Making your own baby food is a snap, saves money (especially in comparison to organic baby food), and is pretty fun. One glitch that I run into sometimes while I’m making a batch of food is what to do with the tiny bit left over that doesn’t fit into the ice cube tray. You know, you have this 16 cube tray, and somehow you always make 18 cubes worth of food. It seems silly to take up all that space in the freezer with a tray containing only two cubes of pureed carrots, don’t you think?

Re-used apple sauce cups to the rescue! Instead of eating those extra 2 ounces of pureed carrots when no-one is looking, you can simply pour it into a clean #1, 2, or 5 plastic cup of sorts. Apple sauce cups work great, as do small yogurt cups. I actually use a plastic #7 cup from the organic applesauce I like to buy- the manufacturer was kind enough to detail on their website that the #7 plastic they use is a combination of #1 and #2, and thus are BPA-free.

Later, to get the now-frozen puree puck out of the cup, just dip the outside of the cup very briefly in hot tap water. It should slide right out after that. You can store them with the regular food cubes in a freezer bag. I try to only make 2-oz puree pucks, not 4-oz ones, because I think the 2-oz pucks defrost a lot faster.
- Leigh G.