Comments on: Baby food cheats: Easy, inexpensive, and healthy

By: Finger Paint!!! « Achieving Perfection

Finger Paint!!! « Achieving Perfection — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:49:02 +0000

[...] Baby food cheats: Easy, inexpensive, and healthy (rookiemoms.com) [...]

By: mamak

mamak — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:28:53 +0000

My kids still eat plain whole milk yogurt and applesauce all the time. When they were babies I would mix it together. We did lots of banana and avocado and sweet potatoes and other soft foods too. And black beans were also a favorite. I pretty much skipped the purees (homemade or jarred) to be honest. Easy and cheap!
Love the pumpkin and combo ideas. Saving this for next time.

By: Adina

Adina — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:06:00 +0000

I love the pumpkin idea- never thought of giving it straight out of a can!

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:33:07 +0000

@Art, I’ll have to try the salsa. Sawyer will gnaw a raw lemon wedge.

@Alissa and @Kathleen, I also mix avocado and banana on a regular basis but wasn’t counting them on my list of cheats because they are “real” food. Ha! Sawyer has it on his menu for today.

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:09:16 +0000

My little one loves cottage cheese, zucchini muffins, pancakes, baked sweet potato fries, and fruit/yogurt Popsicles made in these molds that are great for little hands. http://www.amazon.com/Freshfoods-78962-Fill-Freeze-Pops/dp/B006Z6E810/ref=sr_1_2?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1342238848&sr=1-2&keywords=annabel+karmel

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:36:18 +0000

My son loves the carbs too. He loves toast, breadsticks, and O cereal.

Thanks for sharing these other protein suggestions. I can’t wait to try them.

By: C Marriott

C Marriott — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:30:55 +0000

My son eats lots of frozen veggies. We buy them in bags, pour out just enough for him, and heat them in the microwave. Peas, carrots, corn, and edamame are his favorites. Since it only takes about a minute and a half from freezer to his mouth, these are generally his appetizer while we get the rest of his meal ready.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:58:08 +0000

My 18-mo-old is still eating our homemade and cheater baby food. He doesn’t like the texture of most “grown up” food, except he loves carbs (cereal, crackers, toast) and dessert (who dosen’t). I worry about him not getting enough protein, otherwise he is the healthiest eater with all these fruit and veggie purees and yogurt! Thanks for the tips on the beans and canned tuna fish! Anyone else have a late bloomer when it comes to food?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:32:18 +0000

Greek yogurt is great for kids who are starting to want to feed themselves; it is thick enough for them to grab. Cottage cheese. Stellini pasta. Baked sweet potatoes and regular potatoes are easily mashed with a fork. Also, Trader Joe’s prewashed and cut veggies allowed me to make my own veggie purees even when juggling twins meant we didn’t make it to the farmer’s market.

By: Alissa

Alissa — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:30:20 +0000

@Kathleen — yes! In fact, I mush the avocado and banana together for our 8 month old. She loves it!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:25:23 +0000

Mashed up bananas, mashed avocado, cottage cheese, tiny pieces of bread, rice and Refried beans. We NEVER took babyfood to restaurants. Usually there is something on the menu or a side or addition to your order that you can mash for a wee one

By: molly

molly — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:47:08 +0000

My baby is three, and he still loves applesauce and yogurt. There is also, cream cheese, canned fruit, guacamole, tuna, chicken salad. Tofu is nearly tasteless and mashes up and mixes with anything – avocados, bananas, applesauce, anything.