I’ll be honest and admit that when my both my boys were little and began eating solids I never made their food for them. It was always store bought in jars or tins from the baby section of the supermarket. I did make them mash potato but that was only when we were having it. So for the most part they didn’t experience homemade nutritional meals until they could properly eat. I always put it in the too hard basket when realistically it would have taken much to make homemade puree meals for them. At least that way I would know exactly what was in their food; not that store bought baby food seems to have done any harm to the boys. I am going to give it go making my own baby food this time round which shouldn’t be too hard now that I have this neat little contraption to help me. Closer to Nature has released an awesome little blender designed specifically for making baby food called Explora Electric Baby Food Blender.
What I love about this is that you can make purees, mash and chunky food with the one machine simply by using different speed settings. The Explora Baby Blender is extremely easy to use and to clean once you have created your baby nutritious textured foods. It is dishwasher safe and microwave safe which is a must in my house or it won’t ever get used (yes I love my dishwasher and despise having to hand wash anything). I was expecting this Closer to Nature baby blender to cost quite a bit but at $40 I am impressed not only at the value for money but also the quality.
There are also Closer to Nature Explora freezer pots that are the perfect size for storing food made in the blender. They have soft easy pop bases and are small in size (60ml each pot) which is a convenient size for first foods. These come in a packet of 4 with a tray for only $10.
I have 1x Closer to Nature Explora Baby Food Blender to giveaway!!
To enter all you have to do is follow the instructions on the rafflecopter below. Winner is decided based on skill and chance plays no part. Australian residents only! Sorry everyone else. **The mandatory instructions MUST be completed or your entry will be void!**
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always preferred home cooked food for my girls but it used to be really inconvenient but with the closer to nature blender this would make everything so very much easier!!!
my babys first food was mashed potato!! and the absolutely loved it!!
mashed banana, the perfect first food, at least if the bubba won’t eat it I will, so not waste!!
My baby loved mashed avocado – he loves to play with the big avocado seed while I feed him the mashed avocado… eating & playing at the same time..
Great product!
Her favourite was always pumpkin mash,
She would gobble it in a flash,
Now at 2 years old she loves it which is great,
I love that it’s first to go from her plate,
I hope her little brother loves it too,
When he gets his first taste of pumpkin soon!
Anything with pear in it 🙂
Chicken…. when I was pregnant it was all I wanted to eat… I guess she must have remembered because she loves it and gobbles it up.
Mashed sweet potato was always gobbled up without a problem and also stewed apples. I’ve always blended whatever the family was eating mixed with a little formula or milk to feed mu bubs.
*my
carrot
He’s still hatching so I really don’t know yet – due in 2 weeks
I still don’t know as she will turn 6 months in two weeks, but I hope she loves vegies as much as I do.
Miss Daughter’s favorite foods were vegetables.
My lovely daughter would not eat
any fish or any meat.
If a morsel passed her palate
my little angel just wouldn’t have it.
Her darling face would start to pucker
when she detected carnivore tucker.
So vegetarian she’s destined to be,
which is best for those furry, or scaly, and her father, and me.
just entered for fun. I’m not in Australia. Have a great day!
Mine loved mashed pumpkin.
My son love mashed mashed potato
My son just loved, sweet Corn and chicken puree 🙂 the smiles were priceless the poos however where not..
Yogurt! My daughter can’t enough of it and giggles with pleasure every time I feed her yogurt. Aw to be young and innocent again.
My Eldest Sons was Strangely Broccoli which I was Very Happy with as it is the Perfect Food to Love once he was Eating more Solid Food he would put a Whole Broccoli Stem in his Mouth.
Soft boiled egg, I’ll never forget the enormous smile on his face when he first tried it.
Jelly!! And I don’t blame him, even as an adult I find heinz apple and black current gel delicious 🙂
Mashed sweet potato. I tried to feed him mashed potato, but he refused to eat it. Then I tried sweet potato, it worked. Oh well, maybe because it’s sweet?
Pumpkin and sweet potato combo mash!!! He can’t get enough of it!
Mashed peas and carrots and she loved it! 🙂
Banana and mango were a huge hit in our house!
The spoon is poised, the smiles awide
Bubbies eyes showing anticipation, alongside
Her sits a delicious bowl of mush
She’s super keen, I’m not so fussed.
Mashed potato with peas and corn
A flavour slightly sweet, adorn
Highchair, floor and hands galore
She giggles as mum slips on the floor.
My son love mashed mashed potato
My children’s first solid was always fared. I don’t know if you can still buy it but it was a rice cereal. My daughter had her first baby a month ago and this prize would be wonderful for when her little fellow goes onto solids. She is a keen cook so I guess she would have lots of ideas on how to put it to use.
That should say farex not fared. Don’t you hate predictive text. it’s such a know-all.
Banana! Both my kids love them and eat them like there going out of fashion!
Banana custard
Sweet potato and carrot puree, yum!
