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AIBU?

To not buy a fancy baby food steamer/blender?

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Aliveinwanderland · 24/02/2017 21:47

I've seen several baby vegetable steamer/blenders around the £100 mark.

AIBU to buy a cheap (around £8) microwave vegetable steamer and then blend in my food processor?

I don't cook vegetables for me or hubby for tea so a quick way of cooking one portion for baby is ideal so the microwave ones looks fab.

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BinRaidingRaccoon · 24/02/2017 21:48

Not at all. I didn't bother!

oblada · 24/02/2017 21:48

Well you don't have to blend food for baby so YADNBU!

strangehumour · 24/02/2017 21:49

I used a fork to mash the food.

inappropriateraspberry · 24/02/2017 21:49

I didn't buy anything special. Just used my stick blender, sometimes using the small blender attachment, but not often.

RedBugMug · 24/02/2017 21:49

yanbu
but just a bowl will do. no need for fancy equipment

Aliveinwanderland · 24/02/2017 21:50

Can I cook the veg in a cheap microwave steamer? Is there anything wrong with this method?

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Orangebird69 · 24/02/2017 21:50

No. Microwave and a stick blender. Job done.

Rixera · 24/02/2017 21:50

I never blended or mashed for DD, but a steamer is a great way to eat more veg.

Soubriquet · 24/02/2017 21:51

You don't even need to blend the food if you don't want to

You can do BLW which is using solid food. No mashing or blending required

Aliveinwanderland · 24/02/2017 21:52

I want to blend a little as not totally into full BLW. So really just wanted to check it was ok to cook veg for a baby in a microwave steamer.

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GarrulousGrimoire · 24/02/2017 21:52

You would never ever ever use it, the washing up would drive you nuts. Just give baby finger food or mush it up with a fork. Baby food honestly doesn't need to be pureed just mushy.

Eminybob · 24/02/2017 21:53

No need to blend at all.
I did buy a steamer when DS was weaning as I thought it would be easier and healthier but it ended up being a faff so I just boil/roast/stir fry veg as I do for DH and I and DS had the same.

SparkleTwinkleGoldGlitter · 24/02/2017 21:54

I have not blended for dd at all, I just mash with a fork a little of what me and dh have so far weaning has been a success!

You don't need a microwave steamer, most veg can be microwaved in a bowl with a table spoon or two of water-works fine for us

munchkinmaster · 24/02/2017 21:54

Buy a steamer you put over a pan.

GarrulousGrimoire · 24/02/2017 21:54

Alive no problem with microwave, or you can boil or bake OR get those little pre prepped micro bags and mush them up.

Or use stuff you don't even need to steam when in a rush or on the go. A banana plus fork = baby takeaway.

All berries can be mushed raw,

KatharinaRosalie · 24/02/2017 21:55

No you don't need a special baby food blender.

But you might not able to convince your toddler to eat his vegetables if you and DH don't eat any

munchkinmaster · 24/02/2017 21:55

I have a steamer and steam all our veg over the potatoes. So much nicer than boiled veg.

Pinkheart5915 · 24/02/2017 21:56

I haven't blended for either ds (17 months) or dd (6 months) I just mash a little with a fork, works fine and both mine have weaned great.

You can microwave fresh veg with a teaspoon of water works fine. My dc prefer carrots chopped raw rather than cooked anyway Or you could give raw sticks of peppers & cucumber

3boys3dogshelp · 24/02/2017 21:56

Definitely don't need to pay £100, no. I blended foods for the first while rather than BLW and found it difficult to do in the normal food processor as the quantities were so small. A cheaply stick blender was perfect and created less washing up.

Oysterbabe · 24/02/2017 21:57

Why don't you cook vegetables for you and DH?

inappropriateraspberry · 24/02/2017 22:01

Just cook a bit extra veg when you do your own meals. Can be warmed up in the microwave

empirerecordsrocked · 24/02/2017 22:05

Mine were prem and couldn't cope with lumps - stick blender did the job just fine.

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Orangebird69 · 24/02/2017 22:05

The op wasn't looking for weaning method or diet advice... Hmm

EB123 · 24/02/2017 22:11

Yanbu, I won one of these when I was pregnant with ds3. I have used it once to steam some carrot batons (he is 11months) and haven't bothered again.

mygorgeousmilo · 24/02/2017 22:12

I am wary of microwaving too much, the scary talk got to me. Boil or steam with one of those metal things you drop into a normal pan, blitz with either a stick blender or a cheap stand up mixer thingy. We have a nutri ninja and use it constantly. I'd say invest in something for the whole family, as those specific to baby type of things can often be just something else with extra £££ added. They're preying on you and counting on all of that love for your baby to make you buy extra crap. I've watched too much MadMen.

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