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- Hey, Healthnuts.
Welcome back to my channel.
As you can see, I am doing another grocery haul.
This one is a little bit different.
This is a grocery haul for baby Sage
who is my six, almost seven month old daughter.
And she just started eating this last month
and she's a hungry girl.
So I've just been having a lot of fun testing out
new flavors and just recipes and stuff with her.
And she's just been gobbling it up.
So I wanted to get a few new items,
as well as some good basics
that we always have on hand now for feeding Sage,
but also for ourselves.
I try to eat similar to what she's eating
just so it's like an easier meal prep.
If you guys want me to do a full baby meal prep video
I can definitely do that for you guys.
So leave me a comment down below
if you guys wanna see that.
But I have some fun things that I think will help you guys
feed your little ones too,
and just hopefully give you guys some ideas.
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Okay, let's get started.
All right, let's do the frozen stuff first
so I can get it back into the freezer.
I've been really utilizing frozen vegetables and fruit
because it makes things super easy.
It's more affordable with buying organic food.
I try to get organic as much as possible
when it fits the budget.
Like I tried to buy two organic peaches yesterday
and they were almost like $4 each.
So I didn't do the peach
and I just try to be sensible.
Like, if there's a really thick skin,
I don't get organic.
I think about the Clean 15 and the Dirty Dozen.
So do what's right for you.
If you can't do organic at all, just like do your best,
try to find local, what's in season,
wash everything really well,
and that's the best that you can do.
And like the main thing is that you're feeding
your little ones wholesome, homemade foods when possible.
So for freezer stuff I got...
Some of these are already open
because I've been feeding Sage with them.
I have some whole frozen raspberries,
so these are great.
I pop them into a container the night before,
they thaw overnight.
And it is such a cheaper option to have frozen berries
because they can be so expensive,
and you put them in the fridge
and I swear, there's mold on them the next day.
They just don't last too long.
So frozen just ensures that they're good to go.
I sometimes just mush these like on the side of her meal
I add them to her oatmeal.
She loves them
and they have a nice sweet tart flavor to them.
And then I also have some blueberries which I added
to her oatmeal for the first time the other day
but she hasn't really had these too much yet.
But this is just for us in our smoothies too.
But blueberries are a great option for them
and you can just mash them up.
And frozen is also a great option
because it's just more affordable
and you can find them organic.
Okay, this is a new food I haven't added yet
but it's a great iron-rich food for your little ones,
frozen baby spinach.
Obviously, there's fresh,
but I just got the frozen.
And I'm just gonna try adding this into some of her purees
and I don't know yet but I'm gonna add it in somewhere.
I can't wait for Sage to have her first green smoothie
but obviously that's still probably a while away.
And it'll be a very simplified like bananas, spinach,
and like milk or something.
So I got that.
I also, for fruit, got some frozen mango chunks,
Just easier, you don't have to chop them.
You can let this thaw
and mash it up or add it into an oatmeal or something.
And it's just delicious.
I add this into my smoothies all the time.
And then I also got...
Costco is a great place
to get large, bulk frozen vegetables, fruit, and meat.
So I got a huge thing of organic peas
which I have already been meal prepping.
And she has a bunch in the freezer,
already cooked and ready to go.
You just boil this, mash it up, and it's so easy.
I love just that.
This I think was like six or $7
for this huge thing of organic peas.
So definitely check out Costco.
All right, I'm gonna pop these into the freezer
so they don't melt.
It's a very hot day today.
So we'll do the next items that have to go
in the fridge as well.
Over here, I have some organic chicken thighs
and I wanted to do the dark meat since it's higher in iron.
And I just feel like she doesn't need lean chicken breast
at six and a half months old.
So I think, honestly, they're usually cheaper
when you're buying organic
and they're just more flavorful.
They're not as dry.
Chicken breast is not my favorite.
I like it in things, but I prefer the dark meat.
I think it's just way more flavorful.
And so, I got the organic one.
I always try to get like grass-fed, organic and stuff
when it comes to our meat.
We don't need a ton of it so I feel like I can justify
spending a little bit more money on it.
And then I also got some organic chicken bone broth.
So this is great.
You can add it into some greens.
I can cook it up with lentils or chickpeas or something.
Or just even like warm it up and have her sip on it.
This one here is made in-house at the health food store
I got it from.
And it's just filtered water, organic chicken bones,
and organic apple cider vinegar.
So super easy.
Obviously, you can make it at home
but I'm a working full-time mama.
So I'm just trying to like make it a little bit easier on me
and just buy if I need to.
So I got some chicken broth or chicken bone broth.
And like I said, it's good for her.
It's also good for us.
I can make some chicken soup with it.
I can add it into my rice when I cook it.
And it's just delicious in so many things.
So got the chicken.
