Because I needed another project...

I've started making babyfood at home. First of all, store-bought organic babyfood is expensive: $1 for a jar of sweet potatoes, or $1 per POUND of sweet potatoes at the Farmer's Market. The same goes for carrots. A pound of sweet potatoes makes the equivalent of 4 or so jars. These are the only two I've tried so far, but it seems to be a hit. It's darn easy, too. Sometimes it's hard to find time, but now I'm making large batches and freezing them. In about an hour and a half, I can create all the taters and carrots she needs for at least a week, maybe two. Add to all this the lack of packaging- both for green reasons (we recycle more glass jars around here) and because the plastic in some of her favorite flavors (those not available in glass) are of #7 plastic which may leech chemicals. Ew. I can't do it all the time- shelf stable jars or plastic are still more convenient for on-the-go, but when we're at home, I'm more than happy to do this.

Here's how it's done... in pictures.