Friends. Meet the baby cook.

Mimi was only two months old when my mother sent me this little gizmo, the babycook by Beaba. I guess she wanted me to be ready when it was time to start feeding the little monster “real foods.” This machine is really small (11″ x 5 1/2″ x 8″ high; 2 lbs. 3 oz). When I first pulled it out of the box I thought it was a toy!

Since we started feeding Mimi vegetables and fruits, I’ve been steaming and pureeing everything from sweet potatoes, apples, carrots, peas. This time I tried butternut squash.

It’s pretty easy to use. I diced the squash, dumped it into the pitcher’s inner basket, poured water into the chamber on the left side and set it to steam. About ten minutes later, the squash was done.

Once the goodies were steamed, I emptied that inner basket into the main cup which has a blade at the bottom. Pretty nifty, I think. I replaced the lid, snapped it back into the main stand and started the puree process.

Halfway through the pureeing (is that even a word?), I noticed some of the squash wasn’t getting mixed. I scraped the sides the down with the fancy-looking spatula.

It was a bit too thick and pasty, so I added some of the cooking water to the mixture.

And pureed again.

That did the trick. I usually make a large batch of whatever I have on hand – apples, pears, carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, prunes – and store it in a plastic container in the fridge. Lucky us, Mimi doesn’t mind eating cold food, so we don’t always reheat everything before feeding her.

Only one way to know if it turned out well: get the official taster in the chair.

Success!

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