Cooking Homemade Apple Sauce

Since Autumn is nearing the 6 month mark, I will be experimenting with other fruits and vegetables in making her homemade baby food. Today I had some left over apples in the fridge so I decided to make some applesauce. And I have decided to share the applesauce-making-process with you guys. :)

I had three apples, now when making applesauce you can either keep the peel on or off. I just decided to peel it but I'll probably in the future leave it on since the peel has the most vitamins. So peel, core them, and then cut them into chunks.

Now once your apples are chopped up you can put them in a pot with some water, but you don't want to completely submerge the apples. It shouldn't take too long for the water to start boiling. Once they start boiling stir them occasionally and cover them for about 20-30 minutes (or when they become soft).

Once they're done, drain them with a bowl so that you save the water. Saving the water will help when you puree you're apples and you want to thin them out (and if brings more flavor).

Drop them in the food processor and then TADA!!! APPLESAUCE BABYFOOOOOD! Also when your baby is old enough you can add different spices to it for a different taste.

3 apples made 5 big jars of baby food. Imagine what a dozen or TWO dozen of apples could make.

First Try at Homemade Baby Food...

SOOOO today is the day! The day that I will introduce something besides Oatmeal cereal to Autumn. So I decided to make Avocado baby food, it was either between avocado or bananas. No particular reason to why I chose avocado. So I went and bought 3 of them while I was doing my normal grocery shopping.
Once I started peeling the avocados I realized that they are a MAJOR pain in the butt to prepare. If Autumn decides that she doesn't like it, I won't be too upset!

Luckily while I was pregnant, I was given the Ninja Master Prep Pro System for free from a friend of mine. Which is pretty much like the baby bullet, but it doesn't have the glass storage containers. But thats okay because I ended up using miniature tupperware containers anyways. 

Three avocados made about 8 containers, and each container held about 2 ounces each, so the three avocados made 16 ounces of baby food. Also, once I pureed everything I ended up adding about 2 ounces of water to thin it out. Ideally I would've liked to add breast milk to it but since I've been having supply issues I can't really use any for her solids. And I would've used formula in her food but since I was freezing it, you aren't supposed to freeze formula. Long story short, Autumn was not too fond of it, but i'm thinking maybe it's because it's something new but her facial expression says other wise.

Final product....TADA!!!! I can't wait to start experimenting with other fruits, veggies, and combinations!