So I took my first crack at making homemade baby food this past Sunday.  Went to the grocery store and saw some nice yams and bought the smallest one I could get my hands on.  Also got some extra green beans for baby Chloe.  Debated between roasting the yam in the oven or steaming it and decided against having my oven on for 45 minutes at 400 degrees when it is bloody 85 degrees outside and some crazy NYC summer humidity. So steaming is the way we went.  And then debated between the blender and the food processor.  Trial and error dictated that the food processor was the way to go since all the puree just got stuck at the bottom of the blender.  Needless to say, you can imagine what my kitchen looked like an hour later with various pots and pans strewn across the place.  =0)

Other than that, everything turned out great!  We all tried the puree and it was decent; pretty much what I think you’d get from a can of baby food.  Dumped it into my ice trays and into the freezer they went.  Note to self, must remember that I only have two ice trays for the baby and so I should not be overzealous and gung ho and make a ton of stuff for her because, hello, all of it won’t fit in the ice trays!

Daddy took some pictures earlier today of baby Chloe enjoying her green beans.  I don’t know what’s funnier: her silly face as she happily eats her veggies or the green mess all over her chin.  Or maybe it’s the look of adventure she gives me when she’s watching me prepare dinner.  I don’t know how Daddy got the mushroom and broccoli in her hands, but look at that face!  And that drool!  This little girl is just too much fun to be around.