Josh and I have been making all of Bo's baby food with the exception of her Puffs, and Yogurt melts.
So this weekend Josh and I got all of the supplies to make a TON of baby food.
2 Avocados, 4.33 lbs of Bananas, 2 lbs of Broccoli, 3lbs. Carrots, 1lb. of Chicken, 2lbs. Green Beans, 3.48 lbs. of Peaches, 2 lbs. of Peas, 2.42 lbs. of Plums, 3lbs. of Potatoes, 3.32 lbs. of Squash, & 3.70 lbs. of Sweet Potatoes. Total cost: $29.43 for 500 oz. of baby food. Price compare for same amount: Natures Best $93.65 saving $64.22: , Ella's Kitchen Organic $261.44 savings: $232.01 , Gerber $107.05 savings: $77.62.
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| The start of freezing Bo's baby food |
We also got the ingredients to make Super Baby Porridge from the book Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron (Thanks Cathie for the great book). For that we got, Barley, Brown Rice, Dried Black Eyed Peas, Dried Lentils, Dried Pinto Beans,and Dried Split Eyed Peas. Total cost: $5.81 for 91oz of ingredients. Price Comparison Estimations: Gerber Organic Brown Rice Cereal $32.14 for 96oz; savings $26.33; Earth Best Organic $29.88 96oz; savings $24.07; Target brand Non-Organic Up&Up $17.40 for 96oz; savings $11.59.
Side note: Ingredents in the Up&Up brand rice cereal: rice flour, tri-anddicalcium phosphate, soybean oil, soy lechithin, mixed tocopherols, electrolytic iron, zinc sulfate, alpha tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid and cyanocobalamin.
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| (Black Eyed Peas, Pinto Beans, Split peas, Lentils, Barley, Brown Rice) All ready to go! |
To make 2 cups of this high protein super porridge will now be: 1/3 cup dry whole grain (brown rice or barley), and 1/8 cup dried legumes (lentils, split peas, black eyed peas, or pinto beans). Stir 2 cups of boiling water, reduce heat to low cook for 10 min, stir frequently. Once made it can stay in the fridge for 2-3 days or be frozen for up to a month. So today we ground 1lb. of Brown Rice, and 1cup of all of the different beans, and a 1/2 cup of barley then we labeled them and we stored them separately.
This should last us until Thanksgiving.
I'm so glad I have such an amazing husband that helps make home-aid food for our baby girl.
Thanks Honey!
