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Homemade Baby Food Carrots are so easy to make and only contain two ingredients - organic carrots and water! Plus they taste so much better than store-bought baby food!

The process of transitioning a baby to solid foods is a huge milestone. The very first time you feed your sweet baby can be really fun. However, the novelty wears off very quickly, and the process of feeding your baby pureed foods 3x/day becomes a little taxing.

I'm just being real here. With my first daughter I couldn't wait to start the solid food journey. But with each successive child I've waited longer and longer to add solid foods to our daily routine.

This time around I got tired just thinking about feeding one more person every time we sat down to eat. However, the glorious reality that solid food brings of switching from nursing every 3 hours, to every 4 hours motivated me to get the ball rolling, and make some of these baby food carrots.

The first real foods I feed my babies are usually avocado and sweet potatoes. Next, I introduce baby food carrots since they're in the same "orange vegetable" family.

Just like most varieties, homemade baby food carrots are so much more delicious than store-bought varieties. There is absolutely no contest when it comes to the rich, slightly sweet, flavor when you make your own baby food carrots.

How to make Baby Food Carrots

This recipe is simple to make. I prefer to roast the carrots for flavor but you could cook them in the slow cooker or on the stovetop.

Roast the Carrots

Like sweet potatoes, I recommend roasting the carrots since it brings out their natural sweetness. I toss them in a small amount of olive oil and spread them on the pan. Then I roast them at 425 degrees F until they look like the picture below. A little shrively, a little browned, a whole lot of deliciousness (I have to keep myself from eating all of them before I get to the blending phase)!

You can also just toss 2 lbs of carrots into the slow cooker and let them cook. You won't get the roasted flavor but they're still yummy and easier to make.

Blend the carrots

Using the Vitamix to make homemade baby food is the best ever. Silky smooth purees are ready in minutes (or seconds)! Start by using a small amount of water, and then I add more until you achieve the consistency that's best for your baby.

In the early weeks/months make sure the mixture is silky smooth, because your baby is not ready to handle texture yet. As your baby grows it's important to introduce them to more texture, so leave it a little chunkier.

How to Freeze baby food carrots

I recommend making a large batch and freezing some for later. Drop 2 tablespoon portions into the wells of these silicone ice cube trays (which are my absolute favorite because they have a hard rim, making it easy to transport them from the counter to the freezer)!

Then let the baby food freeze, pop the cubes out and store in an airtight container or ziplock bag in the freezer.

Reheat the baby food carrots

Simply warm frozen cubes in the microwave for about 60 seconds on high. Stir and test the temperature to be sure it isn't too warm, then feed your baby.

Recipe FAQs

What kind of carrots should you use to make baby food carrots?

I recommend using either whole organic carrots or organic baby carrots. Using the latter cuts out the peeling step, which can save a lot of time in the process!

Do you have to peel carrots for baby food?

Yes, I recommend peeling carrots for your baby to eliminate any dirt, pesticides or other unwanted contaminants that could be living on the outside of the carrots. And of course, always wash the carrots before using them in this baby food carrots recipe!

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Homemade Baby Food Carrots

Laura

Homemade Baby Food Carrots are so easy to make and only contain two ingredients - organic carrots and water! Plus they taste so much better than store-bought baby food!

5 from 5 votes

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Course baby food

Cuisine American

Servings 12 servings

Calories 15. 5 kcal

▢ 1 lb organic carrots (peeled)
▢ 1 TBS Olive oil
▢ 2-4 TBS water

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Toss carrots in olive oil and spread evenly on a large baking sheet.
Bake for 20 minutes, stir and bake for 20 more or until soft and golden brown.
Add desired amount of water and roasted carrots to your Vitamix {or other high-powered blender or food processor} and blend until smooth.

How to Freeze baby food carrots

Then let the baby food freeze, pop the cubes out and store in an airtight container or ziplock bag in the freezer.