Avocado mashed with banana – sounds awful but actually tastes great and is very healthy.
This is a really great invention. I owned one where you turned a handle like on a mincer.
Deconstructed apple pie, (aka stewed apples with a sprinkle of cinnamon!). Delicious!
I enter these comps for my cousins and little second cousins, but I know my favourite food was pureed pumpkin when I was little! And every bubba I’ve ever babysat loved strawberries. I know all my little relatives love chocolate too!
Mash for her entree, mash for her main and mash for her dessert. Picking a pattern here yet?
apple. nice and sweet and such a treat
mashed nanas
Breast milk & Farex. This cereal mix went down a treat. Got to hand it to breast milk – can’t be beat.
pumpkin,pear and apple puree!!!!
Pear and banana were the clear winners,
Just right for first time dinners,
Then came pumpkin and apple for my little beginners.
Ive just started my 6 month old on solids and she loves everything sweet her favourite so far is sweet potato and carrot mixed in with rice cereal doesn’t look very nice, my older two children always gag at it little do they know thats what they use to eat too a big bowl of slop!! 😉
mashed banna and avacado
Spaghetti, what a mess!
Pumpkin and Apple – I love that you can give them any whacky combination at this age and they eat it! I know life wont be so simple later on, so I’m enjoying it whilst it lasts!
nothing could compare
to his first taste of fruity pear
It was mashed avocado….and she still has expensive tastes!
Rice Congee, not colourful or exciting, but a perfect first food for baby!
avocado!
My little one has always had a sweet tooth – pear puree (packham pears only too!) was her absolute favourite!!!!
Surprining enough but Cooper loves pumpkin especially when mixed with apples
my son loved yogurt and would enjoy making a mess feeding himself, and then cry when it was gone and he’d finished it.
Yoghurt, sweet, creamy and easy to digest, its still a firm favourite as bubby thinks its the best!
Our first son’s first food was a milk arrowroot biscuit. We videoed it being handed to him and him sucking on it. Within 2 minutes he was covered in a rash and there began our journey of allergy testing and careful food selection. Fortunately all veges were safe so I mashed a lot of them. A dedicated baby food blender is a great idea.
I made steamed pears as my go to first food for all 5 of my kids:-)
Home cooked is so much better my boys loved pumpkin and brussle sprouts although they hate them now , I would love this for my brand new granddaughter myla please
Mine actually loved brains. I couldn’t bare to temperature taste them so I would just dip my finger in!!
I have only started this week with solids for my little girl, but apple seems to be the go!
Mashed potato is always the first to go..
Its the one food that I know,
Will be eaten every time!
I always did a huge range of pureed fruits and vegies – It was a lot of work to make up everything in bulk and freeze in ice-cube trays. This would have made it MUCH MUCH MUCH easier. I would love to win one for my sister who is pregnant 🙂
Avocado Puree,
Please like it I prey,
First taste he took,
I caught him like a fish to a hook,
With his mouth open wide,
He looked like a baby bird wanting more I confide,
It was the start to a great appetite.
Apples it happens to be mums favorite too
Our little princess loved mashed banana and our little prince loooooves mashed avocado. And Mummy loves both!
Both my son’s loved mashed avocado with a little lemon juice
My daughter’s favourite first food was lemon and greek yoghurt.
Mushed roast sweet potato…actually maybe that’s my favourite too
Broccoli, whole, mashed, mixed can’t get enough of it. Hopefully this lasts as I used to hate greens.
Apart from Farex, my first *loved* pumpkin! It was the first real flavour she tried & she couldn’t get enough of it. I thought that was great until I go the nappy the next day yikes!
apple, carrot & pumpkin puree.
mashed pawpaw and banana
He had a love/hate relationship with banana! Screwed his face up with every mouthful but couldn’t get enough of it!
You’ve won 🙂
As long as it whatever he was eating was pureed with breastmilk, he was happy. Brestmilk with rice cereal and banana, pureed. Sweet potato and breastmilk, pureed. Avocado, banana and breastmilk, pureed. Apple, stewed and mashed, add just a hint of watermelon, and don’t forget the breastmilk, pureed.
Custard with pureed fruit – Sweet! How lucky was I that it was quick, cheap and healthy!
Avocado and banana, mashed together,
Bub would gobble it up whatever the weather!
Both of my kids loved mashed sweet potato, but hated mashed potato???
Mushy apple! Couldn’t get enough! It didn’t look so great when sneezed across the room though 🙂
We did carrot as a first solid lol, lessons we learnt make sure shes not wearing white lol and make sure the spoon sippey cup and bowl are used again for carrot as they stain orange too lol.
She loves it though mixed with pumkin too.
pureed pumpkin!
Sweet potato.pumpkin and potato mashed to a puree for both my children
Avocado & sweet potato, odd combination but he loved it & still does.
Mashed ripe banana he spat it out at first then smiled for more!
Strawberries and ice-cream.
My little girl had her first carrot puree and she finished it all the time.