Equipment

There is a lot of new equipment out there to make baby food. I honestly have never tried the systems I see advertised and I know they might be nice, but I just use a couple of simple things I got for not a lot of money. I use the pots and pans I already had in my kitchen mostly. I use a blender to puree the foods because it allows me to do big batches and then I don't have to make food every day. When I made my oldest daughter's food, I was outside the home at least ten hours a day, so I only made food on the weekends and pulled from my stash throughout the week. If you have time to cook more often, then something smaller might work for you. How I cook the food depends on what it is, but a lot of things I steam, so I bought a steamer basket that I can insert into my stock pot and I can do big batches that way. I also bought special baby food ice cube trays. I bought them because they were BPA free and they have lids so I can stack them. I have about eight and that can usually handle my biggest batches. Once the food is frozen, I pop them out and put them in ziploc bags I label with what they are and the date I made them. A lot of the foods look the same when frozen and that way I can use the older things first.