Salmon puree

Safety Tips for Homemade Baby Food

Here at BEABA USA we believe that making your own baby food is the healthiest and safest way to feed your baby. The lack of chemicals, additives and preservatives in the food you make a home versus purchase is in itself a huge step towards overall better health. When you also add in the control factor of your own kitchen versus a manufacturing and processing plant (have you seen the stories over the years about pouched foods and their contaminants) that simply cannot be beat. That’s not to say though that your own kitchen and ways you prepare and make food cannot be problematic. Therefore, we want to share some tips with you to help make your baby food-making journey as safe and healthy as possible.

1. Make sure your hands, prep space, and all tools are clean. No seriously – make sure you’ve taken the time to wash and disinfect all surfaces including counter tops, cutting boards, knives, and underneath your own used-to-be-always-manicured-before-baby nails.

2. Clean all fruits and veggies, even if organic, and pat dry with a paper towel; not the dishtowel hanging on your stove.

3. If you are also going to make chicken or other meat (remember: Babycook is the only machine that allows you to actually cook meat in the baby food maker) we suggest you prepare and cut the meats on different cutting boards with different knives ahead of time to prevent cross-contamination.

4. When cutting your foods, be sure to tuck your fingers under your hands as you cut so that you do not accidentally knick your fingertips. (You’ve seen this done on Top Chef. It looks awkward at first, but actually makes for more even slices.)

5. If you happen to get distracted while making baby food, it’s usually OK to leave the blended or steamed foods (as long as they don’t contain meat) out for about 2 hours. We do however still recommend NOT thawing and refreezing any foods – even veggie and fruit purees.

6. Always Unplug your Babycook when not in use. It not only saves energy, but also prevents accidental pulls by little hands that could lead to fall from countertop.

7. Once you have prepared baby food, it can last in the fridge for about 3 days. After that you will want to freeze or throw that batch out. (TIP: when making food – always freeze half of what you make in your Portions or Multiportions since defrosting is the touch of one button in your Babycook.)

8. Always thoroughly take apart and clean all parts of your Babycook after use and allow it to fully dry.

Happy baby food making!

20 replies
  1. Chris
    Chris says:

    Thanks! We are new to this so I know nothing but what I’m reading. We don’t have the user’s manual so I’m looking for a Babycook Pro 4 in 1 manual. Any help would be appreciated. And I measure in ounces!

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    • Julianna Klepacki
      Julianna Klepacki says:

      Hi there Holly,

      What we mean is that you can put frozen purees (or fruits, veggies and/or meat) in the Babycook and use the steaming process to defrost the food. We hope that this answers your question!

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    • Julianna Klepacki
      Julianna Klepacki says:

      Hi there!
      We recommend using water level 2 for defrosting purees stored in the freezer. It’s best to wait at least a couple minutes for the food to cool but you should test it yourself to ensure that it is cool enough before feeding it to your baby.

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    • Julianna Klepacki
      Julianna Klepacki says:

      Hi there! Yes, you can! When cooking raw meat/poultry/fish in the Babycook, fill the blending bowl to level 3 and add to the reservoir.

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    • BEABA
      BEABA says:

      Hi Stefania, cool them separately as each food has different cooking times. Meat will always cook on water level 3 (15 minutes) while some veggies are done on water level 2 (10 minutes)

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  2. Becca
    Becca says:

    Can I use frozen veggies and fruits to make a purée and then freeze portions? Or is that the same as thawing and refreezing?

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  3. Sasha
    Sasha says:

    Hi! First time mom here. What if I don’t want to fill the whole steaming basket up with veggies, for example. Let’s say I fill the basket up half way. How much water do I use then?

    And must I use only bottled water? Or can I use tap? My baby is 5 months.

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