need suggestions on making baby food without a food processor

[becknnico]

Do not really have the money for extras like a food processor and Ds is 7 months and still pretty much ebf. I have givin him bananas,avacado and sweet potatoes as well as a couple things I have found organic in a jar but cant afford the jars and dont want to do that anyway. I boiled some carrots but they dont mash well enough and he still kinda gags a bit. I have heard all about blw but would rather start with purees. Any suggestions on what else will mash well and be good staples for the next few months? Figured I would just boil some things for him while I cook up my own dinner, then mash it quickly before dinner, but stumped.

You don't need the food to be smooth at that age. Try giving carrots as finger food - that way he'll learn more quickly how to handle lumps (IME). I gave meat as a finger food (bits of very soft steak, roast chicken which was softer than chicken breast and fish). We did do purees as well but I'd break up the meat so fine that it wasn't in lumps and mash with potatoes/rice.

You can buy a hand blender for £20 though, possibly cheaper. Mine has lasted 7 years!

better to steam than boil as won't lose so many nutrients. Can just mash. COuld try a potato ricer for finer mash. OR hand held whizzer works a treat and not very expensive. Might find one on freecycle.

Can you afford to get a hand blender? You can buy one from about £10 and it will puree the food. It is what I have always used, I don't have a food processor either.

apples and pears mash v easily

as do cauliflower adn broccoli and you can mash them with a bti of cheese sauce too

use the water you cook the fruit/veg in to mash it with too

Most fruit and veg can be mashed with a fork. I had That type of baby mill wfor the DCs that I had inherited from when my mum got me on solids,so old and resilentand worked fine with cooked meat.

I have friends who have this sortcheep version from Argos I think

cheap!

GRR link did not seem to work, try this

Grate harder veg before you boil/steam it. Beat it with a wooden spoon to make it a bit smoother, but agree a few lumps are OK.

YY to the handheld blender, tesco do them for about £5.

Tesco did a hand blender for £4 in their basics range. A few tiny lumps should be ok though as that way he less likely to refuse to move on from purees. Happy weaning, we nearly at that stage and looking forward to it

Sorry alfabetty just saw your post, tis still early in the morning

Look up baby led weaning (BLW) for info on moving to solids without needing to puree everything - babes just start on softish foods, more or less how you described what you have been doing already. Pure BLW-ers believe babe can feed themselves by picking up what they want to eat but you can pick & choose bits of the various theories to suit yourself of course.

a sieve might be useful but I find it takes too long to squeeze a small amount of food.