Making Baby Food in the Babycook

I wanted to show just how simple the Beaba babycook is to use. 

The bowl piece has marks showing how much water to add.  The instruction book tells you whether the food you are making requires 1, 2, or 3 measures of water.  Most fruits require 2 and veggies and meats seem to need 3, but I check the book just to be sure.

 

You pour the water into the steam reservoir.

You put the food into the steamer basket, which fits onto the bowl.  We are making peaches!

Put the lid on and turn the dial to the steam setting.  The bowl collects the water from the steam and you can save this water with all the nutrients to use to thin out the puree.

When the light goes off, it is done steaming.  Take the lid off, use the tool provided to lift the steamer basket off and dump the food into the bowl.  You put the lid on, turn the knob to the grind setting, and just let it pulse until you have the consistency you want. 

We have found it convenient to freeze the puree in an ice cube tray.  Sarah Graves will eat about 2 cubes of food at dinnertime.

It takes about 15 minutes total time to make a batch, but most of that time the food is steaming and we can do other things. 

I read on a lot of websites people saying that you don't need any special tools to make baby food and they are definitely right.  You can bake the peaches in the oven and use a food processor or blender to make the puree.  The babycook just makes it so easy to do a batch of food here and there.