DIY Baby: Baby Food Recipes 1 Stocks

When I had my son in 1990, the thought of making my own baby food never occurred to me. When I had my daughter in 2008, my mother-in-law gave me a book about how to make your own baby food. I used that book and ended up making all my own baby food.

There are nutritional facts that anyone entering the world of baby food needs to learn. This blog is not a nutritional text book so if you use these recipes, do so with the nutritional information that you can get from any public library.

So, to make your own baby food, you need to start with three broth options.

1. Vegie Stock/ Broth
2. Beef Stock/ Broth
3. Chicken Stock/ Broth

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1. Vegie Broth:
Makes about 5.5 cups

1 large onion, sliced 

2 carrots, sliced 

1 leek, sliced 

3 celery stocks, chopped 

1 small turnip, diced

1 small parsnip, diced

1 bouquet garni 

Add 2 quarts cold water and stir. Bring to boil and simmer for about an hour and a half. Skim off any scum that rises to the surface during simmer. 

You can add other vegies as well. This is the recipe I used. 

Strain the stock through a strainer and freeze the stock in cubes or small portions for mixing with puree vegies and baby food recipes. 

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2. Beef Broth 

Makes close to  cups 

1 lb shin of beef on the bone 

1 lb beef or veal bones 

1 onion 

1 carrot 

1 turnip

2 celery stalks 

1 leak, cleaned 

1 bouquet garni

Put the meat and the bones in a pan and brown, in the oven, at 425 degrees fora bout 30 minutes. Transfer to large saucepan with 2 quarts water. 

Peel and slice the onion and the carrot; peel and dice the turnip; chop the celery and leek. Add to the saucepan with the bouquet garni. Stir to mix. 

Bring to a boil. Then, partially cover and simmer for about 2 hours. Skimming off any scum or fat that comes to the surface during boil. 

Strain the stock through a strainer and freeze in cubes or small portions, as you will use this with the baby food recipes. 

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3. Chicken Broth 

Makes about 2 and a 1/2 cups 

1 meaty chicken carcass 

6 shallots or 1 onion

1 carrot

2 celery stalks

1 bay leaf

Break or chop the chicken carcass into pieces and place in a large pan with 7 cups cold water. 

Peel and slice the shallots (onion), carrot and chop celery. Add everything and bay leaf to saucepan, stir and bring to a boil. After boiling, partially cover and simmer for about 2 hours. Skim off any scum that rises to the surface during boil. 

When complete, strain your chicken broth and freeze into cubes or small portions, as this gets used in the different baby food recipes I will add during the month of February.