Before my daughter was born, I clipped coupons and bought jarred baby food, A LOT of it! The thought of making food for her never occured to me. When it was almost time to start feeding her solids, I started to research. Just like adults, nothing is better for a baby than fresh vegetables and fruits. Between my Magic Bullet blender and regular blender I started to make batches of baby food. It is cheaper than jarred food, it just takes a little bit of time here and there. Once you make it in batches, you can freeze them in ice trays or trays made specifically for baby food and put in large freezer ziplock bags once frozen. When it's time to feed your baby, just defrost or microwave it.
One of the best sites to use for this is Wholesome Baby Food! It is an amazing resource that gave me step by step directions as well as great ideas and answered alot of the questions that I had. Including guidelines of when it is okay for your baby to move onto new foods.
My daughter loved everything I gave her and still eats great. She has at least one fruit and vegetable with every meal as well as a protein and dairy product. She loves avocado, grapes, blueberries, peas, watermelon, canteloupe, peaches, apples, sweet potato, banana, mango, and on and on. I have talked to friends who also made their baby's food and said their child is a less picky eater as a toddler than others they know. At 16 months old Q hasn't been sick once. I think this also helps keep her extra healthy.
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