I was pretty excited when S was ready to start eating real food. I was determined to make my own baby food. It seemed like it would be simple enough, and it actually was. (Although I have to admit I gave up on making apple sauce, too much effort when I could buy organic, unsweetened stuff in the store.) The prep and the cooking was all easy-peasy, but I found the most frustrating part was puréeing everything. Admittedly, I am probably the messiest cook you have met, but the kitchen was always a disaster after I cooked, puréed, separated, and froze everything. There would be yellow, orange, green, and red mush on the countertops, the sink, most of my utensils, and on every inch of my food processor. There had to be a better way! Then I remembered a little device given to me a couple years previously that was stored away at the back of my kitchen cupboard: a Black and Decker One Touch Chopper.
Instead of puréeing the entire batch of food, I froze chunks of cooked food. Then I defrosted and puréed enough to last a couple days. Of course I used my mini food processor, rather than my full-sized one. It holds 1.5 cups, has one pulse button, and is small enough to live on my counter-top while in high demand. Even as S progressed to pieces of food rather than purées, the One Touch Chopper was great for making nice, small pieces of fruit and vegetables for her to eat. Bon Appetite!
