France, food & a sixth month old

[Debbiethemum]

We are planning to fly out to France to see friends in a couple of weeks. I am looking for advice on her food. She is currently on fruit & veg puree's that I have made & store in the freezer.

Can I grab a load and pot them up to take with us, how long do you think they will last? Door to door will probably be 7-8 hrs so I don't think I will be able to keep them frozen that long.

We will be going from Thursday to Monday, and I would prefer not to have to use jars too much, but can do so when the homemade stuff runs out.

Does it make any difference if I use lentil's as well in her food. Chicken, I would only trust for the day of travel?

Thank you for any help or advice

Hmm, tricky one. By all means take frozen but bag them well as condensation on the outside of the defrosting pots will make anything nearby wet. I'd say you'd be out of anything you bring with you by Friday evening, whether it's meat or veg based.
Why not concentrate on giving her "raw" food for some of the rest of the time - eg banana or avocado? Organic yogurts and fromage frais are easily available in France, too.
And hopefully your friends will be able to let you rustle up a little something for her in a corner of their kitchen?
If you do decide to buy any jarred food in France, there is a good choice but they are less stringent about adding salt and sugar to even first stage purees. So do check the packaging carefully.
Have a nice time!

Thanks for that Marina, unfortunately not what I wanted to hear, I was hoping the plain veg & fruit ones would be safe a while longer

Thanks anyway

just checked on the title that should be six month old not the sixth baby at one month old !!!!

Well I am really neurotic about food safety Debbie, probably beyond the bounds of common sense . Hopefully someone with more knowledge of the subject will come along and give you more reassurance.
I would have thought that if they are well insulated they will only be starting to defrost as you arrive, so might be good for up to 48 hours in the fridge? Sorry, didn't want to offer up a downer

Why not get an in-car chiller? We have one that was very reasonable that we used for DS's food last year. I wrapped his frozen food up and popped in a couple of freezer blocks and it did seem to be OK (certainly fine enough for the journey. It seems that you're going for a long weekend - why don't you take some british organic jars with you just in case? This will save you having to spend ages in the supermarket when you could be out having FUN!! The odd jar here and there won't harm imo.

Thanks to you both for replying. I will go for the mix of homemade and british jars. It was remembering when I went with ds at 11 months, being distinctly unimpressed with the french jars. Also ds got too used to homemade cooling and if faced with jar after jar would go on hunger strike.
This is the same ds who now at 3 loves Thai green chicken curry!

BUMP

Wondering if the evening posters have any pearls of wisdom to add - please

When I go to my Mums (Spain), I take my food for the day of travel frozen as it is usually defrosted by the time I need it. Then I just make stuff as I ned it when i'm there but stick to the basics (mushed up sweet potato, bananas, advacado, yoghurts, scrambled egg, things that can be done quickly on a hob or in a microwave).

HTH