Reheat the baby food carrots

Simply warm frozen cubes in the microwave for about 60 seconds on high. Stir and test the temperature to be sure it isn't too warm, then feed your baby.

Cooking methods

If you'd prefer not to roast the carrots, you can steam them on the stovetop for 15 minutes or cook them in a crockpot set to high for 1-2 hours - until soft.

Serving: 2TBSCalories: 15.5kcalCarbohydrates: 3.6gProtein: 0.4gFat: 0.1gPotassium: 120.7mgFiber: 1.1gSugar: 1.8gVitamin A: 4540IUVitamin C: 3.1mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 0.1mg

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Making your own baby food at home is SO easy, and totally worth it. It saves so much money and you know exactly what you are feeding your baby {carrots and water}!

I feel like I need to apologize to all of you for not being more on top of sharing all the yummy foods I have fed Mara so far! I have a few more already shot and ready to go, and I will continue trying my best to post as I introduce new foods/combinations to her! I'm trying to soak in all of her sweetness {as well as being fully present for my three other kids}, so there just aren't enough hours in the day to do it all! 😉

Check out these other baby food posts!

How to Introduce Solids to your Baby
Homemade Bay Food Sweet Potatoes
Homeamde Pumpkin & Apple Baby Food Puree
How to Introduce Peanuts to your Baby

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Roasted Carrot Baby Food ~ Macheesmo

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Roasted Carrot Baby Food

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Welcome to Spring Cookbook Week on Macheesmo! I’ll be posting recipes from five cookbooks this week and giving away copies! All winners will be announced next Friday (06/05).

Well, the moment has finally arrived where the nutritional needs for Theo have started to shift from Betsy to me. He’ll still get most of his food from momma, mainly because he’s absolutely terrible at eating, but slowly and surely he’ll start eating solid foods now!

I’ve had a bunch of people email me since Theo’s birth saying they can’t wait until he can eat solids so they can see all the fun baby foods I come up with! Well, I’m excited for that too, but to be honest, it’s also a bit scary. I’ve heard that at some point you can just puree whatever you are eating and give it to them, but I wanted a bit more guidance as I started exploring baby foods.

So, while it might not apply to everybody out there, I wanted to add a baby food cookbook to Cookbook week! The Best Baby Foods was recently released and the publisher offered to send me a copy to test out on the dude.

We are starting slow with the solids and Theo only has a few under his belt at the moment: Rice cereal, avocado, and this easy and actually delicious carrot puree!

It’s barely a recipe but easy to make and you can make about a gallon of it for what carrot baby food costs in the stores.

Roasted Carrot Baby Food

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Roasted carrot baby food is a great first food for babies! It’s easy to make and keeps well either in the fridge or freezer!

Recipe from The Best Baby Foods.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups carrots

1 cup water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Cut carrots into 1 inch pieces. Optionally toss with about a tablespoon of olive oil.

Roast carrots for 30 minutes until tender.

Add carrots to blender with 1 cup water. Puree until smooth.

Store carrots in the fridge for 5 days or freezer for up to a month.

Carrot Baby Food

Roasting Versus Boiling

When it comes to cooking carrots for a puree like this, you have two easy options: to roast or to boil. It’s a personal choice and both work fine. Personally, I like to roast them. I think the carrots taste better roasted instead of boiled, but there’s no wrong answer.

I used some fun multi-colored organic carrots for this version.

Pretty things.

If you’re roasting, just chop them up into about 1-inch pieces. I even left the skins on since they are all going in the blender anyway.

One thing I didn’t do was toss them in olive oil. This would be a normal step for me any time I roast a veggie, but I didn’t want to introduce that to Theo just yet so I just roasted them naked. In a month or two, I’ll remake this and add some oil probably.

Ready to roast.

Roast the carrots for about 30 minutes at 300 degrees. You don’t want them to take on a lot of caramelization which would be harder to puree. But, they should be super soft.

Then you can just toss them in a blender with some water!

In the blender.

Run that sucker until it’s in a smooth puree. Try to get out as many lumps as possible.

