Wondering if making your own baby food can save you money? Carrots provide a good answer to this question. Carrots are high on the list of veggies you should be buying organic according to the EWG list. If you shop at Cub, check out their organic section on so many occasions lately, I’ve been able to pick up better deals on organic fruits and veggies than regular. Tonight I got a bag of organic baby carrots for $1.68. The recipe made 22 ounces. So you are basically making 2 ounce containers of organic veggies for about 15 cents each. So pat yourself on the back- you are making good food and saving money at the same time!

Ingredients
1 16 ounce bag of Organic Baby Carrots
10 ounces of breast milk or prepared formula (if using breast milk-use fresh milk not frozen)

Directions

Fill a medium sauce pan with 2 cups of water and place steamer basket inside. Steam carrots for 15 minutes.

In your blender, put in your liquid and then carrots. If you are putting the carrots in right after steaming, remove the small cap off your blender and put a towel over the hole while operating.

Using the puree setting, puree 20 seconds, scrape sides and then puree again for 20 additional seconds.

Makes 22 ounces

Baby Food Storage
I store my baby food in 2 ounce plastic containers that I purchased from Babies R Us. Peapods also has containers for sale. You can also fill ice cube trays and once they are frozen, you can pop them out and store them in a feezer bag. Defrost food containers when ready to use by letting them soak in a container of hot water. Baby food can be safely frozen for 3 months. Use defrosted baby food within 24 hours of defrosting. Fresh purees can be safely refridgerated for 2 days.