Baby Food

A lot of my recent cooking has revolved on making baby food for our little one! He is loving it and I love the fact that I know exactly what is in the food and that it is good enough that I would eat it and it taste like real food!

I am hoping that we can continue making his own food, but I know that it is not the end of the world if we need to use store-bought!

Baby food for stage 1 is so easy to make and it pretty much all follows the same directions!

Baby Food--Stage 1

Steam your fruit or veggies (if needed to tenderize)
Put into a food processor and puree to desired consistency.
Free in ice cube trays for no more than 1 month.

To defrost, put in a bowl, and microwave until just heated through, make sure you don't burn your little ones mouth, so wait for it to cool before using!

Syrup

I have been craving breakfast food lately, but haven't had any syrup in the house. In an effort to cut out some of the processed foods in our house, I looked up some recipes, and it looked simple enough.

I was right, it was. I followed a recipe from one good thing by jillie and it turned out like syrup.

I thought it was a little thin, Brian thought it was too sweet, but it is a good one to have on hand!

Syrup

Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of maple extract

Directions:

1. Boil the water and add the sugars until dissolved.
2. Add the maple extract and stir in.
3. Take off heat and cool. Then place in a jar and keep in the fridge!