Baby food makin...

It's that time again... Nash is starting baby food! Which means, this momma will be busy prepping and making homemade food for my little guy. I LOVE doing this! I enjoy making him food knowing exactly what is in it and that it's healthy for him. If you know me well, you know how anal I am about what I feed my kids. Yes, they eat better than Zach and I do. Zane eats mainly organic foods and drinks only almond milk and water. Yes, we splurge every now and then and he can have sweets or whatever.. but it's not all the time. I swear this is why Zane is such a good eater. He always eats his meats and veggies and actually enjoys them. Thankfully, he is not a picky eater. As I'm typing this, he is snacking on raw organic carrots and asking for seconds. Mom win!

I always OK everything with our pediatrician when it comes to my boys' nutrition. I've asked several times about whole milk and almond milk. My doctors have told me that Zane is not missing any nutritional value from drinking almond milk vs whole milk. You just have to be careful about what you buy... It can't be full of sugar. This goes for anything. Just because something says "organic" doesn't mean it's good for you. ALWAYS read the nutritional information! The first ingredients are especially important. Stay away from the high fructose corn syrup.. They tend to put it in everything... Especially all the things they make for our kiddos. 

I find the best food for Zane at aldi. I'm not ashamed to say it... I LOVE Aldi! They actually carry a lot of nutritional foods. I love getting these for my diaper bags... They are great on-the-go snacks!

And check out the ingredients...

I also found these for lunch...

And the ingredients... 

They have some good stuff in my opinion. 

I have an entire blog on how I do my baby food. However I think you have to be on the actual blog to see it (not your phone). It's in one of the tabs at the top. I have a lot of people contact me and ask me questions and I love to help them out :) It's not for everyone but it's definitely something I enjoy doing. 

So here's a pic of my organic carrots. They are so bright compared to the store bought carrots. I usually always use my baby bullet, but recently my mom picked up a ninja for me. I tried it out with some green beans and I have to say, it trumps the baby bullet! 

It's larger and is more powerful. Maybe it's because I used my baby bullet a lot.. but it doesn't work as well anymore. It struggles quite a bit. So I think I'm going to start using my ninja instead. It's easier to pour as well. 

With Zane, I don't remember ever making peas or green beans.. I'm not sure why. So today, I went to the store and bought some canned green beans (with NO sodium- that's important) for Nash to try. 

I bought 6 cans (for about $1 each) and it made quite a bit of food. 

Now, I'm not sure how the prices and quantity compare to store bought food since I've never bought any... but I feel like a got quite a bit from the 6 cans... 

Nash is LOVING his food! He just plays with his bottle and was becoming uninterested in it. So I started feeding him more food. He slept so good the first night we started. He wants to be a big boy.. 

Oh, and speaking of wanting to be a big boy... here is the cutest little pic of my two boys at the park. Nash loved swinging! 

We are loving this fall weather! 

Until next time.. :)