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Have you been scared to try and make your own baby food?  I was until I saw a friend make it and it turned out to be so easy.  I make easily digestable foods like sweet potatoes, butternut squash, and green beans.  You get a weeks worth of food for TWINS at a fraction of the price.  Homemade baby food is also packed with more nutrients and freshness.  This is a great way to also make those dollars stretch on a tight budget.

Here's what you need: vegetables, fruits, and storage containers

The storage containers I used were plastic freezer jars.  They are perfect for baby food and the tops all snap on top of each other.

Today I made sweet potatoes and applesauce.   Sweet potatoes are high in Vitamin A, beta carotine and potassium.

Wash and scrub your sweet potatoes then cut them lengthwise.

Place the sweet potatoes in aluminum foil with 2 Tbls. of water.  Wrap them up and place in the oven set at 400 degrees for about 45-60 min.

With it being summertime, I didn’t want to heat the house up for than I had to.  So I made applesauce using 3 Golden Delicious Apples.  Apples are easy to digest for those little tummies, and lots of fibre.  Plus babies love them because it’s so sweet.

After washing the apples, I chopped them and removed the core.  I added in about  1/3 c. of water and put them in aluminum foil.

I set this in the pan with the sweet potatoes.

Depending on the size of the sweet potatoes you may have to them

every 10 min. after the 45 min. mark.

Tender and Juicy

When you’re done you have smooth applesauce and a healthy batch of sweet potatoes.

Spoon that homemade goodness into your storage containers and pop them into the freezer until you need them.

The finished product!

Using 3 sweet potatoes and 3 apples, I was able to make at least 10 healthy meals for TWINS!