tools of the trade!

I just had a quick chat with one of my preggo friends last week about what equipment I use to make E's baby food. Well, I didn't get a chance to research all the baby food makers out there since we ended up receiving this as a gift at Christmas:

the baby bullet!

Do I like it? Yeah, it does what it's supposed to do. I put in my steamed/baked fruit/veggies/meats in there and it purees it to the consistency of my choice. Of course I add water/breast milk to get the exact consistency that E can eat. There are no presets, just more of a 1-setting blend feature. You can pulse but just pushing the casing up and down, but for the foods I do now I just use the regular blending/pureeing mode. Sure you can use your own blender if you already have one at home...I mean, it's pretty much the same thing. Even though we got this as a gift, I know I would have still bought a separate machine to make E's food. Though not as cost efficient, it gives me piece of mind that her food is made exclusively with a baby food maker with only foods she can ingest right now. I do use our steamer that we already own to steam some veggies/fruits. We have this one:

Oster Steamer!

and it does exactly what I need it to do to make E's food. Yeah I know, "You won't use the blender you already have but you'll use the steamer you already own?" Haha, hey! There's no blades on the steamer and the steamer is easier for me to clean. Plus it's steaming, not much food residue is left so I thought it would be okay to use for E's food=P. So yeah, the baby bullet + our oster steamer = perfect match on making baby E's sustenance!

Buuuuuuut, if we didn't already have the baby bullet I was also told about this model:

The Baby Brezza!

It's pretty much an all-in-one gadget for you baby food needs. Steams and purees - good use of being efficient considering how short on time we all are these days! So yeah, you choose what works best for you. In our case, we made the best of what we were given/had and it works out well for baby E's needs.

I did run short on containers to store her food in the fridge/freezer. I tend to make bigger portions and freeze them so that I can be more time efficient wehn making all her meals. I looked at grocery stores/online for containers and since I just wanted a specific size I opted for the Oxo tot blocks:

I really wanted to just get the lock and lock glass containers, but the ones I saw either came in a package with bigger sizes or if individual - then too pricey for me. So far, no issues with them. If freezing, I don't overfill the containers since I know the food will expand in the freezer. Has nice little markings on the side so I know how many ounces baby girl is getting. Right now it's the perfect size for her - holds up to 4oz. I had ordered 6-2oz containers as well (similar size as the 2 oz jars that came with the baby bullet), but I'll be returning them for more of these 4oz blocks. What works for you guys?