Avoiding BPA in Baby Food Containers: Baby Cubes to the Rescue
June 5, 2008 by Alicia
Filed under Baby Dishes and Utensils
Sometimes it’s nice to find a simple solution in our quest to remove BPA from our children’s diet. Baby Cubes by Juvenile Solutions, Inc. make if possible for non-gourmet parents like me to whip up chemical free home-made baby food.
Not only are Baby Cubes made from BPA, PVC and Phthalate free virgin polypropylene, they also offer so many other benefits:
- Reusable
- Individual lids are attached
- Dishwasher and freezer safe
- Stackable, saving freezer space
- Each individual cube snaps into place, keeping everything secure
- Reduce food waste by allowing you to defrost only what you need
- Keep track of freshness by writing the date of preparation on the tray with a dry erase marker
We asked a fellow mommy blogger to give them a try. Take a look at what Beth of Petite Planet had to say:
I am no Donna Reed. I’m domestically challenged in several ways. I don’t wear aprons, I only recently caught on to ironing, I’m a bad cook, (I do try!) I can’t remember the last time I wore pearls, and I’ve never worn red lipstick.
But let me just tell you, I made Olivia’s baby food from scratch yesterday, and I couldn’t feel more proud if I was suddenly in black and white offering a plate of freshly baked cookies to a bunch of kids just home from school.
If I could do this, anyone can. I mean, I burn water for goodness sake.
I started with Olivia’s favorite food to date: sweet potatoes, also known as yams. I bought one large organic yam (remember: ONLY buy organic fruits and vegetables, locally grown if possible!) at Whole Foods, washed it, poked holes in it, and baked it at 400 degrees for one hour. After cooled, the skin peeled right off. I then chopped up the yam, tossed it in the blender and pureed it, adding spring water until it reached the desired consistency.
I imagine this will get easier with more practice, but I won’t lie… popping open a jar of Earth’s Best organic baby food is much more simple. However, ahem, drumroll please… one organic yam cost me $1.81 and yielded me NINE servings. A single serving jar of Earth’s Best costs me .79 cents!
And no more need to recycle glass jars. I used Baby Cubes from The Soft Landing. They are non-toxic and quite ingenious. Their lids are attached, and once you fill them, you snap the lid on tight, place them in their stackable tray and put them in the freezer. You may also use a dry erase marker to jot down the contents and date on them if you wish. The only problem is, I want more than 8 cubes! I need more! I think I may go on a pureeing spree. Now, where are those pearls…
