Is your Baby ready to start on solids? I’ve got the ultimate guide for easy Homemade Baby Food Recipes to share with you today!
Are you working on your baby food plan? Well there’s no need to pay all that money! Babies are silly expensive {and yes, totally worth it}, but their food doesn’t need to be expensive! Baby puree recipes are SO simple to make!
The foods your baby will love the most are also some of the most inexpensive foods at the grocery store, or you can even grow organic versions of them at home in your Garden. Let’s face it, Sweet Potatoes, Butternut Squash, Apples, and Carrots are cheap, and when you’re feeding a baby, they go a really long way! These easy baby food recipes are freezer-friendly, too… so you can plan ahead now and stock your freezer with baby food for later!
Making your baby’s food is so gratifying, and these simple recipes come together with hardly any effort! Plus… it’s another easy tip for How to Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half!
So are you ready? Let’s make some food for Baby! Here’s what you’ll do…
Homemade Baby Food Recipes ::
Homemade Baby Food Sweet Potato Recipe {stage 1 – stage 2}
Sweet potatoes used to be my baby’s favorite food… seriously, he loved them! Making Homemade Baby Food is really so simple, and can be such a HUGE money saver! Baby will love this easy sweet potato puree!
Homemade Baby Food Butternut Squash Recipe {stage 1 – stage 2}
Make Baby {and your budget} happy when you make this easy 2-ingredient Homemade Baby Food Butternut Squash! After sweet potatoes, this was my Baby’s 2nd favorite favorite veggie. The sweet squash always brought a smile to his face!
Homemade Green Bean Baby Food Puree
{stage 1 – stage 2}
This Green Bean baby food recipe is so easy to make and will save you BIG money! Plus, this can be used as both a stage 1 or stage 2 baby food, depending on how finely you puree the green beans!
Homemade Baby Food Peas Recipe
You can actually make a whopping 16 servings of this pea puree baby recipe using just one large bag of frozen peas.
Carrot Baby Food Puree Recipe {stage 1 – stage 2}
This healthy treat for baby can be made in minutes and is a fraction of the cost of the expensive store bought baby food! Just grab a bag of carrots from the store, or use homegrown carrots from your backyard garden!
How to Make Homemade Smooth Applesauce for Baby {stage 1 – stage 2}
Not only is making your own homemade applesauce for baby budget-friendly, but you can also control the consistency! For example… you can turn your apples into an extra smooth puree for stage 1 foods! As baby gets older, you can even add a dash of cinnamon to introduce a fun new flavor!
How to Make Chunky Applesauce for Baby {12 months+}
As Baby gets older, they’ll be able to manager chunkier foods. After age 1, if your Baby is ready, you can try serving up this easy homemade chunky applesauce!
Homemade Baby Food Tips from Your Frugal Friends:
Ashley writes: “My daughter loves her sweet potatoes… sometimes I add a pinch of cinnamon or even a pinch of nutmeg she enjoys both.”
Paulette said: “I found it was so much more cost efficient to make my own. Plus, I knew there was no additives, just wholesome goodness. I mashed up large quantities of a single fruit or vegetable and froze. No spices or sugars added, let the palate learn the natural taste. One new food per week so could check for allergies.”
Heidi said: ” I made food for both of my boys…never bought baby food.”
Kathy said: “If there weren’t many spices in the food, I mashed up and feed them what we ate.”
Michele writes: “My girls are 16 & 18 now. I did make all their baby food. I got fresh veggies from relatives that had gardens.”
Storing Homemade Baby Food:
Don’t forget to snatch up some OXO Tot Baby Blocks ~ they’re SO nice for storing Baby’s food! They’ve got a leak-proof seal, are stackable, and are great for portioning with measurements right on each container.
OXO Tot Baby Blocks
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So what are your baby’s favorite foods?
Or do you have some more feeding tips or Easy Homemade Baby Food Recipes your baby enjoys?
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Christie says
This is fantastic! I will have to share this with my sister as she has a baby and is always looking for new baby food ideas.
Heidi says
That’s a great idea, Christie! I hope your sister loves the recipes… and how fun that you get to be an auntie, too! 🙂