Major Baby Food Batch

I had planned for a major baby food recipe session the other day and thought I had made enough food for 2 weeks.....well my Bambino decided otherwise and is likely bouncing through a growth spurt. He is eating and accepting so many new foods (which is exciting) but I NEED to step up my game with his meal planning. That being said, this batch would likely make enough purees for a baby not in the throws of a growth spurt for a week to 2 weeks depending on the appetite. This whole batch took 1 hour! I'll write up a separate post for tips and tricks with making large amounts of foods in short periods of time.

Side note: Apologies for my varying storage container sizes! I ran out of my little snack zip top bags so I was a little all over the place tonight!

Ingredients for success :-)

Ingredients:
1 cup frozen broccoli
1 cup frozen corn kernels
1 cup frozen pineapple chunks
1 cup frozen mango slices
5-6 large frozen strawberries
1 small, fresh zucchini, ends cut off
1 avocado,


pitted
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 small banana, peeled
1/4 cup frozen blueberries
21 raisins
baby oatmeal - I love Beechnut brand, see here for more info.
baby rice cereal
1 cup quick cook barley - uncooked
12oz breast milk or prepared formula

Also used: cauliflower, spinach, white bean and butternut squash purees I had made already a few weeks back. Make sure they are refrigerator thawed before using.

Tools

Baby Bullet - milling blade, blending blade, small blending container (3), small steaming baskets (2)
Baby Bullet Turbo Steamer
spatula

1. Fill the Turbo steamer with 1 cup of water.
2. Add broccoli to one steaming basket and corn to the second basket.
3. Set steamer to 4 and begin steam cycle, allow to run the full cycle
4. Pour the quick cook barley into the blending container with the milling blade. Mill for 90 seconds or until smooth. Add to an airtight container for future baby food. Wash out the blending container and set aside to dry.
5. Once the broccoli and corn are completed steaming, add each vegetable to its own blending container with the 4 prong blending blade. Add 2oz breast milk or formula to each container. Blend for about 30 seconds or until smooth. Wash out steam baskets.
6. Add blueberries and banana to their own steam basket, set to 2 and allow to run through the whole cycle.
7. Add white beans, 1/2 corn, 1/2 banana to one of the used containers with 1-2 oz of breast milk or formula. Blend until smooth. Add to storage container of your choice, I go with zip top bags, label with mix and date. Set aside.
8. Add 1/2 broccoli, cauliflower and 1/2 banana to a different container with 1-2 oz breast milk or formula. Blend until smooth. Add to a zip top bag, label with mix and date. Set aside. Wash out steam baskets.

Avocado Broccoli Strawberry 

9. Add avocado and strawberries to their own steam basket. Set to 2 and run through whole cycle. Check the water level to see if it needs to be refilled.
10. Add remaining broccoli, 1/2 avocado and 3 strawberries to a blending container, blend 30 seconds or until smooth. Transfer to  a zip top bag, label with mix and date. Set aside. Wash out steam baskets.
11. Add mango and pineapple to their own steam baskets. Set to 4. Allow to run through the entire cycle.
12. Mango and pineapple are new foods so I want Bambino to try them on their own first. Add each fruit to its own blending container with the 4 prong blending blade. Add 2oz breast milk or formula to each container. Blend for about 30 seconds or until smooth. Wash out steam baskets. Add each puree to its own individual zip top bag and label with fruit name and date. Set aside.
13. Add raisins and chopped zucchini to their own steam baskets. Set to 4. Allow to run through the entire cycle.
14. Add raisins to blending container with the milling blade and 2oz breast milk or prepared formula and blend for 60 seconds or until smooth. Add 3 tbsp baby oatmeal, 2 tbsp applesauce and 1 tsp cinnamon with an additional 2oz breast milk. Blend until smooth. Add to a zip top bag, label with mix and date. Set aside.
15. Add zucchini to a blending container with remaining avocado and strawberries + 2oz breast milk or prepared formula. Blend until smooth. Add to a zip top bag, label with mix and date. Set aside.
16. Add spinach, remaining strawberries, blueberries and 1 tbsp rice cereal to a container with 1 oz breast milk or prepared formula. Blend until smooth. Add to a zip top bag, label with mix and date. Set aside.
17. Blend remaining white beans, butternut squash and 2 tbsp applesauce.

After all of these steps you should have to following baby food purees:
Mango
Pineapple
White Bean, Butternut Squash, Applesauce,
Spinach Blueberry Strawberry Rice
Zucchini Avocado Strawberry
Apple Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal
Broccoli Avocado Strawberry
Broccoli Cauliflower Banana
White Bean Corn Banana
milled barley for hot cereal

Whew! That was a lot to whip up but it's all wholesome, balanced, homemade, pureed goodness!
If you try one of these, please let me know if your baby likes them!

Have a delicious day!