Adventures in Baby Food Making

So far I'm really enjoying making Sam's food. It's great knowing exactly what he's eating, how it's been prepared, and there's a certain satisfaction in seeing him enjoy it. I've been doing some reading on and off about how good it is for your baby to consume organic foods, mainly because their systems are so susceptible to the toxins that can linger in foods that have been grown in environments that use pesticides, chemical fertilizers etc. So I've been making an effort to seek out locally grown and/or organic foods to make Sam's baby food. Sometimes I'm successful, sometimes I wash his food really well and pray the toxins wash off. :P

Anyway, a couple days ago we introduced carrots, which Sam really likes. I'd only made enough servings for about 3 days, and I'd used organic carrots I'd bought at the farmer's market. Since I won't be able to get more till the weekend, I went to the Sobeys here in town because my mom had told me they had a decent organic section. Sure enough, I was able to pick up a 2 lb bag of organic carrots. (They have a pretty decent selection of organic produce, as does Zehrs, however both are lacking in the LOCAL produce department)

This evening I peeled the entire bag of carrots, and then left Tim in charge of cutting and cooking the carrots as I was going out for a workout. When I returned from the gym, I found out Tim had had his first adventure in baby food preparation. I guess he didn't realize how quickly water can boil off a pot of veggies, and he had put the carrots on to boil and then set about doing some other things around the house. When I got home, there was a funny smell in the air which I couldn't identify. I went into the kitchen and on the counter was a small pot with only a small portion of the cut up carrots. Then I noticed in the sink that there was a larger pot with a very burned bottom....it turns out when Tim came back to check the carrots, they had completely boiled off and were cooking to the bottom of the pot. My sweet husband had picked through all the carrots to find the non-burnt ones and kept them while discarding the rest. Unfortunately the ones he kept still tasted burnt, but it was the thought that was sweet. And in the long run, he learned a valuable cooking lesson that I think all of us discover at one time or another. :P