Today was not my first attempt at making Abram's food but it was my most extensive attempt. We rarely buy store packaged baby food and tend to go day by day with what we make for Bram. Today I thought I would get a bunch stored up in the freezer.
On the menu:
Acorn Squash
Butternut Squash
Sweet Potatoes
Peas
Carrots
I started with boiling the water to steam the peas and carrots. No problems there. While they were steaming I halved the squash and scooped out the seeds. Down the disposal and I was off to peel the...oh wait...the disposal seems to be jammed up a little. Let me use an oh so safe technique and put my hand down there (after it was off of course) to see what is stuck. Hmmm, lots of seeds. I will pick some out. Run water, try again. This time water is not draining and disposal is making a funny noise. Erg.
Leave it and on to blending up the peas and carrots. No problem...good old blender we got at our wedding works great...only 3 years old been used a handful of times because to be honest, I don't make very much stuff in the kitchen.
Sweet potatoes are peeled and put in boiling water. Squash is in the oven!
Abram wakes up from his nap, gets fresh peas and carrots!
Start blending sweet potatoes...going well...needs more water....needs lots more water...blender seems to be mad at me...finishes blending potatoes.
Abram very crabby needs lot of attention. Break from cooking to attend to him.
Abram back to his nap. Squash scooped out and put in the blender. Almost done all I have to do is blen...wait, maybe it's not plugged in...nope. I bet I need to press that reset button like I do sometimes when I am blowdrying my hair...nope. Button push, button push, nothing. Blender seems to be making funny humming noise. Blender does nothing but mock me with it's container full of my baby's squash. R.I.P. wedding gift blender that has been used a handful of times.
I think the cost of a new blender and garbage disposal is going to seriously offset my savings from homemade baby food!
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4 comments:
Hey I probably would have cried, sounds like you handled it well. I don't even know if I would know how to cook sweet potatoes. Oh, my sister recommends a food processor for baby food making. You are such a good mom, Bram is so lucky!
Oh no! It certainly does sound like a pretty expensive batch of baby food! I'm glad you could find humor in it. How special for Abram to have a mom who makes him healthy baby food!
Funny. Very funny. Hope your new blender brings you much joy. FYI, you can stick a wooden broom handle in the disposal (bristles up) and give it a "boost." It worked for me.
That is a wonderful rendition of the event...I'm pretty sure we bought you that blender as a wedding shower gift and liked it so much we bought one for ourselves. It helps me to be more confident in my future dependence on Gerber. I wonder if fresh peas and carrots to a baby is like homeade cookies to a kid?
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