This was my finished blender view. I just love the dark orange color of these carrots.

Tastes really good…

Carrot Baby Food Storage

Theo likes food as much as the next baby but he isn’t eating all of this in one sitting. I find it easiest to freeze this and keep it in small portions so it thaws quickly.

You can either freeze it in an ice cube tray or just pour it into a freezer bag and use a few chopsticks to space out your portions. Press down on the sticks and it’ll make little creases that you can then later break apart.

Portioned and ready!

The hardest part about this recipe? Getting Theo to hold still while I snapped a picture. The kid hates to be in focus.

The Best Baby Food Giveaway!

Okay. I know. This giveaway might not be for everybody, but most people probably have or know somebody who has a baby and so it might be a nice gift if you couldn’t personally use it.

I paged through this book and I think it’s a great starter guide for a new parent on how to make your own baby food. I love that it’s written by two authors: one is a chef and one is a nutritionist. You can tell that all the recipes have been thought through in both departments.

The next nice thing about the book is it’s divided by age so as your kid grows up, you enter new chapters. There are chapters for new eaters (6-9 months – we cheated a bit cleared by the doc of course), then also sections or 9-12 month olds and older babies! It’s a nice progression and all the recipes I looked at were easy to make and presented a wide range of foods for the babies.

I have two copies of the book to giveaway so please enter if you happen to be a family in need of some baby food guidance! Use the widget below to enter or just leave a comment to enter!

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Baked Carrots - Encyclopedia Baby Food

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Roasted Carrots the perfect children's garnish recipe. It's great for a snack. You just can't describe how delicious it is. Spices add piquancy, and carrots add sweetness, but they are kind of sealed inside. First, a spicy taste, and then an aftertaste of carrot sweetness. The uniqueness of baked carrots is that the minimum amount of fat and spices does not spoil, but only emphasizes the taste.

Baked carrots, butter on top.

Children's recipe Baked carrots I advise you to cook for children at 7-8 months old subject to familiarity with all the spices, the consistency is a gentle puree. But is perfect this recipe is suitable for 1.5 years old when the baby can eat on his own and not just eat, but appreciate the combination of spices and the sweet aftertaste of carrots. When a child licks his fingers, this is the best praise for mom.

You can bake to different states. The time in the children's recipe is indicated taking into account that mashed potatoes will be prepared later, but if you need carrot chips, then feel free to add another 10-15 minutes, just watch, otherwise it will burn. I used dry homemade garlic in the recipe, i.e. it's not store-bought, it's just more convenient and the flavor is a little muted garlic because I didn't need the harsh garlic flavor. Salt put a little bit, just a hint of salt. You can also not put tarragon, but you can put it. It’s always like this with spices, if you like it, then put it in, and if not, then don’t. And lastly, if there is no olive oil, then butter will do.

My advice - young small carrots that do not need to be peeled are ideal for roasting in spices.

Complementary foods introduced: Carrot, garlic, basil, Italian spices (basil, oregano, rosemary), tarragon, salt, olive or butter.

Roasted Carrots

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Ingredients

Any amount of fresh carrots
1 tbsp. Olive oil
to taste garlic
to the taste of the basil
to the taste of the mixture of Italian seasonings
to taste salt

Portions: Portations

Instructions

Clean the carrots and cut it longitudinally into thick chips.
Grease a baking dish with olive oil and place the carrots in it. You can add spices: garlic, basil, Italian seasoning (basil, oregano, rosemary), tarragon, if they are introduced into the child's diet.
Roast the carrots at 180C for about 45 minutes or until cooked through, until the carrots are easily pierced with a fork and change color to dark orange.
We make a puree from it, add water, breast milk, milk formula as needed. You can also cut the carrots into small convenient pieces for the baby's fingers and invite him to try them.

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Carrots are sweet and tasty, healthy and nutritious, that's why children love carrots! A small child is offered only boiled carrots, namely carrot puree, homogenized, homogeneous, without lumps.