Green Peas, Green Peas, I Love Grean Peas!

When Adda was a baby we would sing this little jig to her every time she had green peas.  She loved them pureed and she loved them whole.  It was one of the first foods we started giving her to eat by herself.  I made green peas for Ella on Sunday afternoon while the girls were napping.  I timed myself to prove again that making your own baby food is not what most people think.  It's fast, easy, and super economical!  From start to finish with cleaning up it took 26 minutes.  That is including steaming the peas.

What you need: frozen peas, pot, steaming basket, breast milk or formula, food processor/blender.

 I steamed them for about 9 minutes.  I wanted to make sure they were good and hot as to kill any bacteria that might be on them.  The package said 6 to 7 minutes.

 Unsure what to think at first!

 Smiled and pushed some of it out!

 Grabbing for the camera!

 Success!

 She loved them!  I can't feed them to her fast enough!  So, as a family we sing as she eats!  Green peas, green peas, I love green peas!

   Frozen Organic Peas at Kroger $2.99 for 10oz. bag

Approximately $0.29 per oz.

I made 6 - 2 oz. containers (one was a little shy of 2)

On average the homemade was a savings of about $0.25 per oz. compared to store bought brands.  The part that takes the longest is actually scraping out the blender and putting it in the containers.  

I had someone ask if I would compare the color of homemade versus store bought.

 

Here is the difference!