If your baby EATS you must check this out! PICTURES!!!

I have always been a fan of making my children's baby food but I took it to the extreme today and made it a science project! Here is what I found out!!


FIRST OFF:
* Gerber baby food in the 2 pack containers cost approx. 70 cents per serving.






I made the following foods and these are the costs per serving compared to the gerber containers at 70 cents each. I also included how many "containers" you would get from buying your produce vs. buying the store bought food.

(Remember gerber is 70 cents per container!)

- 3 medium sweet potatoes = 13 cents ( made 18 containers)
- 4 red apples = 40 cents (made 6 containers)
- 4 peaches = 46 cents (made 7 containers)
- 1 med. squash = 31 cents (made 4 containers)
- 1 pound fresh green beans = 37 cents (made 8 containers)
- 4 pears = 47cents (made 6 containers)
- 2 pounds baby carrots = 31 cents (made 10 containers)

SOOOO.....the price difference for these baby foods in store vs. making your own is:

- 3 med. sweet potatoes at 18 servings cost12.60in store.....2.30 for produce!
- 4 apples at 6 servings cost 8.34in store......2.40 for produce!
- 4 peaches at 7 servings cost 9.73in store.....3.25 for produce!
- 1 med. squash at 4 servings cost 5.56 in store......1.25 for produce!
- 1 lb fresh green beans at 8 servings cost 11.12 in store.....2.99 for produce!
- 4 pears at 6 servings cost 8.34 in store.....2.80 for produce!
- 2 lbs baby carrots at 10 servings cost 13.90 in store.....3.00 for produce!

Total spent on produce = 17.99
Total cost of exact same serving amounts in store bought food= 41.30

That ladies...is a SAVINGS of 23.31 dollars!!!

If you go this routeyou not only save cash but you have your OWN home made sweet potatoes, applesauce, peaches, squash, green beans, pears and carrots!!! You know what is going into your baby, there are not additives or preservatives and.....you have the pride of knowing you worked your butt off to do whats best for your child  

NOW PICTURES!!!!! I seriously worked my butt off doing this experiment. Call me crazy.......my husband did LOL. This took me about 3 hours start to finish.

Fresh produce!

Steaming away!! (steaming locks in more nutrients than boiling)


All cooked!


Ready for the magic bullet (or blender!)all skin removed


Waaalahhh!!! BABY FOOD!!! (I added bottled water to desired consistancy)


FRESH VS. STORE BOUGHT

Squash


Green beans

Pears


Carrots


Peaches


Applesauce


Sweet potatoes


The end result......made with love and more cash in my purse!!!
Each of these "snack bags" has approx. 3 servings in it.


The taste test was amazing too!!! HUGE difference!

thats cool!

awesome!!!!!!!! ima try this  

That is awesome mamma!   good work! When I have a little one im so going to be doing that!!   Gotta love a majic bullet!!

Wow, u are dedicated!! I always said I would do that....turns out I'm just too damned lazy!! LOL

That is great that you do that and saved all that money too...I bet the homemade stuff has to taste better too.

wow thats so neat
i wish i could do that

Thats awesome! Your really are one dedicated mama!  

This is why I have been asking for a magic bullet.  

Quoting The Green's [BMB]:“ I have always been a fan of making my children's baby food but I took it to the extreme today and made ... [snip!] ... The end result......made with love and more cash in my purse!!! The taste test was amazing too!!! HUGE difference!”

Wow, I think I will make the baby food with this one lol! I have the Magic Bullet(wonderful thing-got for Christmas last year). I never thought to make my own baby food with my first.

good job mama!
the fresh stuff looks a little better than the store bought too

wow.. you totally just converted my baby food religon no joke lol

This is awesome....I had just decided i was going to start making my own for Lilly. I mashed her an avocado today and she loved it!! How do you heat it from frozen???

That is awesome! Great job momma!

lol Im glad you guys call me things like "dedicated" because my husband looked at me like I was just plain CRAZY!!! LOL

My kitchen looked like a farmers market exploded...I made the pics look nice lol.

MAGIC BULLETS ROCK!!!!

wow you did an awesome job!!

i love making baby food