My children are growing up so fast and they are already eating
rice and oatmeal. I called my pediatrician to ask what she recommended as their
first foods after the grains should be. My pediatrician recommended the orange family of vegetables; carrots, sweet
potato, and squash/ pumpkin. This was good news to me because I have already
frozen a ton of carrots, and will be receiving squash over the next few weeks
from the farm shares. 
How did I freeze
my baby food? I simply steamed peeled carrots. Once the carrots were soft, I threw into a blender and pureed until it was a semi-smooth consitancy. Then I took
the pureed mixture and poured it into ice cube trays and filled each cube 3/4 of the way full. Once the cubes were
frozen, I put them all in a bag dated and labeled. Each cube is good for one
feeding to start out. As they get bigger and can tolerate larger portion, you can mix two different cubes, such
as 1 pea cube + 1 carrot cube= 1 serving of peas and carrots.
I have frozen a
bunch of different pureed fruits and vegetables as I got them from the farm in anticipation for the days my children would eat solid food.
Peas, carrots, plums, peaches, blueberries, cherries, green beans, and much, much more. I also
own a deep freezer so they will last longer than in a regular freezer and are
less likely to get freezer burned. Since I have never done this before, I’ve
been winging the freezing of baby food. I’ve been guessing at what would freeze
well based on experience of what freezes well for meals I cook for myself. For
example, potatoes turn black when frozen raw, and turn mealy when frozen
cooked, so I would never freeze sweet potato or regular potato for baby
food.
As I begin to feed
them various solid foods, I will continue to update this page with what vegetables
I find to work, and the ones that don't work so well. I'll also be posting them
in the order that my pediatrician recommends for my children, but go by what
your pediatrician recommends. Mine told me to start with orange vegetables, and
to feed them in the early afternoon, lunch or an early dinner would be
preferable. She doesn't like serving the vegetables in the morning. Also she
told me to not start with fruits because then my kids may prefer the sweetness
of fruits and refuse the vegetables all together. It makes sense to me, heck I
would refuse vegetables if I could have a nice piece of juicy melon
instead. 
As I move on to
the different stages of solid foods, I will update this page to take about the
results. So please check in to see my adventure in the world of solid food.
Pictures and recipes will also be posted here to help assist those of you who
want to also make your own. Since I like to make 1 big batch and freeze it,
instead of making fresh every day, my recipes will be written that way. 
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