Taste Sensations

A couple of people have asked me if I make Cubby's baby food. These people obviously do not know me very well. I ask you, would a woman who makes butter for the first peas of the year quail at the thought of pureeing some beets? No. So yes, I make his food.

Not that it's very involved. Whatever I pull out of the garden or the MiL picks up at the orchard gets cooked and thrown in the small one-cup food processor that never saw much use until now. So, you know, carrots, beets, zucchini, applesauce, pear sauce, peaches, apricots . . . you get the idea. And he sometimes eats some of what we had for dinner, like potatoes or rice or even meat. That stuff, plus whole milk yogurt and some oatmeal processed a little finer than normal, and Cubby is one happy boy.

The combination of these foods is really the interesting part. For instance, did you know that yogurt and pureed beets is actually really good? Somewhat reminiscent of borscht.

Also, applesauce and pureed carrots with a bit of cinnamon tastes surprisingly like pumpkin pie filling. If the filling didn't have any sugar. Or eggs. Or, um, pumpkin. I mean, I'm not going to be making a pie with it for Thanksgiving, but it's tasty enough that I don't mind finishing whatever Cubby doesn't eat.

Who knows what new taste sensation I'll discover next? Babies are such an educational experience.