Freezing purees. Which are the best little pots?!

[NoTeaForMe]

Hi,

I'm thinking of buying some little pots to freeze batches of purees in, anybody have a fave?! I like the idea of pots you can take out and use to feed from like these they also do them slightly bigger.

Any advice? Thanks

I used petit filou pots but I suspect people are more likely to recommend Lakeland

Sainsburys and Tesco do small pots with lids that are good for individual portions.

Cheap ice cube trays.

You really do not need anything fancy.

I second ice cube trays, I used them for all 3 of mine.

Just use ice cube trays. 99p for 4 in my local shop. Then when frozen transfer them to a plastic bag and you can defrost more than one at a time if you need a bigger portion.

The biggest rip off I ever saw were weaning trays in blooming marvellous for almost £10.

Face it they're going to get stained orange unless you can get some coloured ones. I use ice cube trays.

I liked mothercare individual ones, they were oval and came in small and bigger sizes. The lids are integrated too. Great for travelling :)

After weaning had finished we use them for raisins etc.

They are also microwave proof. This was about 3 yrs ago though so they may not do them anymore.

Do you not need anything with a lid? So that you can take it out with you? Defrost it and use it to feed from?

Just normal ice cube trays? Are they not a bit small?

I found the lids useful as it meant you could just grab one from the freezer and go, without faffing about with popping all the cubes out etc

That's what I was thinking Freudian and like you said earlier surely they are good for snacks later on?

notea I would put 1/2/3 cubes in a avent via pot with lid for traveling.

(I am a marketing mans dream: I will buy anything for anything. I adore "stuff". But even I realised I was being conned with £12 fancy freezing trays!)

Nancy Whats an "avent via pot"? I know what you mean about being a marketing mans dream!

poundland had some in sets of 5 last week, they were pink and purple

avent via

They are steralised disposable stackable storage/feeding pots which also connect direct to the avent breast pump and are thus perfect for storing breast milk.

See I am marketing mans dream

So how are they different to buying pots for putting purees in? Surely you could just freeze the purees straight into there? No need for ice cubes? And they're £20!! What am I missing?

As I said I used ice cube trays, did one all potato, one carrot etc then put a combination of 2 or 3 flavours into either a bowl for home feeding or a small pot for travelling. The pots were from poundland or similar.

Someone bought me some AK pots for dd2, these were basically over priced ice cube trays with lids, but once they had been in the freezer the lids wouldn't go back on!

Maybe you could do a combination of both, small pots ready for travelling and ice cube trays for easy and varied home feeding?

Because you buy a packet of 5 or 10 like you would your breakfast bowls or dinner plates and put them in the dishwasher at the end of the day.

You also use them for all your other meals.

If you're making puree to freeze surely you want to freeze large batches. I might have 100 + cubes of various purees in the freezer, frozen 4 trays (48 cubes) at a time and then decanted into freezer bags so that I can reuse the trays for more freezing.

I had no idea I was so unusual

Oh yes and like pantaloons I would do lots of "single flavours" that could then be combined for variety.

If you use ice cube trays just do a batch, then empty into freezer bags. That way you don't need umpteen trays.
Get some cheap plastic pots with lids and stick a couple of cubes in them when going out.

Freeze some frubes too, excellent ice packs and so much easier than yogurt pots :-)

Ha, x posts Nancy :-)

I said that ages ago!

I bought agent via jars for freezing and expressing bm. I still use them now but they are supposed to degrade. Way too big for first purses though. Good for small portions of real food.

I only did smooth pureed for 2 months with my 1st baby then proper food mushed a bit. Did blw with number 2 and needed no trays!

The thing in the baby catslogues that made me laugh even more than the expensive weaning trays was the baby wipes warmer. Fantastic.

God I hate predictive text. Avent not agent and small purees not purses!

Jareth

was starting to feel like the insane person on this thread!