I would like to say that I am one of those amazing mamas who from day one has made all of her own baby food. When sweet A came to us we weren’t sure where to start when it came to baby food. Each foster kiddo has their own story. Neglect, and abuse in any form has damaging effects on little ones. We noticed A’s strange eating habits right away. She hadn’t eaten much food yet or any and was bottle fed formula when she came to us. Over the past 8 months we have worked diligently with her to try real food and new foods. She is currently in feeding therapy for a few feeding delays. Due to her delays she eats mostly pureed baby foods. Just this last week she started eating animal crackers and chewing them which has been a huge milestone! Teaching A to eat, teaching ourselves about feeding delays, and working with therapists has been a big part of our journey as foster parents. I’m actually really excited to write a bit about that today and share our first time making baby food 🙂
So, when Beaba contacted us about their Babycook we were excited to try it. We definitely over-thought the whole baby-making food experience. With the help of Beaba’s awesome recipes we were able to figure out something that was easy and that A would enjoy. Here is the recipe we used from The Crib:
https://beabausa.com/blog/recipe/sweet-potato-puree-2/
A’s biggest issue with food is texture. One of the ways we have been trying to help her with that is by letting her play with her food. We let her get super messy with new food so that she can first feel, smell, and interact with her food before she is ready to eat it. She loved getting to help and watch us make the sweet potato puree.
The Babycook is super simple and easy to use. It comes with a little booklet of instructions and recipes.
Ingredients: Carrots, sweet potato, & water for texture as needed.
Fun Fact: Sweet potatoes and yams are commonly confused. Sweet potatoes can come in a variety of colors. If you want to know the difference then look at the skin. If the texture is rough then its most likely a yam. Here is a link if you’d like to learn more: “What’s the Difference?”
1/2 cup sliced carrots, 1/2 cup cubed sweet potato.
Put the sweet potato and carrots in the steamer basket. Then, measure the water with the pitcher and pour it into the tank.
The water level determines how long the food will steam for. For the recipe fill the water up to level 3. It will cook for 15 minutes.
Once they are all finished steaming remove the top and put the food into the blending bowl. Look out for the steam! The creators of the Babycook thought of this too, which is why the spatula doubles as a handy tool to help you lift the steamer basket out with out burning yourself.
Pour the left over liquid into a cup or container. You can use this to create the kind of texture, or as JJ puts it “mushiness” you desire.
Secure the top and spin the knob on the side of the Babycook until you like the consistency of the puree. 
We added a splash of milk to our puree and a few sprinkles of salt and pepper. For A, I added some baby oatmeal so that she could have a bit of texture.
Next came the fun part, getting to see if A would eat it!
Looks like a winner!! She LOVED it. It took her about 10 minutes to eat it and by the end of it she was one messy little gal!
For food storage we use these fun little teethers and freeze them. We also use mason jars and freezer friendly containers for the left over baby food.
Using the Babycook made me so confident about cooking my own baby food. I am looking forward to trying out more recipes and teaching A all about how fun trying new foods can be!
Happy cooking 🙂
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