Brown Rice. Check
Millet. Check
Barley. Check
Food Processor. Check.
Although my bullet comes equipped with a separate blade to grind grains, I chose to use my food processor especially because I wanted to go to town and grind enough to last me a bit!
Super Baby Food recommends grinding for about 2 minutes, which I concur. I stopped when the grains looked powdery
but you can tell from this picture that it wasn’t long enough.
I saved each in my recycled baby food jars (I am not against buying at all, esp when traveling. SO glad I saved these) and they are now in my frig waiting to be used!
Let’s start with the brown rice/millet combo.
Boil 1 cup of water.
I measured out 2.5 Tablespoons of brown rice powder and 1 Tablespoon of millet powder. Pour slowly and continuously whisk.
Once the powder has dissolved, turn the heat to low, put the cover on, and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Whisk it periodically. Otherwise, your rice will stick to the bottom of the pot.
This is the thickness mine turned out to be using the above measurements. My baby is probably eating closer to the stage 3 food consistency (although I can’t be sure since I haven’t purchased a stage 3 jar yet) so I made my porridge thick. It worked out just fine because I still pump every few days (for these kinds of situations) and always have a supply of expressed breastmilk in my frig. This batch (using the above measurements. not the one pictured) lasted me 3 days. Of course, with each porridge meal, I add lots of veggies/fruits/combo. She totally eats it up! ugh! Why did I buy? I should have just made it myself! Thanks for the encouragement, lil sis! I made a brown rice/barley combo and had some myself and it totally tastes like jook (Korean for porridge and made when one is not feeling well).
I am so blessed to have 2.5 (out of 3) good eaters! My older daughter can be a bit picky at times but will always try new foods. My son eats EVERYTHING and baby #3 seems to be taking after him. I plan on starting her on broccoli tomorrow and then ground lentils. I will let you know how she does with beans. I’m a bean lover myself so I’m hoping she loves it!
big sis
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nice! it will be great once you don’t have to use your processor for the jook.
-lil sis
very cool! and seems fairly easy…but maybe it sounds much easier than it actually is
Question: i just started a couple of weeks ago so we’re still on stage 1 foods. this may seem like a very basic question, but there really isn’t anything explicit on the internet and i like to have things spelled out
Now that my baby’s been introduced to 4 different foods (without any reactions), do i feed him a variety of foods at each meal, each day? or do i just feed him the food that i’m introducing at the moment? Also, how many times a day and how much should I feed? I know every baby is different but i’m just trying to get an idea of how moms do it.
You guys are both supermoms, don’t know how you juggle work, managing a home/kids AND blog!
Christine: I started to answer your q but realized it’s gonna turn into an essay! So I thought I’d just do a separate post in case other mommies are also wondering the same thing. But wanted to at least answer your 1st q….no, you don’t need to just feed your baby the “new” food. You can mix with any of the 4 foods baby didn’t have a reaction to. If your baby has a reaction to a mixed meal you will know its the new food that caused the reaction. Hope that makes sense. I will answer your other q’s in a separate post. Thanks for commenting
big sis
Just thought I’d add…all products were purchased from Whole Foods. big sis
thank you! i was actually going to ask if you could maybe write a post on your weekly/daily meal prep schedule. i’m still trying to figure out how to make my time most efficient. i bet after 3, you must have your system down pat!
christine: i can answer this one here
i don’t really have a schedule. i mostly make my food during baby’s 1st nap. what i found was that after making 2 batches of each food, she was able to eat the baked/steamed food without me having to puree. this saved me alot of time! plus b/c i steam veggies for the big kids, i don’t feel like i’m doing anything extra. i remember making baby food with my twins at night. i did some batch cooking so i wasn’t in the kitchen every night making baby food. for ex. i would bake sweet potatoes and steam another veggie. i would puree whichever one was done cooking/cooling. 2 foods each time. designating 1-2 nights a week to make 2 or 4 foods will make you feel like you’re not constantly making baby food. good luck!
can’t believe i will be having to do this all over again soon! i will be turning to this post when it’s my turn. i usually just use whole rice without grinding it, so i will have to try this one out!