Green Friday

Hi all! We would like to welcome you to what we call Green Friday. It is our hopes that every Friday will hold a different eco-friendly post. We understand that there is a wide range of areas that you can become more green in, but we will give you some different ideas on how to go green with your baby. It will be our goal to give you eco-friendly ideas that will be easy to do and to add to your everyday life. After all, as parents we seldom have too much extra time to put into something new, even if it does help the earth.

Today's post is just simply going to be about making your own baby food. I know, for some of you it just seems like it would take up too much time that you don't have. As a matter of fact that was the way I looked at it with my first child. After having my daughter, I felt like I barely had time for myself, much less preparing baby food for my new little bundle. So I did like most parents do and just bought the organic packaged baby food at whatever store I was shopping at when I needed it. However, after my son was born I found that even getting to the supermarket with an infant and a toddler became so challenging that I decided I was going to have to get creative. At that point I decided that one thing I would try was making baby food for my son at home. I was able to buy the organic fruits and vegetables that I needed during my weekly trip to the supermarket (while my husband stayed home with the kids). I could then come home and make the baby food while the children were napping and have it all completely finished and ready to store before they were awake. They sell containers that you can fill with the baby food and freeze it until you need it. That means you can make baby food at one sitting to last for weeks. All you do when you need it is pop out the little frozen baby food cube and let it thaw.

If this isn't something that you have put much thought into, you really should look into it. There are so many things in stores now that help make it even easier, but all you really need is a food processor or blender. I was amazed at how much money I was saving by not loading up on 20+ jars of baby food everyweek. In my opinion, if I can save money while benefitting the earth, it is definitely worth a try!