Bananas and such

Just an update...

I "tubbed" my carrots last night. Meaning, all the commercial baby food tubs I had been saving were put to good use with the carrots I cooked a couple of days ago. Let's just say that I spent $2.50 on a 2 lb. bag of carrots (don't remember the exact price, but I am sure it was not more than this). When I cooked them and added the water, I ended up with 18 very full tubs. That means...if you buy your Gerber baby food with 2 tubs for 85c (they are 95c at HEB but I think a bit cheaper at Walmart), you would have spent $7.65. I essentially saved about $5 in making my own carrots. In total it took very little hands-on time. Grating, boiling, then pureeing. I could have probably diluted them a bit more too... And for bananas? I made one banana last night. It might have cost about 10c. (perhaps less) It filled 3 tubs. That means $1.28 worth of commercial food for 10c. All for about 1 minute of work. This equates to getting paid about $70/hour! Water? How much? I just add until it has the right consistency (using the commercial food as a standard). A little more or less will probably not be an issue for your baby. I think a recipe of mine calls for 2 cups fruit or veggies with 2/3 c. water. I did not add water to the banana but probably added more than that to the carrots...Sorry, this is just how I cook.