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[quote=Anonymous]16:56 sounds a little bonkers to me.

NP here and I have made all the food for my 11mo twin charges since they started eating.  An entire mango and an entire banana should definitely be yielding way more than 4 oz of puree.

I can't remember what we spent earlier on, but they currently eat about 6-9 oz of puree each per day as well as lots of finger foods (so 12-18 oz total per day plus all the finger food) and we spend about $30-50 per week on "their" groceries.  That includes pricier items liked pastured organic eggs and dairy.  If we were paying ~a dollar for 4 oz of organic baby food, we would be spending around $100 per week on purees alone.

When you make your own food, you can shop sales.  If apples are on sale, I buy a ton and make lots and lots of apple puree, then freeze it in cubes and we thaw out different flavor combinations.

They also tend to be better eaters, IME.  Packaged food has to be cooked at a high temp to be shelf stable and it is much less flavorful than homemade.  The result is that it all tastes the same.  You also have a limited number of flavors available.  My guys probably only repeat a flavor combo 2-3 times a month.  The rest of the time we mix it up and combine different things so that they are exposed to more variety and can find more things they really like.

As far as being healthier, I think it can be more nutritious based on what you are making, and obviously you won't have any additives.[/quote]

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