Making your own food pouches is actually very easy and doesn’t take very long compared to how many you end up with. The most important part of it is that you know exactly what is in the food you are feeding your child unlike store bought ones. Don’t get me wrong I have some store bought ones as back up because they don’t have to stay refrigerated but I definitely prefer my homemade ones.
There are millions of different combinations you can make but I’ll show you how I made some while I was here in Brazil. Yup, I brought my food pouches with me and have cooked and frozen a ton to take on the go for healthy quick snacks or meals.
This is the machine I use to make them. I bought it at Babies R Us and it is relatively cheap. Click here for the link.
These ones are not reusable. I keep meaning to try out the reusable ones but for now prefer making a ton of them and freezing them so I’ll stick with the disposable.
You start by choosing your ingredients. I found a butternut squash, acorn squash and some sweet potatoes to bake in the over until tender.
I also boiled a bunch of carrots and peeled and chopped a mango.
Next you mix whatever you want your combo to be in the blender. I use the juices in the bottom of the pan to make it a little more watery and easier to suck out of the pouch.
I’ve learned that it is better to write your ingredients and date on the pouch before filling them with a permanent marker. There is a refrigerator magnet that comes in the box telling you how many days the pouches stay fresh in the fridge and freezer.
Next up you attach the empty bags until they click in place on the machine and twist the plastic part on top. Then fill each one to the line with the mixture from the blender.
Then you push down the food with the plastic thingy (technical term haha.) I do one at a time because it is better to push it down and twist it off then cap it before pulling the plastic thingy out again. If you pull it out it causes the food to come out of the pouch a little and makes a mess.
Repeat the process for all three.
If you’re doing other flavors just rinse everything and do the same thing for them as well. As I said easy peasy!!
The combos I made here were sweet potato, butternut squash, carrot and acorn squash, mango.
I put them all in the freezer and will pull a few out in the morning to take with us. By lunch or snack time it’s thawed out and I don’t even need a freezer pack in my lunchbox. I love eating them myself as well!
Bon appetite!
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