Cookie Magazine put organic baby foods to the test

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Nov 18th 2007 @ 3:23PM

There's no doubt that parents are more and more feeding their babies organic foods. The question now isn't whether or not the food should be organic, but how that organic food is packaged -- glass jars, directly from the vegetable bin, or frozen. With no kids of my own, and basically no knowledge of this part of the kitchen, I'm looking at Cookie Magazine for advice. Cookie Magazine writers Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissou say that while jarred foods are probably the most convenient, they're not the most nutritious because the foods are heavily cooked and many have preservatives to prolong shelf life. They taste tested organic baby foods on their own kids and highlighted these seven, most frozen:

Filed Under: Cooking With Kids, Magazines, Lists, Ingredients, New Products
Tags: baby food, BabyFood, cheese, cooke magazine, CookeMagazine, dairy, eggs, frozen foods, fruit, grains, nuts, organic, rice, seeds, vegetables

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11-19-2007 @10:23AM wescraig said... Packaged? Cook it yourself. For example, if you're going to make hummus, put some aside before you spice it. Maybe thin it more than the rest. This works for many recipes -- reserve some of the ingredients to feed to your baby (pureed) or toddler (mashed or later whole). My goal is to get my daughter to eat what I eat.
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