Many mothers struggle with their babies and toddlers to feed them healthy fruits, vegetables, and grains. Homemade baby food pouches are the best and the easiest way to get healthy food in them. Your kids will find it delicious and will ask you for more! And you will feel happy and be sure about what kind of food you’re serving your kids.
It is also a great way for your kids to taste a variety of flavors and textures. Even when they become older, they will still love it and ask for more.
Homemade baby food pouches
You may ask yourself why I would make homemade baby food pouches while it’s available in stores in different kinds and mixtures like yogurt squeeze and fruit and vegetable combinations.
Making your own homemade baby food pouches will be better for you and your kid for so many reasons when you compare them together.
Baby food pouches vs homemade
- You can control the ingredients.
- You can customize them for your own kid.
- It will cost less money.
- Easy and fast to prepare.
Homemade baby food squeeze pouch
You may need some baby food equipment to make it easy for you to prepare homemade baby food squeeze pouch, like:
- Squeeze station.
- Refill pouches (they come in batches of 50, and they have different sizes, choose what is suitable for your kid’s age).
- Hand blender or regular blender to make the purees and put them into the squeeze pouches.
Steps how to make baby food squeeze pouches
- Insert three pouches into the bottom of the squeeze station.
- Put the empty containers on top and screw them into the bags.
- Pour the puree mix after you blend it very well to be smooth, fill them to the top.
- Unscrew the tubes and remove the bags.
Notes:
- Write the date and the content before you start to fill the pouches.
- If the mixture gets stuck you need to reblend your content again.
Storing homemade baby food pouches
You can keep your homemade baby food pouches in the fridge for two days, or you can store them straight into the freezer for up to 3 months, and get them whenever you need.
Homemade baby food squeeze pouch recipes
There are lots of recipes to prepare healthy purees for your kids with different flavor options, here are three easy recipes that you can prepare from healthy fruits and vegetables.
Banana-Barley zucchini pouches
Banana is a good source of fibers and it also rich in vitamin B12 and C
Ingredients:
- First, prepare 1 ripe banana.
- Next, add cooked barley.
- Then add cooked chopped zucchini.
- Don’t forget to add Juice of lemon as a preservative.
Pear-Peas-Spinach pouches
Spanish rich in vitamins B6, B9, C, K, and E. it also has a high amount of carbohydrate and calcium.
Ingredients:
- First, prepare 1 ripe pear.
- Next, add cup cooked peas.
- Then add 1 cup raw spinach.
- Don’t forget to add Juice of lemon.
Apple-Brown rice-Spinach pouches
Apples contain many vitamins like A,B1,B2,B6,and C. They also contain folic acid.
Ingredients:
- First, prepare 1 core-removed apple and roughly chopped.
- Next, add cup cooked brown rice.
- Then add 1 cup raw fresh spinach leaves.
- Add Juice of lemon.
Note:
You can also serve any kind of food to your kid, you just need the food to be smooth enough to pass through the opening of the pouch, for example:
- Puree meats.
- Puree soup (make sure it’s warm not hot)
- yogurt.
Instruction for homemade baby food squeeze pouch recipes
- Cook all your grains and vegetables if they need to.
- Put all ingredients for each pouch combination in the blender until it’ll be smooth.
- Label the bags, use the squeeze station to help you fill each bag, avoid overfilling so you can easily seal the pouch.
- Store pouches in the fridge or freezer.
Tips for preparing homemade baby food pouches recipes
- Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice for your poached, the citrus from the lemon helps to preserve them.
- Avoid adding any salt or sugar.
- Make sure to puree the peel of fruits very well if you want to keep it, ex (apple).
- You can add a small amount of water to the blender if the mixture is thick.
- You can add teaspoon of hemp seeds for any mixture as a source of healthy fats.
Parents reviews about homemade baby food pouches
Most parents agreed that homemade baby food pouches are better than the ones you can buy from stores. They said it’s easy and fast to prepare, and it costs less money.
They also mentioned that it’s a great idea to expose their kids to different flavors. And it’s so easy to grab and go, and going out became not an issue anymore.
Some moms prefer to have a squeeze station, they said it’s helpful and it makes it easy for them to prepare the pouches, on the other hand, some moms say that it’s wasting money and it takes space in cabinets, and they can prepare the pouches without the squeeze station.
Other parents were worried about if the plastic of pouches is toxic and if it is easy to clean.
But overall most moms chose the homemade baby food pouches over the ones they can buy from the store.
Summary
Homemade baby food pouches are the best and easiest way to serve healthy fruits, vegetables, and grains for your kids. It is fast to prepare and will cost you less money. In addition, you will feel happy about being sure what kind of food you are putting in them.
There are many easy recipes with different flavors that your child will like, you just need to blend the ingredients very well to be smooth. Choosing homemade baby food pouches over baby food pouches is a great decision.
Resources
BEST BABY FOOD POUCHES (15 EASY HOMEMADE IDEAS!)
Healthy Food Recipes for Baby’s Squeeze Pouches
Making Homemade Baby Food Pouch
Make homemade baby food/ baby pure with me! DIY baby food | pouches + more storing options
Baby Food Organization and DIY Baby Food Pouches
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