Peas, Corn and Bananas a’la Wean Machine – and the YumYum Dish too

Aug 10, 2009 Uncategorized, gadgets and gizmos

Well we’re back and as promised, here is our new review of the Wean Machine. We tried peas (frozen then steamed) as well as corn (also frozen then steamed) and bananas (fresh). The verdict, the Wean Machine does not do well with foods that have “skins” such as peas, corn and green beans. Blueberries were fine but they have a more thin skin than the aforementioned veggies. Bananas were so easy and we LOVED how the banana came out of the machine like Playdoh out of the Playdoh factory (you do remember the Playdoh factory don’t you?)

First up, the peas and corn

Great dishes huh!

Peas ready to be squeezed

Peas produced a lot of water

These peas would be good for babies who love lumpy bumpy foods!

Corn

corn ready to be mashed

Again, this would be great for babies who are fine with textures

Bananas

Freshly peeled banana

Split banana into 3rds prior to squeezing

The banana looks like it came out of the Playdoh Fun Factory – we LOVE it and so did the twins

Banana on a spoon without stirring or making into mush

Tasty and smooth, perfect for beginners or to drizzle over ice cream for your older kids

All in all, we like the Wean Machine but since we are cheap frugal, we probably wouldn’t buy it to use for ourselves. I can’t imagine trying to use this to make food for my twins. They were such little piggies, I would have been squeezing all day!

This gadget would be perfect for those parents who are on the go with their babies. You can take this to a restaurant and squeeze up food straight off the menu – ask for a portion without salt and/or spices if need be!

I could probably have used this when we took the boys on their first camping trip at 7 months of age. It would have been nice to not have to pack bags of frozen food cubes. I would have pre-baked sweet potato and butternut squash, bought some ripe bananas, blueberries, peaches and steamed some carrots to take along and squeeze-n-feed. So 2 thumbs way up for its portability and for likely being a great help on trips and out to restaurants/playdates etc..

Visit http://www.yumyumdish.com to get your own set of these great little dishes. We have had this set for over a year. We use them to serve snacks to the kiddos.

Tags: bananas, corn, gadgets and gizmos, peas, Travel, wean machine

It’s here! Our Wean Machine Arrived Yesterday. Blueberry baby food on the go!

Aug 1, 2009 Contests and Giveaways, Dangerous Food Items, gadgets and gizmos

The wonderful folks at Juvenile Solutions have sent me 2 of these Wean Machines. One is for me to try and review for them and the other, is for one of our visitors! We will be away until the 9th August but when we get back, we’re going to have a contest here on our Blog. We’ll be giving away the Wean Machine as a prize so be sure to come back. You can purchase the Wean Machine at OneStepAhead – use code WBFTEN and receive 10% of purchases of $50 or more!

Our preliminary review of the wean machine is 2 thumbs up with a small thumb down – or something like that. We are going on vacation camping and I had to toss all fruits that we could not take and that would rot during our absence. The only thing we have left in the fridge now is blueberries. So below are a few images of the Wean Machine and what it does to fresh blueberries.

2 big thumbs up for this when used with blueberries. My 7 yr old twin boys think this Wean Machine is the greatest thing because they can squish fruits legally and then eat the results. I let them squeeze 4 rounds of blueberries and then they ate the results. The images below are of my squeeze session with the Wean Machine, and yes, I too ate the results.

Blueberries

Green Beans

Now we also tried the steamed green beans that I had leftover from dinner. These green beans were frozen and not fresh. I don’t think that matters however. The Wean Machine didn’t adequately squish up the green beans. I tried both of the little mesh-thingies and still wound up with green beans that look like this:

We’ll be back on the 9th.  Have a great week everyone!

Tags: blueberries, gadgets and gizmos, wean machine, weaning