Making Food Pouches!

So, I LOVE to cook and my sister has been amazing being a FT working mom gone 12 hours a day (pre-COVID) to make fresh foods (prepped and frozen for ease) for my nephew since he started eating more than breast milk. We continue that now and he eats a wide range of things. Though, he does also like chocolate chip Cookes and ice cream. I mean, balance. 

I was super excited recently, as I'm here living with them since a little before the stay at home was put in place, that we got this Infantino Squeeze Station Baby Food Maker andextra pouches.

​I spent a few hours one day making 2 months worth of pouches for him! I made 9 different "flavors" because I wanted a lot of variety and used the same mixture of different ingredients. I tasted a bit of each of them as did Lucas to be sure the flavors were balanced. :) 
We kept three in the fridge and froze the rest and just take a new one out each day to thaw in the fridge. They last 2-3 days in the fridge when you make them fresh (or when taken out of freezer) and 3 months in the freezer.

It seems like a lot to do hours of work on this but it's worth it to have it all ready for two months at a time! I pre-cooked all of the things that needed to be cooked. Some of it, I even cooked days before and froze the pureed veggies.  I looked at ideas online for inspiration and then just did my own recipes. All Lucas taste tested and approved. See the video to see how to use it (simple!) and then there are recipes below. 

I use the pre-cooked, plain packaged beets in the produce section. 
I use frozen berries, pineapple and peaches, fresh pear (once it was a little soft) and apple-try to puree these before adding other ingredients.

RECIPE 1
1 Cup Sweet Potato (steamed)
1 Cup Carrot (steamed)
3/4 Cup Broccoli (no stems)
1 Cup Applesauce

RECIPE 2
​1 Cup Raw Spinach
2 Small Beets
1/2 Apple- cut into small pieces and try to even mash a bit
1 Cup Steamed Zucchini
1/2 Cup Frozen Strawberries,  thawed

RECIPE 3
​1.5 Cup Steamed Squash
3 small Beets
1 cup Steamed Carrots
2 tsp Cinnamon

RECIPE 4
2 Cup Steamed Squash
1.5 Cup Peaches
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 TBSP ground flax

RECIPE 5
​1 Cup Cooked Peas
1 Pear
1 Cup Raw Spinach
1/2 TBSP ground flax
3/4 Cup Steamed Broccoli 
(can also add 1/3 cup edamame)

RECIPE 6
1 Cup Plain, low sugar yogurt (Siggys or Maple Hill Creamery)
2/3 Cup Blueberries
2/3 Cup Rasberries
1/2 Cup natural peanut butter with no additives and no added sugar

RECIPE 7
1 Cup raw Spinach
1/2 Cup Broccoli
1 Cup Steamed Carrots
1/2 Steamed Zucchini (with as little seeds as possible)
1 Pear

RECIPE 8
1 Cup raw Spinach
1 Ripe Avocado
1 Cup Steamed Zucchini
3/4 Cup Strawberries
1 Small banana

RECIPE 9 
1 Cup Steamed Broccoli
1 Cup Steamed Zucchini
1 Cup Pineapple


​I'd love to hear if you make any pouches and if you try any other flavors!