And she hasn't had any animal products yet
so I'm excited to start introducing her
into like eggs and bone broth and chicken
and just see how she likes it.
And then also we have some eggs.
Now, we go through so many eggs.
I've been really into boiled eggs.
You would know if you've been following along.
And I always just get organic
or like free range chicken eggs when I can.
Even I got some nice local ones from a friend of mine
who has a farm and they were so good.
So I just like to get good quality eggs
'cause it just the taste is so different
than the conventional ones.
So highly recommend that.
And then for some plant-based proteins,
I got some chickpeas and black beans.
You can make baby hummus with the chickpeas.
You can add the black beans
if you want to make like a chili or something.
We're not that crazy yet.
We're still like just mixing simple things together
but I'm sure it'll be around the corner.
That'll be like adding those into like our meals
that she'll be eating just like without salt and spice.
And by spice, I mean hot spice
'cause I've already been adding things like cinnamon.
And I want to start adding herbs and stuff to her food
and just giving it flavor.
I don't think baby food needs to be bland.
And if you want some tips on like how to feed your baby
and like just baby feeding basics, I knew nothing.
I highly recommend,
I'm taking some kind of online baby food course.
I'm gonna link the one I use down below.
It taught me so much, like so much
that I didn't know anything apparently.
So it's been really helpful.
Just even understanding the difference of choking
and gagging and how to properly prepare different foods
for their different age and all of that.
So highly recommend that
if you have no idea what you're doing like I did.
And I'm still learning, but it was very helpful.
And then I also just got some Organic Green Split Peas.
Like I said, I can do a stew, a dull, or something with it.
Add a little coconut milk and different spices and whatnot,
and that would be delicious.
You could even add in the chicken in there too,
and just pureed a little bit,
depending on the age of your little one.
But yeah, I'm excited to start adding in like lentils
and lagoons and things like that into her diet.
And then over here, I got some Organic Pitted Prunes
and these ones have no preservatives in them or anything.
And you can do so much with prunes.
Honestly, I feel like they get a bad rep,
but they're so good.
So I will eat them just like a date, like dried fruit.
I will eat them melted into oatmeal.
I will make a trail mix out of them.
They're delicious.
And they're basically, they're just dry dried plums.
And these are just a great baby food as well.
So I'm gonna make my own prune purees and stuff.
But speaking of purees,
I try not to make it a habit or the main source of her food.
I did get a couple of the packaged foods to try out.
She's had this one before,
just organic prune puree to have on hand.
Then I also got a mixture.
I just looked for the sugar content in these
and I checked the ingredients,
and then I make sure they're organic.
And then, just always check like I said the sugar content.
This one is carrots, apricots, pumpkin.
This one here I think is a mix of apples, sweet potato,
broccoli, and spinach.
I got different brands so I can see what she likes.
These are good if we're out of the house for traveling.
Yes, you wanna try to stick to whole foods
as much as you can, and homemade stuff.
But at the same time, if you're out somewhere
which hopefully we will be soon,
these are great to have.
And I'm not against packaged foods,
but it's just I don't wanna rely on them for everything.
And then these,
I just thought it would be fun for her to try.
There are these Mushies,
This one is banana beetberry.
And it says, "Melt in your mouth, organic fruit
and veggie snack."
So this is like her chips,
so only a little bit.
And I don't want to be like the mom
that's like my kid doesn't eat anything that's in a package.
I know I could say that and try that
but in reality, it's fun for them
to explore different things.
And I think this will be fun.
The ingredients are all very simple.
Nothing added in here, no artificial dyes or sugar.
So I'm fine with that, but like a treat
not like her breakfast, you know what I mean?
And then we actually just tried this this morning
for the first time.
This is Buckwheat Flakes
and it's just a whole grain cereal
but that's like ground up into flakes.
So I could eat this in my oatmeal,
but I just don't want Sage eating like the same green
every single day.
So we do oatmeal a lot for breakfast
and then I mixed like veggies and different stuff in it,
like cinnamon and whatnot.
But just to switch it up,
so I did the buckwheat today and she really liked it.
And then you can get things like spelt, kamut.
There's so many different types of cereals, quinoa flakes.
So I'm just trying to switch it up.
But I saw the buckwheat ones and I thought I would try it.
And I liked those.
And buckwheat is gluten-free if your baby is sensitive.
I am gonna be introducing Sage into wheat and dairy
and all that stuff, but slowly.
And then, okay, we've got lots of fruits and vegetables
that I'm very excited about.
We have bananas, which of course are a baby food staple.
I've been cutting it a certain way sometimes
so she can handheld it, like baby-led weaning style,
and she loves it.
She takes the handle and just like gobbles it.
And I get more worried than she is.
She's like, "Mom, I got this."
