Homemade baby food- what have I done wrong?

[Lolli]

Hi all,
I made up some potato for ds- steamed it, then added a bit of boiled water and blended it. Then I popped it in ice cube trays and froze it. All the starch seems to have risen to the top. But when I nuke it to defrst and warm it up, it ends up lumpy and chunky again, as if I didn't blend it properley in the first place. It was very liquid when I froze it- I was worried it was too runny. What have I done wrong here?

[aussienic]

hmm.. I'm not sure!

Does it mix up well when we reheated and remashed? Do you often blend it? I used to just fork mash it. not sure if that makes any difference.. But my boys never ate frozen stuff i always had to make it fresh.. Fussy little buggers they were

[kitten2b]

blending potato never seemed to work for me as well, always ended up like glue.

[Karina]

Potato on its own never worked well for me either. It always went funny when I defrosted it as well. I think its just cause it seperates and goes yukky.
Butternut pumpkin mixed with a little bit of potato semmed to work well though. Mostly pumpkin and just small bit of potato.

[Lolli]

Hmmm.. yes Nic it is ok once I remash it with a fork. Just didn't think I'd have to do that once I'd blended it! Oh well, lesson learned. Won't try potato on it's own again. Now I just have` to work my way through the mammoth amount left in the freezer (note to self- am cooking for one baby, not an army of them).

[aussienic]

(note to self- am cooking for one baby, not an army of them).

thats funny.. I am always telling my dh there are only 5 of us eating i n the house not 25...

You could use it as a filler like rice cereal or other veges.. kwim?