Slow Cooker Baby Food Recipes

How to make Baby Foods in your Slow Cooker

Step 1 - Peal your fruits / vegetables and cut into slices or cubes.

Step 2 - Slow cook for 5-8 hours on low

If you don't have a small enough slow cooker, use separate GLASS jars within the slow cooker. in this way you can make smaller amounts and have more variety for your baby.

Add 3cm (1 inch) of water inside the slow cooker to ensure it does not dry out.

Step 3 - Lightly blend the food (use low setting) to reduce the blending effects on vitamins.

I store all my home made baby food frozen in a Tupperware ice cube tray. The Tupperware has an airtight lid which is designed keeps other odors (from my 2 year old chicken wing and prawns) out of the blocks. The plastic seems to be of a higher quality and does not leave residual plastic odors that cheaper plastic containers tend to do.

Step 4 - Thaw and serve.

Remember that you can mix and match the blocks. If your baby loves pear but does not like broccoli, you can add a pear block with the broccoli.

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Slow Cooker Tip - Cooking Meats

• For best results, ground meats must be cooked in a skillet before cooking in the slow cooker.
• Large pieces of meat can be browned before cooking in the slow cooker, but this step isn't necessary. Browning adds colour and helps in flavour development.
• Most meats require 8 hours of cooking on LOW. Use cheaper cuts of meat - not only do you save money, but these meats work better in the slow cooker. Cheaper cuts of meat have less fat, which makes them more suited to slow cooker cooking. Moist, long cooking times result in very tender meats.

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