Homemade

I have had a few people ask me recently not only about making my own baby food, but more specifically about making my own baby cereal so I thought I would post a little "how to." It sounds super complicated but it is actually quite simple and now that I do it regularly, it has just sort of become part of my routine. I got my recipes from Ruth Yaron's book, Super Baby Food , and this would be a substitute for Earth's Best rice cereal for example and later on, for oatmeal or any other cereal you would feed your babe/toddler in the morning. I also add beans to mine (sounds hard, but again...super easy!!) which gives it a punch of protein- gotta love that!

So here we go:

You will need an over sized pot, blender (love the Magic Bullet), measuring cup, measuring spoon, any kind of grain (millet, oat, brown rice, etc), any kind of bean/pea/lentil (Lima, pinto, kidney, garbanzo, etc), whisk, timer.

Measure 1/3 Cup grain (this was millet) and 2 Tbsp beans (black-eyed peas)

Grind, grind, grind into a fine powder.

This is what it should look like when it's done

In the meantime, you should have 2 cups of water boiling.

Slowly pour the ground mixture into the boiling water using the whisk to break up lumps

Set the timer for 10 minutes and whisk every 2-3 minutes.

I usually read a magazine or do something around the kitchen :)

Pour into individual containers. Each of these containers will serve my twins for two days!

10 minutes of work = 4 easy, homemade meals.

PS- My kids won't eat this plain anymore so I mix in anything and everything...bananas, peaches, sweet potato, kale, spinach....

Happy cooking :)