Make! Your! Own! Baby! Food!

The Cliff Notes version of any baby food recipe book:

Introduction - You should make your own baby food that is ORGANIC and NATURAL and GOOD instead of buying EVIL PROCESSED CORPORATE food. You spent at least $20 on this book so you could do that! Yay you! Fresh food is better for your baby. Feed your baby fresh food now, and s/he will grow up to be not obese and you will have no trouble with picky eating ever.

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Recipes:

1) Get fruit that is naturally soft and squishy. Mash it up.

2) Steam fruit or veggies that are not naturally soft and squishy until they are soft and squishy.  Mash them up.  

3) Buy some organic whole milk yogurt.  Feed it to your baby.

4) Here is a ridiculously complicated recipe involving grinding your own grains to make cereal.  Ignore this one and go buy a box of rice cereal.  You have a baby.  You don't have time for that foolishness.  

5) Oh yeah, eventually your baby should eat meat too.  Cook it and then mash it up.  Use the blender.  

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Ta Da!!!!!!!

Recipe: Red Lentil Soup

Simple, yummy, healthy. Takes less than 20 minutes i f you chop everything ahead of time. Woot.

Ingredients:
1/2 onion, chopped
3-4 stalks curly, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup carrots, chopped
1 cup beet greens, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon basil
Salt and pepper to taste
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup red lentils
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Sauté onion, celery, garlic, carrots, greens, and seasoning with about 2 tablespoons of olive oil tunnel onion is soft. Add lentils and chicken broth, bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and the balsamic vinegar. Add more salt and pepper as necessary.