Baby Menu

Here's a list of foods our little guy has tried so far! Mostly, we have been using the Gerber brand. He has only had a very small amount of homemade butternut squash (plain, baked, food processed), unsweetened applesauce (from a full-size jar), and about 1/4 of a banana (mashed up thoroughly). He tends to make faces with the homemade food. It tastes exactly the same to me as the jarred stuff, so I am guessing there is a slight texture difference. Also, he loves to suck on a washcloth after he eats, so I might try one of those mesh popsicle sacks that I've seen at Babies R Us. I would love any advice or *recipes* from those of you who make your own baby food.

Single-Grain Cereals
rice infant cereal
oatmeal infant cereal
mixed grain cereal -- in the cupboard, waiting to try

Gerber 1st Foods and Gerber 2nd Foods, Gerber 3rd Foods
peas
sweet peas -- LOVED these! but not available everywhere
green beans
squash
sweet potatoes -- another favorite
carrots
Farmer's Market Blend - contains variety of vegetables from above plus some tomato paste, onion flavor
Has not tried: corn, garden vegetables (contains spinach), mixed vegetables (contains potatoes), Broccoli Carrots & Cheese

Gerber 1st Foods, Gerber 2nd Foods
bananas
applesauce - took two tries to like this!
pears
pears and apples
blueberries and apples
apricots and apples
Has not tried any combinations containing: cherries, oranges, mango, pineapple, blackberries, plums, grapes, strawberry, peaches, prunes

Dinners and Meats

Has tried:
2nd FOODS Dinners – Chicken Noodle
2nd FOODS Dinners – Sweet Potatoes & Turkey
2nd FOODS Dinners – Vegetable Beef -- gobbled this up!

Has not tried:
2nd FOODS Dinners – Apples & Chicken
2nd FOODS Dinners – Vegetable Chicken
2nd FOODS Dinners – Macaroni & Cheese
2nd FOODS Dinners – Chicken & Rice
2nd FOODS Dinners – Turkey Rice

Some ideas from a friend that I would like to try making soon:
sweet potatoes, carrots, asparagus, a broccoli/cauliflower/cheese mixture, tofu curry (I used curry powder with out heat, but then it adds flavor without adding salt. He loved it and then I could easily add one cube of protein to another dish) eggplant, papaya, peaches, apples (really easy to make your own too- I added a little cinnamon for flavor,) zucchini. He also loved a bunch of fruits that I would puree a couple of days worth but not freeze, such as mangoes, plums, apricots, kiwis, pears, etc. We try to give him as much as we can of what we are eating, as well as things like scrambled eggs with veggies (sometimes I blend it, sometimes I let him eat it as finger food) or yogurt (which he LOVES and eats every day!)