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Pureed Baby Foods That Freeze Well and Not So Well.
The table Frozen Pureed Baby Food table below is established from our own experience with freezing homemade baby food; we did a lot of it having to feed twins.
You may have better, or worse, luck with freezing your homemade baby food cubes.
Homemade Baby Food is most easily stored in your freezer.
It is best to keep the cubes as far into the freezer as possible.
Try not to store your homemade baby food cubes on the door to avoid the warming that may occur when the freezer door opens.
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Puréed foods that we find freeze well |
Puréed foods that we find do not freeze very well |
| Apples
(may turn brown - freeze in slices for a nice teething reliever in a baby safe feeder) |
Apricots
(may not freeze solid and texture may be altered, otherwise ok) |
| Avocados
(may turn brown when pureed, otherwise ok - best frozen in halves with a bit of lemon juice) |
Citrus such as Orange, Tangerine or Grapefruit |
| Bananas
(may turn brown when pureed, otherwise ok - freeze bananas whole in their jackets for less waste - cut in half, wrap then freeze) |
Dairy products
(may freeze yogurt - texture and color may change, otherwise ok) |
| Banana mixed with other fruits | Eggs
(cook whole egg or just yolk and then freeze without pureeing.) |
| Blueberries | Melon
(may become watery and taste/texture may change - ok to freeze if not puréed) |
| Broccoli | Grapes
(freeze whole or halved) |
| Cauliflower | Potatoes - White
(difficult to reconstitute when frozen in puréed form otherwise ok to freeze - may thaw and heat up with a mealy texture) |
| Carrots | Prunes
(may not freeze solid and texture may be altered, otherwise ok) |
| Corn | Rice
(difficult to reconstitute when frozen in puréed form otherwise ok to freeze) |
| Green Beans | |
| Mangos
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Mangos (great in chunked form - watery and gritty when in pureed form) |
| Meats | Meats may become gritty when thawed otherwise they are fine. |
| Nectarines
(may turn brown and taste may change - mixed results) |
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| Noodles - freeze "whole" | Noodles - do not freeze well when pureed. |
| Peaches | Papaya (great in chunked form - watery and gritty when in pureed form) |
| Pears
(may turn brown and taste may change - mixed results - freeze in slices then mash for best bet) |
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| Peas | |
| Plums
(may turn brownish and taste may change - mixed results) |
Squash - Zucchini & Summer (yellow)
(may turn extremely watery when thawed and some taste may suffer |
| Rice
(freeze it without pureeing and then puree when thawed for a nice taste/texture) |
Tofu
(color changes and texture becomes spongy - still ok to eat however) |
| Squash - Acorn, Butternut, Winter | |
| Sweet Potato | |
| list compiled by wholesomebabyfood.com - your results may vary. | |
Read the table that we compiled on various types of foods. This is a table of those baby food cubes that we have found freeze well and those that do not freeze well.
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