Freezer storage for homemade baby food
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Anonymous
| Which works best? I'm looking at the Oxo plastic tray, the Green Sprouts silicone tray, or a regular old ice cube tray. Thinking the silicone tray would be best for popping out the frozen cubes and moving to a freezer bag, but hoping to get some recs from those who have already tried out these products and have a good method. Thanks! |
Anonymous
| I don't know what works best, but I used a plain old ice cube tray (with a lid), and it worked fine. It probably just holds a little less food per cube than trays made specifically for baby food. |
Anonymous
| I used the Beaba silicone trays to freeze, then popped them out and stored in ziplocks. The Beaba trays were nice bc they made 2-oz portions, but they did tend to hold freezer odor after a while. Not sure if all silicone will do that. |
Anonymous
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I forget the brand, but I found a silicone tray on Amazon that makes perfectly square 1oz cubes. This was the right size for a baby food "serving", and they lined up neatly in a ziploc bag. Bags could then be labeled and stacked.
I used the Beaba but find that their oddly shaped frozen trays don't store as well. |
Anonymous
| I just use standard ice cube trays covered with foil and then deposit in freezer bags. No need for anything fancy. Silicone is nice for ease of removal, but unnecessary. |
Anonymous
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I use a combination. The Baeba silicone ones are good for what you said - freezing, popping out and putting in freezer bags. Just a note on those - if you put a knife around the edges before trying to pop out, it will be much easier.
I also got the OXO tots freezer blocks as well, which hold 2 oz and have lids. These are nice because you can bring them on the go easily and just spoon them out of the container (after defrosting of course - if I remember ahead of time, I put it in the fridge the night before to defrost). These are the ones I give to the nanny also. |
Anonymous
| Silicone here - but I'm leery of freezing plastic in general (especially those that contain BPA). |
Anonymous
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OP here -- thanks everyone! I appreciate your feedback. It's good to hear what works for people making their own baby food.
Alternatively, has anyone tried freezing in glass baby food jars? We've used Earth's Best for the first few weeks of solids before making our own, so have a few jars that we've washed and saved. Would this be a good or bad idea to freeze baby food in the glass jars? |
Anonymous
I have some 4 oz. glass baby bottles (evenflo) I was storing purees in at first, it worked fine. Just be sure to leave room for expansion. Then, remove from the freezer and thaw in the fridge or a pan of hot water. |
Anonymous
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I used these Green Sprouts individual storage containers and they worked out great. Just drop the whole container into a glass of hot water or in the microwave for 30 seconds and you can feed them right from the container. Now that DS is beyond baby food, I use them all the time to carry snacks in the diaper bag and they are perfect for bringing condiments into work (i.e. salad dressing).
http://www.buybuybaby.com/product.asp?SKU=17703250& |
Anonymous
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http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4312595
I used something similar to this. Perfect portions that I could pop out and thaw or microwave as needed. When DS started going to daycare, would pop out and put in plastic baggies that she could then put in her fridge when we got there... defrosted by lunch time. |
Anonymous
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I use only glass b/c it's the safest.
http://www.amazon.com/Innobaby-Glass-Rectangle-Storage-Container/dp/B003B90UKM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1328545293&sr=8-4 And I use a stainless steal ice cube tray http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Ice-Cube-Tray/dp/B0027V9OR0/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1328545324&sr=1-1-catcorr for freezing. No plastic for me. Leaches too many chemicals. |