But it's the cutest thing ever and she loves banana.
I try not to add it too much into things
'cause I feel like it's easy for them to eat banana all day.
But she does love it
and she probably eats it at least once a day right now.
So it's a good staple.
And then the other food she's really loving
which is also just like a baby food essential is avocados.
These ones are nice and ripe too.
And I mashed this with peas.
I will mix this in just on the side.
Today, she had it with some hemp hearts
and some breast milk.
I just mixed it up.
But yeah, it's delicious.
And it's nice to have things like avocados
and banana that you don't have to cook up
or do much prep to it.
You just mash and serve,
or depending on the age, just cut it and serve.
So I like that because sometimes, especially for lunch,
we just want something quick for her.
And that's great that I don't have to heat it up.
And then peppers,
so we got few different colors of.
These are actually organic peppers that were a great price.
And so I got the little ones
since they were a really good price.
And peppers are full of antioxidants, vitamin C,
which is really good for them to have right now
for iron absorption.
You want the vitamin C in their meals.
I lost one.
And then I also got a bunch of organic apples.
I got them in a bag, I just took them out to show you.
But I'm gonna peel them
and make an organic homemade applesauce with them.
So then I can add that to different things
or like add cinnamon and cardamom and stuff
and different spices to it.
And just introduce her to things that way.
You can even add like the frozen spinach to the applesauce.
Don't think it just has to be straight up applesauce.
The one thing I've learned with making baby food for Sage
is to think outside of our own box and what we're used to.
I add carrots to her breakfast all the time,
but I don't really eat carrots for breakfast.
You know what I mean?
So I think for us, we are accustomed to what goes with what
and it sometimes can be hard to think about
adding certain foods that maybe you don't like
or don't eat at a certain time of the day
but like they don't know what breakfast food is.
Breakfast foods in some areas of the world
is curry or rice and veggies.
You know what I mean?
So yeah, just try to serve them different things
and get them used to different flavors and stuff.
And I'm hoping Sage won't be a picky eater if I do that.
We'll see.
And she already loves her veggies,
so I hope it stays that way.
We have some organic carrots,
so I've just been doing like a steam, roast style.
If you watch the first first week of feeding Sage video
that I did, I'll link that below.
I show how I prepped some of the foods for her.
So carrot, loves carrot.
I got some really nice organic sweet potatoes
and I just roast these in the oven.
And then they got all nice and soft and gooey inside
and you can add them with breast milk.
You can add them to different things.
And she hasn't tried any like squashes and stuff yet,
I got butternut squash.
So we'll do the same thing, peel it, chop it,
either steam it or roast it.
And then I have a baby watermelon for my baby.
Has she had watermelon?
No, she hasn't.
Even on a nice hot day,
you could just slice this in big chunks
and just let them like gnaw a bit for their gums.
So I got that.
But you could also mash it up as well.
Very hydrating, too.
I got some nice organic broccoli.
And this, same thing,
I just steam it and puree it with some breast milk.
You could also do it with the bone broth as well,
and it's delicious.
You can even add that with the peas as well.
And then I got cauliflower flower,
which she hasn't had yet.
A lot of these foods that she hasn't had yet.
And you can mix this pureed with the sweet potato
or sorry with the sweet peppers, with the carrots.
You could even do cauliflower and banana.
You know what I mean?
You can just mix different things and see what they like.
And honestly,
even when I do the mushy peas with banana,
she loves it.
And I wouldn't have thought of that as a mix.
So just play around and have fun with it.
And that's basically it.
Hopefully, you guys got some ideas
on what you can get for your little ones.
And try not to over complicate it.
Honestly, just sticking to whole foods,
adding in some spices and stuff.
I'm playing around.
I'm really enjoying the process.
And honestly, there's lots of packaged items out there
but this has been so much cheaper.
And as a busy mama that's working full time,
I do find it's still pretty doable to just cook it up
and mash it yourself if you're just keeping it simple.
Yeah.
And then obviously as Sage gets older
and she's eating more of the food we're eating.
I'll adjust it a bit
and just kind of we'll eat the same thing.
But right now, we're just like slowly introducing her
into different foods and flavors and textures.
And she's honestly been such a good eater,
so fingers crossed.
But I'm gonna link all of my resources and stuff
down below for you guys to check out.
I have a whole blog post on my top baby food resources
that I'm loving
including the books I read and stuff like that.
And it's been really helpful for me to navigate
this new realm of feeding my little one.
So, thank you so much for watching.
If you guys liked this type of video, give it a thumbs up.
If you guys like grocery halls and want one more
for adults, you guys can check my other videos.
I have a ton of grocery haul videos on my channel.
And that's gonna be it for today, guys.
Thank you so much for watching.
I will see you in my next one and have a fabulous day.
Bye, guys.
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