1st taste
of pumpkin puree...yum....

Making Sweet Potato Puree

(1) Pre heat oven to 190 degree c

(2) Wash and poke holes with fork, then wrap in tin foil (no not peel)

(3) Place in lower rack of oven and back for 45 mins until soft

(4) Remove skins by slitting sweet potato lengthwise when cooled, scoop out the "meat"

(5) Mash with a fork....with formula/water

Making baby food - Pumpkin puree

(1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees C

(2) Split pumpkin in half, remove seeds, remove stringy fibers by scraping the insides with a metal spoon

(3) Place side down in roasting pan with 1cm water

(4) Bake for about 90 mins, till meltingly tender

(5) Scoop the flesh out to puree in food processor

Making baby food - Carrot Puree

Things needed:
- carrots
- formula milk
- spoon
- baby cubes (or ice cube trays)
- steamer
- blender

(1) clean & peel carrots, chop into pieces of 2-3 cm

(2) steam till a fork punctures them easily (steamer = 45 mins, stove = 30 mins).

or boil it in a little water - until tender (this will probably take around 5 - 8 minutes... don't overcook the carrots to the point where they become mushy or watery, as they will have lost much of their goodness

OR wrap loosely in foil and pop into an oven preheated to 180 degree c

The carrots will cook in their own steam and should be tender and ready for pureeing within 20-30 minutes - please take care when you open the foil parcel, as steam will escape!

(3) allow carrots to cool; make some formula milk to mix with the carrots

(4) when carrots are cool enough to be handled, puree them (2 cups of carrots with 4 oz of formula)

(5) Puree till no chunks. For 1st few feedings, strain the carrots through a sieve and discard any pulp that won't strain

(6) Spoon the puree into baby cubes and freeze. Can be kept for up to 3 months

To defreeze, put in warm water (or food warmer) for 5 to 10 mins

Yummy...

It's time to pre-prepare and stock up on baby food, to start the "food tasting/testing" i.e. one new single food for about 4 days in order to monitor for any reaction, before moving on to another...

Preparing and storing such tiny sized food in baby sized containers...feels as if playing with toy cookery...

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