GreenMom: Home Cooking
I recently saw a show where a natural living expert was helping a busy family improve their eating habits by using more natural ingredients. She did a taste test and had them try organic macaroni and cheese as well as the blue box macaroni and cheese. All three members of the family chose the blue box and you could tell that the host was annoyed. The same thing happened in my house.
I decided that I was going to make all of Green Baby’s food. How hard could it be to steam and mash carrots or peas? I bought several jars of baby food to have on hand for when we were out or when I needed something quickly. Well, in our own home taste test, the jarred food won. There were several nights that I had to scrape my homemade organic baby food off the floor, high chair, and walls; while on the nights I served the jarred, I’m sure he would have licked the jar clean if I let him. I continued making his food and eventually he learned to like it, but I can’t help but think the people at Earth’s Best are out there snickering at me.
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2 comments:
KEEP TRYING! Children need to explore & try food numerous times before they acquire a love for it's foreign taste. It is natural for children to be more easily adapted to jarred food, as the taste is much more bland & they contain a lot of sugar. However, on the flip side if you begin introducing "real" tasting food at a young age your child will be better equipped to manage the transition to a regular diet.
I have to disagree a bit with foggyr on one point. There is not necessarily a lot of added sugar in jar foods. We used Beech Nut jarred foods, and their peas contain nothing but peas. Their carrots are just carrots, and so on. The fact is, that in order to make great homemade mashed carrots, you have to have the ripest carrots, use just the right amount of water, cook it just the right amount of time, etc. That doesn't mean that over time it isn't more economical to make your own, but don't feel bad that just turning to the jar is in itself a bad thing. Some jar foods may be a less nutritious choice than homemade, but others may be equally (and sometimes even more) healthful.
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