flavor combinations.
Indeed really useful tools plus it looks cool to use. Glad you shared it!
Great ideas! I am a huge fan of knowing what I am feeding my kids, so this is very helpful.
Thank you for giving single people like me an idea on what to do when we have our own babies. These tools are indeed useful for making foods that would benefits of our kids.
I love the idea of making your own baby food. It’s good to know exactly what you are feeding your baby and I love those little storage containers!
The best way to keep your baby healthy is to make your own baby food. These are definitely helpful when doing that, especially the blender!
I never made my own baby food, but I wish I had. I can see how a blender and a food processor would be absolutely essential for it.
Wow making your own baby food that’s very thrifty. We just purchased the food from the store when we had babies didn’t have time to make your own food.
These all sound like great tools. I recently just bought a food processor and I love it.
Even if you have to buy a couple of the things needed to make it, it would save money and make the investment worth while quickly!
It looks so easy! I made a lot fo baby food for my kids and I have suggested it to my sister.
We made our own baby food too and it was the best thing we did! It saved us a ton of money and I knew what my son was eating.
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I never really got into making my own baby food. I didn’t even know it was doable when my kids were babies. I wish I’d known about it. It would have been fun.
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I don’t think most people know how easy and truly cost effective making your own baby food is! We used to do it with our two kids and it is really quite simple to mash up a ripe fruit or veggie for your babe.
I have always told myself when I have kids i will make my own baby food. This post is great thank u!!!
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I was way too overwhemed to make my own baby food for my first!! Looking back now, I realize it wasn’t so hard. My next two kids basically ate mushed up dinner that we were eating!
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Love this. I don’t have any kids yet, but I will definitely be the type of mom that makes my own baby food…at least for the first one. lol Thanks for sharing!
I loved making baby food for both of my kids. Those little snap top containers and an awesome blender were the only two things I really needed.
I wish I would have made my own baby food when my girls were little. I would have saved a ton of money doing it myself!
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I loved making my own baby food when my kids were babies. I used to just mash the food with a fork or a blender.
I miss the days of making food. The steamer was my best friend and I could steam everything. Thanks for sharing.
Love all the gadgets they have to make our lives easier and healthier for the baby! There was no baby food in the supermarket when I grew up.
I remember when kids are still babies I am into prepping their meals mashed, and blendered at the same time until they reached the age when they can chew. This is a helpful tip for new mommies out there.
I wish when my kids were babies I would have made our own baby food. So much healthier, cheaper and I’m sure more enjoyable!
Oh, thank you! I really want to make baby food for the twins when they arrive!
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Useful tools indeed! I made my son’s food too when he was a baby. Wish I had those small containers though.
I didn’t make all of my son’s baby food, but I did make a lot of it. A blender/food processor was my best friend. I also just mashed things up with a fork (since I didn’t have the mortar and pestle).
Love the cute little containers! Perfect for storing homemade baby food.
My husband’s grandmother used to make baby food for his sisters when they were babies. They loved it and gained the appropriate weight on it.
I love that there is so many things to help make making baby food easier!! SO much easier to know what is in your baby food.
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I love the idea of making your own baby food. I think it’s a wonderful idea. It’s much more healthier too. Very easy to make as well.
Not a mother, but never heard of this before.
My husband said being one of six growing up, he never saw this either.
Interesting stuff for mommies.
We have little containers like that too. I use them for my son’s snack each day at school. 🙂
I made some of the kids baby food when they were little. I will have to share this with my friend. She is just starting to make her own for her kids.
A friend of mine is just thinking of making her own baby food. Great way to go.
I remember doing that for my kids.
Very good information over here!
I love our Baby Bullet blender. Makes food super fast!
I always love the idea of making homemade foods for my babies so you can be sure they are healthy & of great quality as well. These are some wonderful tools that could be so handy for everyone, Mortar and pestle is so useful for sure.
Great list.. We use blender to make our own baby food 🙂 My kids love veggie/fruit blend
Making your own baby food is a lot of work but so worth it. I did it for my youngest child and she loved it.
These are great tips! It can seem daunting at first – and there are so many products on the market – that you can forget it’s really just a simple matter of preparing food for your baby an all of the extra stuff can be really unnecessary.
These tools are imperative for successfully making baby food. I loved using the food processor and storing in Mason jars.
Making your own baby food at home is such a wise decision! Not only is it a great money-saver, but you know every single thing you are feeding your baby, which is so important.
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This is a very useful article. I am a bit concerned about my baby’s food so I have decided to make it by myself. I have never made baby food and after reading this article, at least I know what products and tools I need to buy, so I can prepare the food and keep it fresh.
Thank You!