As a kid owner, here’s my opinion:
The older kid dinners are mostly okay. I kind of liked the pasta stuff. The fruits & veggies weren’t too bad, either. The pureed meat is totally nasty, and I could not bring myself to serve it to my kid straight. Had to mix it with a vegetable or two. The meat sticks for older kids are a little better. Zwieback cookies are pretty good, and arrowroot cookies are awesome.
But all of it is better than the formula that poor little toothless, helpless infats have to drink. Makes me feel so bad for them!
Pears, bananas, peaches, apricots; any of the fruits are great on toast instead of jam or jelly.
Toast bread.
Slather with butter (or oleo of choice).
Coat w/Gerber puree.
Pure bliss and no added sugar!
There was one of the Gerber desserts called “Dutch Apple Treat” or something like that. I used to buy that stuff for me, not the baby. Of course, the apricots and the pears were good too. My youngest child is three now, so no more baby food in my house.
Cool! I dunno where you live, but here in Florida, we have Mexican food sections in most of our grocery stores and they have some real cool things in them. (AVOID the peppers!) One thing is, get this, powdered ham broth! IT IS GREAT! Add one packet to your soup along with the peas – if you’re making peas soup, that is, and it increases the flavor remarkably!
I put ham in my pea soup, along with some chicken broth -* don’t laugh until you try it. I got the idea from watching several chefs on television do it*. Sometimes I’ll take the ham bone and simmer it for a few hours – like 10 or 12, replacing the water as needed. Then I’ll remove all of the glop – add salt and pepper and condense it down by evaporation to 1/4 the volume. THAT gives you a cool, strong broth to add to soups, especially pea and bean! Add some of the powered stuff in with it and ENJOY! What’s also cool, is before you add stuff to the peas, like ham and concentrated broth, boil them soft with S&P, run them through a blender to puree them, add them back to the pot, toss in everything else, and simmer and it is excellent! (I love pea soup!)
Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
A little off-topic, but my 5-month-old just had his first taste of cereal last night. He thought it was pretty good–even though it was more or less liquid he energetically chewed (okay, gummed) every bite. So cute. He was giving my toast and jam a pretty hard look this morning. They grow up so fast. Sigh.
