Green Giant

To quote my mother-in-law: "Wait until you try green beans or peas".  As in, sweet potatoes are easy to get down because they taste yummy (supposedly), but the green veggies don't get quite the same reaction from kiddos.  Well, I took that as a challenge, and spent tonight making and freezing geen beans and peas for the next couple of weeks.  Today was day #4 for her first food, sweet potatoes.  Tomorrow we get to add a new one.  I think we're going to do avocados for two reasons.  1) I've heard that is one of the best three to start with, and 2) avocados were on sale today at the grocery store!  After avocados, I can't decide if we'll try bananas again to do fruit, or keep on our veggie train and go for one of the types I made tonight. 

I have to say, both green beans and peas were super easy to make.  My plan was to get the steamer bags, toss them in the microwave, and blend.  Well, a single little steamer bag is about $2.50, while a giant bag of peas that weighs approximately the same as T was $4.99.  It was a no brainer.  I went with the super-size bag and tossed half of it into my Pampered Chef microwavable steam pot.  The veggies steamed while I made dinner, then cooled while we ate.  After putting T to bed, I put half of the beans into my Baby Bullet (from now on to be called the BB) along with almost all of the water used for steaming.  This was the perfect amount to create a nice puree.  I had to use fresh water for the remaining beans, but it still turned out well.  Next up were the peas.  The Beans went into ice cube trays, and the peas went into my little Glad ware containers.  No significant reason for those storage containers, but the Glad containers were still drying when I made the beans. 

Notables:
- I don't use a lot of water when steaming veggies in the microwave, so don't use my directions as exact science.  I like to start with a little less water when pureeing, then slowly add until I have the right texture.
- The texture for both the beans and the peas was a little grainier.  I hope this isn't an issue for her when she tries them.
- I started using little round lables today to mark the contents of each container, as well as the date it was made. 
- The Gladware containers above are great for baby food!  I also adore the BB containers, but only have 12 of those.  Ice cube trays are my least favorite because you have to figure out something to put them in, both for storage and for feeding. 

So far T loves eating and is getting solids 3 times a day.  It's kind of a pain to feed her because she likes to grab the food part of the spoon, but she is very enthusiastic.  So far no tantrums!