Preserving the Baby's Food
Preparing homemade meals for your baby does not mean you spend hours in the kitchen. After preparing the meal in large quantities, you can freeze it into pieces suitable for the baby. In this way, you can save time and have a variety of homemade food available for the baby at any time. It is a healthy method to store the baby's food in the freezer.
How to Keep Baby Food in the Ice Box
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Fridge to Icebox
Freezing the baby's food piece by piece allows you to eat longer and save money while avoiding waste.
You can prepare various purees to be given to the baby once or twice a week and keep them in the freezer. It will be very easy for you to keep food for months with the following simple tips.
After preparing a recipe, allow it to come to room temperature and then put it in the refrigerator to prevent the formation of bacteria .
After the food has cooled down, separate the baby's food for the next meal and put the rest in the freezer.
To facilitate storage and re-use of the meal, separate the mash into single serving pieces (about 2 tablespoons) and place it in an ice tray or on a baking tray. Wrap the top of the tray with stretch film and freeze in the freezer.
Vent the frozen pieces in a plastic bag. This will prevent the freezer from burning.
Label the bag and note the date. So you know what's inside and it's easy to understand how fresh they are.
You can also store your baby purees in ice cream containers. Never use glass containers to freeze; because the expanded food can crack the glass.
Freezing of Foods
Today, although there is a consensus that freezing breast milk does not affect the nutritional value or flavor of milk; baby food manufacturers do not recommend freezing foods. Freezing, although it does not affect the nutritional value of food, can cause decomposition. For the food your baby eats, be sure to refine it with food, not before putting it in the freezer but after removing it from the freezer. Your baby will enjoy your meal.
Thawing and Reheating
You can prevent bacterial growth by correctly dissolving and reheating the food you prepare for your baby. You must perform this operation correctly. Here are a few tips on how to do this:
Thaw the baby's food in the fridge or microwave. Allowing nutrients to dissolve at room temperature accelerates bacterial growth.
Depending on the size of the service, thawing of a frozen puree takes place in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours.
To dissolve the food faster, place it in a glass dish ( not plastic! ), Throw it into the microwave and stir occasionally. To untie the dish, you can use the microwave; however, health experts recommend not using a microwave oven when reheating the food. The reason for this is that the temperature does not spread evenly and that certain points in the meal can become hot enough to burn the baby's mouth .
You can also heat the food that needs to be heated for the baby to eat by putting it in a pot over low heat.
Don't forget to check the temperature before giving the food to the baby !
Temperature Matters
It is important to cook the baby's food at the right temperature and store it again at the right temperature to keep the food fresh and prevent the formation of bacteria.
When cooking meat it is useful to use a meat thermometer to see if the food is ready. The following instructions; meat will allow you to cook at the right temperature for the baby.
Ground beef or lamb: 71 ° C
Poultry: 77 ° C
Piece of meats such as lamb chops: 63 ° C
The most common temperatures produced by bacteria are between 4 ° C and 60 ° C. Since the room temperature is between these two temperatures, put the food in the refrigerator after cooking. By setting the refrigerator and freezer to the lowest temperature, you can keep the food fresh for longer.
Home Canned Food
It is safe to freeze freshly prepared food and then give it to your baby; however, the same does not apply to home preserves; because home preserves may contain harmful bacteria that may cause illness. You should make sure that the products you will prepare as a baby meal do not have canned freeze and thaw process.
Keeping Food Fresh
Most of the dishes described on this site are; it stays fresh in the refrigerator for 3 days and in the freezer for 3 months. In the freezer, take care to place the food in the coldest place, usually on the middle shelf away from the door. Do not freeze food that you freeze and thaw again. Make sure that thawed food is consumed within 48 hours . These periods are important for the healthy nutrition of your baby.
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