Stork Food

Storkbite has now reached her 1/2 year, so I have put her on the 100 mile diet. Her protein is very local since we are infrequently separated, I would say that the milk maid (me) is never more than 100 yards away at all times. However, before I started the dreaded solids, I was very concerned by ingredients and processing. So concerned that I thought about it for all of 10 minutes and just started steaming up the vegetables from our CSA farm box and fruits from the Saturday market outside our front door. The fruit men assured me their peaches were from a low spray orchard and then Storkbite’s grandma made her a whole load of organic applesauce. I think she is all set - and super lucky to eat local, organic and minimally processed food at the tender age of 6 months.

Peaches, Plums, Zucchini and Carrots

I thought that making baby food was much more complicated and time consuming than it actually is. In fact, it’s so easy and it’s so delicious that I find myself eating the leftover purees. If you have a steaming basket, simply cube whatever it is you wish to make and steam it on the stove top until it’s very tender. I then let the food cool and run it through a potato ricer - any food mill will do. If the fruit is very fibrous like peaches for example you may wish to puree it even further with a food processor. Storkbite seems fine to eat the lumpy food, so I do nothing more than freeze it in ice cube trays then defrost when she is ready to eat. I had no idea how delighted she would be by the flavor of something other than the boring old milk maid.