by Ashleigh Evans posted in Life

Is your little one ready for food" These tips and tricks to start making your own food at home may help you get started.

Some useful items:
1. A chopper or blender. We adore our Ninja chopper because it can make smoothies AND chop up foods. Two in one!
2. Fork or masher. Yup, most of the foods can me mashed with a fork.
3. Storage containers. We really love small, wide mouth mason jars (like these Ball jars) with reusable lids.
I really love that almost anything you could want is available in the freezer section now. It's quite different than when I was first making food for my twins almost 9 years ago. My favorite frozen items to buy are peas, green beans, butternut squash, peas & carrots, broccoli, and vegetable medleys with quinoa. To make the food, simply steam the frozen veggies in their bags or on the stove. I always recommend using filtered water when making baby food, just to be on the safe side. For carrots, I buy a bag of organic baby carrots, steam them with 1 cup of water, and blend. So simple!
Liam's first 5 foods:

Mashed bananas
Peas
Avocado
Unsweetened applesauce
Carrots

When you're purchasing foods, sometimes when you stray away from the baby food aisle, you can save TONS of money. Here in Michigan, a small container (6 ounces) of baby food applesauce averages around $1, where a large container of unsweetened in the regular aisle runs around $2. Also consider canned fruit in its own juices or no sugar added to bl...