Have you noticed Plum Organic baby food in the frozen aisle? I have been eying it for a while and finally decided to give it a try. I should start with the down side of this food to be done with it: It's very expensive and you don't get a lot. That is if you have a six month old it might be enough, but for a one year old it just wets their appetite!
Regardless of those drawbacks, the vegetable and fruit mixes are original, tasty and many of them vegetarian. I have found that the web page lists ingredients, which is very convenient if you want some inspiration on how to make your own melanges. I have really wanted to add more grains to Finn's diet, especially lentils which I keep reading good things about. I must admit that I am ignorant of the concept of "complete protein". As I keep reading conflicting information about it's importance.
Plum foods contain a lot of different grains, and I just gave them a go.
On Sunday, which is baby food cooking day, I made three different meals for Finn. He sampled them all and approved. It is a good idea to prepare a few dishes at ones, this way you peel all the carrots, potatoes, onions you need at once. I also had cooked some red beans prior to starting.
The three meals were the following:
(I am not giving exact recipes here but the list of ingredients used)
Tomato and Carrots meal: chopped carrots, diced tomatoes, TVP and garlic.
Lentils and vegetable meal: potatoes, carrots, corn, red lentils, onions, garlic, bay leaves, celery seeds.
Red Beans, lentil, quinoa and vegetables: Red beans, diced tomatoes, carrots, corn, onion, garlic,red lentils, quinoa, coriander, paprika.
Today I am cooking apples, which I will mix with frozen raspberries and cooked quinoa.
I hope those experiments of mine will give you something to chew on yourself, and please share ideas of your own, we can all use it!
