Excited by the claims of the other Message members that the Beaba Babycook makes cooking a no-brainer, I dragged poor husband and baby to Sauvel Natal... Yes, the place where you have to fight tooth and nail to snag a parking lot.
Of course there was none. As it's a favourite place for tow trucks to come to "escort" your illegally parked car for a holiday at your expense, I went in on my own to buy the appliance plus some other useful items for my venture into cooking for baby while hubby and baby snoozed in the car.
That night, I made apple purée. The apples are cored using this handy apple cutter from IKEA, peeled, then placed into the steam basket in the Babycook with the appropriate amount of water.
The apples are steamed to perfection, without me needing to hover and check. Cool!
When it's cooked, you just flip the switch to blend the apples into a purée. Easy peasy!
I also made 2 apple tarts for our dessert with the extra apple slices. There was also a surprise by product of the steaming process: a cup of sweet apple juice!
Less than half & hour from start to finish.
Since acquiring the Babycook, I've cooked sweet potatoes, apples, peas, apricots, mangos and courgettes for Baby Bel. The other foods that I've introduced her have been from Picard, a store that sells only HIGH QUALITY frozen food. These are from the Bio (Organic) range. The puréed vegetables are in little pellets so that you can defrost the exact amount that you need. Best of all, there's no added salt or sugar. 100% unadulterated sweet vegetables.
Ooooh how I love Picard, both for her, and for us. When we're too lazy to cook. Or when we want freshly baked pain au chocolat in the morning. Or when we want a fondant au chocolat at 11pm at night. Or when we're entertaining and realise that we need more finger food. Makes me wish we had a bigger freezer!
Tricolour vegetable meal: Homemade Courgette with Picard's carrots & potatoes
