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Instructions: Baby Food 9-12 Month FALL 2011 Menu

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These are the step-by-step instructions you will need to quickly and efficiently approach your once a month (OAMC) BIG DAY by yourself! The ingredient quantities can now be found on the BABY FOOD 9-12 Month FALL 2011 Recipe Cards. 

Google Document of Instructions – BABY FOOD 9-12 Month FALL 2011 OAMM Menu

Instructions

Meat used:

  • Chicken, boneless – it can be frozen beforehand if handled properly (Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Apples, Chicken and Veggies II).
  • Lean Beef – it can be frozen beforehand if handled properly (Beef and Veggies)
  • Cubed Ham – precooked (Ham, Pineapple, Peach and Apple Puree)

Thaw (in refrigerator)

Night Before:

  • Optional (but HIGHLY recommended) – chop up all vegetables. (See Chopping Amounts sheet on Recipe Cards)
  • SEE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS BELOW

Day of:

Step Appliance What to Do
Night Before or

1

 Ingredients that need CHOPPED (**indicates usually okay for food processor)

  • See Prep/Chopping Tab on the Menu Recipe Cards
1 Oven Preheat oven to 400.  Bake sweet potatoes for Sweet Potatoes, without foil for about 1 hour (or until soft when tested with a fork).  Set aside to cool.
2 Steamer Start peas steaming for Peas Puree.  Steam for 14-16 minutes or until tender.
3 Stovetop Start one saucepan with chicken and onion and prepare Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Apples (about 25 minutes prep).
4 Stovetop Start second saucepan with chicken and onion and prepare Chicken and Veggies II (about 25 minutes prep).
5 Food Processor or Blender Process the following items and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays:

  • Peas Puree
  • Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Apples
  • Chicken and Veggies II
6 Refrigerator or Freezer Place sealed bags in refrigerator or go ahead and fill ice cube trays, cover with foil, label, and place in freezer.
7 Steamer Start steaming apples for Peach, Apple and Strawberry Puree.  Steam for about 6 minutes or until tender.  Add peaches and strawberries, steam for about 5 minutes or until tender.
8 Stovetop Start one saucepan with apples and prepare Apple, Kiwi and Pear Puree (about 20 minutes prep).
9 Stovetop Start second saucepan with blueberries and prepare Blueberry Puree (about 20 minutes prep).
10 Food Processor or Blender Process the following items and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays:

  • Peach, Apple and Strawberry Puree
  • Apple, Kiwi and Pear Puree
  • Blueberry Puree
11 Refrigerator or Freezer Place sealed bags in refrigerator or go ahead and fill ice cube trays, cover with foil, label, and place in freezer.
12 Steamer Start steaming carrots and prepare Carrot Puree (about 20 minutes prep).
13 Stovetop Start one saucepan with beef, garlic powder and onion and prepare Beef and Veggies (about 30 minutes prep).
14 Stovetop Start second saucepan with peaches and prepare Ham, Pineapple, Peach and Apple Puree (about 25 minutes prep).
15 Food Processor or Blender Process the following items and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays:

  • Carrot Puree
  • Beef and Veggies
  • Ham, Pineapple, Peach and Apple Puree
16 Refrigerator or Freezer Place sealed bags in refrigerator or go ahead and fill ice cube trays, cover with foil, label, and place in freezer.
17 Steamer Start steaming cauliflower for Cheesy Tomato and Cauliflower Puree.
18 Steamer Start steaming parsnips for Spinach & Parsnips Puree. Steam for about 20 minutes, or until tender.
19 Stovetop Start one saucepan with butter and tomatoes and prepare Cheesy Tomato and Cauliflower Puree.
20 Stovetop Start second saucepan with spinach for Spinach & Parsnips Puree.
21 Food Processor or Blender Puree Bananas.
22 Food Processor or Blender Process the following items and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays:

  • Cheesy Tomato and Cauliflower Puree
  • Spinach & Parsnips Puree
  • Bananas
23 Refrigerator or Freezer Place sealed bags in refrigerator or go ahead and fill ice cube trays, cover with foil, label, and place in freezer.
24 Steamer Start steaming green beans for Green Bean Puree.  Steam for about 30 minutes, or until tender.
25 Food Processor or Blender Puree Avocados.
26 Food Processor or Blender Puree Sweet Potatoes.
27 Food Processor or Blender Process the following items and transfer to gallon (nonfreezer) bags for pouring into ice cube trays:

  • Green Bean Puree
  • Avocados
  • Sweet Potatoes
28 Refrigerator or Freezer Place sealed bags in refrigerator or go ahead and fill ice cube trays, cover with foil, label, and place in freezer.
29 Freezer 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 it to pour/squeeze the purees into ice cube trays. DO NOT OVERFILL.  Only fill each cube up to the sides and not overflowing the sides. Cover each tray with aluminum foil and label.  Freeze for at least 24 hours before transferring to quart or gallon freezer bags for long-term storage.
30 Kitchen Cleanup!
31 Congratulations you are DONE!!!!!

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