We have a ninja. How are those?

I have the stick blender already, but I prefer to make small quantities of baby food and use it fresh instead of freezing, so the stick is simply too large to make small batches of baby food. are there any good 3-cup or smaller food processors?
-OP

Anonymous wrote:I love the Cuisinart stick blender. Also awesome for making soups!

+1

Stick blender. We've had one forever - long before babies. I used to just put 3 or 4 pots on the stove all at once and cook for 5-10 minutes - carrots, peas, apples, pears, e.g., then pull out the stick blender and zap each one for 5 seconds right in its own pot. Run the stick under the tap for 1 second in between each pot. Then dump into my little frozen food containers and put in the freezer. The pots all wash in less than a minute. And ta-da: Food for the next two weeks. It was so ridiculously easy and untime-consuming to do this, that i have no idea why it is considered bragging rights when people make their baby food from scratch.

Compare this to when i bake or cook grown up stuff where i need to haul out the food processor - it is heavy, cumbersome and such a pain in the butt to clean and i sort of dread using it. I would have hated using a food processor for baby food.

Stick blender.

Anonymous wrote:I love the Cuisinart stick blender. Also awesome for making soups!

This!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the Cuisinart stick blender. Also awesome for making soups!

Ditto this!

This is what I use also- works great.

Us too. Use it for plenty of other food besides baby's as well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the Cuisinart stick blender. Also awesome for making soups!

Ditto this!

This is what I use also- works great.

Anonymous wrote:I love the Cuisinart stick blender. Also awesome for making soups!

Ditto this!

If you don't already have a full sized one, why not get one to use beyond baby food?

We just would have used our magic bullet, but went right to baby led weaning. I totally planned on making our own food, until a friend presented a great plan that was easy, cheap and lazy. Sold.

we got the baby bullet as a gift for DC#1. i'm a bad mommy b/c it's still in the box. FWIW, I thought i saw it had come down in price. i've recently been pureeing bananas to put in the yogurt for DC#2 and our Cuisinart stick blender (it was a present that I got in 1996!) works great. not so great for apples though.

I love the Cuisinart stick blender. Also awesome for making soups!

Small Cuisinart around $30. Can also use it for your own cooking.

Only problem is mildew sometimes develops inside handle. I just take off part of the handle that is screwed on so that doesn't happen.

I bought a food mill - http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Food-Mill/dp/B000I0MGKE/ great for baby food and then soups and amazing mashed potatoes later.

I don't want one marketed for baby food, since they are so expensive. just want a simple one that will blend enough for baby food consistency. thank!