When Gwen was about to start on solids on her 5th month, I already researched on what are the recommended first foods for babies. I wanted her first foods to be fresh fruits and veggies and not those instant cereals and jarred baby food. But my excitement went poof when her pedia advised to give her Cerelac on the first few weeks. We just obeyed the doctor’s advise and then we went ahead buying infant cereals and jarred food too since it’s handy and easy to prepare.
But one major purchase at Mothercare Singapore will change Gwen’s diet. Jeff bought a Philips Avent steamer-blender, a nifty appliance that steams the veggies, fruits or meat, once cooked, just flip it over to blend or puree the food. The end product is a freshly made baby food.
Philips Avent Toddler Mealtime Range
I gave it a test run last Saturday, I made Apple Carrot Puree.
Apple Carrot Puree recipe:
1 whole apple
1 big carrot
apple carrot puree
- Peel and core the apple. Cut into cubes.
- Peel the carrot and cut into cubes.
- Dump everything into the Philips Avent steamer blender, set it to the steam function.
- Once cooked, flip it over and turn the knob to blender function.
blend until desired consistency is achieved
Serve!
apple carrot puree
Transfer the remaining baby food in via cups or used baby food bottles and freeze.
ready for freezing
We had a thumbs up from Gwen!
after finishing a bowl of her food
What a cool gadget! How much is that? I love making fresh food for my baby boy!
uy ayos yan instead of buying cerelac or gerber products
We bought the whole set in SG for 176 SGD, that’s about Php 6,160.
In SM, they’re on sale at Php 7,999 but without the freebies.
Kudos to you. Im always for healthy and natural foods. Healthy la
lagi ang sineserve ko sa daughter ever since she was 5 months old.
I started with purees of bananas, carrots, pumpkin, apples and
spinach. Kaya naman siguro never sya nagkasakit. She’s turning 3 now.
Keep it up Momsie. Cereals and jarred baby foods may be healthy but if you time to make real foods, much better.
It’s good to give babies pureed fresh fruits and vegetables. For them to get used to the taste.
Cooles kitchen gadget for babies! Talagang thumbs up ako. Anyway, I’ve been searching for your archives baka may post ka. Hinahanap ko kasi kung pwede na bang bigyan ng solid food or patikim tikim lang muna ang 4-month old son ko. Thanks.
Hi Lisa,
Yung baby ko 5 1/2 months nung unang nag take ng solid foods. I suggest wait for him to turn 6 months or pag may go signal na from pedia.