Recipes needed
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Topic: Recipes needed
Posted By: Kazzle
Subject: Recipes needed
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 5:08pm
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Does anyone have any recipes for preserving fruit for 6mths plus....Rhiannon hates the jar food, and as she loves my chicken and veges or meat and veges i thought i would try her on homemade peaches, pears, apples etc
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 8:04pm
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You can easily preserve stewed fruit (apples etc) either in sealed jars or in containers in the freezer. Did you want a recipe for how much sugar to fruit?
It will probably work out a lot better for you this way - jar food gets really expensive as they get older and you won't have to wean her onto grown-up food later  -------------  |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 8:18pm
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i used to just cook my fruit in a little water then mash or puree it. then freeze it in ice cube trays. no sugar. and i did apple, apple and pear, peaches (they were yum). then i just took out a cube when i needed it. apple was good to mix with other stuff like pumpkin, avocado, breakfast stuff... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 9:02pm
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great, thanks for that...im not wanting to do icecubes as i dont have enough trays and i want to do bulk cooking....so will just buy some cheapy containers and do it that way.
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 9:04pm
| Just do them in the ice cubes and shake out ointo a plastic bag. repeat! thats what I did. |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 9:10pm
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ice cube trays are pretty cheap ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 31 October 2006 at 9:25pm
Kaz, I made the same mistake in thinking I needed a tonne of trays... until I realised I could do exactly what Liz said. Glad bags are my best friend 
I have a book with great recipes in age groups, but a friend has it at the mo. As soon as I wrangle it back from her I'll post a few age-appropriate puree/mash recipes
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 9:53am
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I got a couple of bright green ones so they were easily distinguished from the ice cubes - could just see Jono pouring himself a bourbon on the rocks and ending up with pureed kumara or stewed apple in his drink I just do up a couple of batches of fruit, and veges each week and put them in glad bags once frozen - much cheaper than jar food, and makes me feel good to make good food for my baby now he hardly ever breastfeeds.
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 1:30pm
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I did mine in icetrays I only have 2 and once they were frozen I'd stick them in an airtight container in the freezer, then go on to do the next lot.
When Haleigh was 9 months she went onto fruit pieces rather than stewed fruit. Good luck with finding a recipe  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 2:35pm
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Actually, I just looked at her age - when Ella was around 7 months she started wanting pieces of fruit instead of pureed.. so you might not need to do it for all that long - although it is handy having something on hand without having to cut anything up.. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 3:29pm
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LMAO Clare! Willie was very careful to label the placenta in teh freezer to avoid mixing it up with other things too... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 4:10pm
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I had a constant store of mashed, frozen (ice cube) kumara. It was great for adding into whatever we were already having for dinner and if we were having something inappropriate like roast (crunchy) veges or something, Briona could have just kumara on its own. In my experience, littlies like kumara because it's still sweet ------------- |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 5:15pm
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kumara has always been a winner with haleigh
and pumpkin ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 6:21pm
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Yeah Rhiannon is great with the veges and meat...which i do myself so im going to start doing the fruits...off ot the markets on the weekend..to get some stuff ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 8:36pm
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Hehehe Emma, careful not to make a nice roast placenta Joshie loves kumara and pumpkin too - must be the sweetness. I did a carrot/parsnip/potato puree for him which is really not fussed on at all. I've been avoiding meat thus far, but do you think it's ok for me to try him on it soon??
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 01 November 2006 at 8:46pm
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I thought around 8 months was around when you give meat? could be wrong though, these things change from year to year. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 8:19am
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I started giving Haleigh meat juices/ puree's at 6 months, then pieces of meat at 9 months.
at 6 months babies need iron as their stores are starting to get lower so they need extra topping up. Plunket have a great food chart from watties that shows what foods and what age you give them to them. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 11:52am
| Hey cool, I'll check that out. Thanks Haleighsmum! |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 2:26pm
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lol i just pureed up some chicken or beef into her veges and she loves it...hasnt done any harm lol ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 4:20pm
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Yep, from 7 or so months meat is all good. I used to give Maya mince pureed in with her veges. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 02 November 2006 at 10:04pm
| have you tried the library for recipe books..there is a really good baby food one that the book man that comes to businesses sells...we have it but i cant find it right now...will let u know when i do....but am sure library would have some books for baby foods to make. |