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Instructions: 6-8 Month FALL OAMM Baby Food Menu

Instructions

Recipes

Please note that all recipes in this document have been altered (increased quantities) to meet the needs of ONE baby for ONE month. It is indicated on each recipe whether it has been doubled or quadrupled for your convenience. If you are just one person or would like to make less of a particular recipe, you will need to make the adjustments on your own to the recipe and to the grocery shopping list.

Night Before:

  • Optional (but HIGHLY recommended) – chop up all vegetables.


Day of:

Appliance
What to Do
Ingredients that need CHOPPED (**indicates usually okay for food processor)

  • In the indicated order for most efficiency
  1. Carrots, peeled & diced = 1.25 lbs**
  2. Potatoes, peeled & chopped = 2**
  3. Onions, diced = 2 med (1 cups)**
  4. Winter Squash, diced = 2 lbs**
  5. Pears, peeled, cored & diced = 4 lbs**
  6. Apples, peeled, cored & diced = 4lbs**
  7. Cauliflower, cut florets = .5lbs
Oven Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake Sweet Potatoes for 1 hour or until easily pierced with a fork. Once cooked, set aside 4 for use with Sweet Potato, Carrot & Cauliflower. (Refrigerate if it will be some time or the next day).
Steamer Start 1.25 lbs of Carrots steaming. Steam for 16 minutes or until tender. When done, set aside one cup for use with Sweet Potato, Carrot & Cauliflower.
Stovetop Start 1 saucepan with onion and begin preparation for Potato, Winter Squash, Peas. (~20 minutes prep)
Stovetop Start 2nd saucepan with boiling Apples. (~25minutes prep)
Food Processor/
Blender
Process the following items and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays:

  • Carrots
  • Potato, Winter Squash, Peas
  • Apples
Refrigerator/
Freezer
Place sealed bags in refrigerator or go ahead and fill ice cube trays, cover with foil, label, and place in freezer.
Oven Prepare 2 lbs Winter Squash for oven so ready to put in when Sweet Potatoes are finished.
Steamer Steam Cauliflower for 17 minutes for Sweet Potato, Carrot & Cauliflower. (~30 min)
Stovetop Start 1 saucepan with boiling Pears. (~25min)
Stovetop Start 2nd saucepan with Pear, Apple, Apricot Puree. (~25 min)
Oven Remove Sweet Potatoes and place Winter Squash in oven, bake for 40 minutes.
Food Processor/
Blender
Process the following items and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays:

  • Sweet Potato, Carrot & Cauliflower
  • Pears
  • Pear, Apple, Apricot Puree
Food Processor/
Blender
Puree Bananas.
Food Processor/
Blender
Puree Avocado Bananas.
Freezer IMMEDIATELY process the following items and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays & put into ice cube trays IMMEDIATELY:

  • Bananas
  • Avocado Bananas
  • Sweet Potatoes (don’t have to be done immediately)
Food Processor/
Blender
Puree Winter Squash and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays.
Freezer NOW, place all of your ice cube trays out on a flat surface. Using your gallon bags of pureed food, cut a small hole in a bottom corner of the bag and use to pour/squeeze into ice cube trays. DO NOT OVERFILL individual trays. Only fill them up to their tops and not overflowing the sides. Cover with a small piece of aluminum foil and mark the type of food on the foil. Freeze for at least 24 hours before transferring to quart or gallon freezer bags for long-term storage.
Kitchen Cleanup!
Congratulations you are DONE!!!!!

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