canned v Fresh baby food

[MissSteph]

More home made than canned. I use a can around 4 nights a week as ds's base and add fresh veggies and meat. I also use apple sauce cans as it's easier. Otherwise custards and everything else is home-made including snacks

[Mysurprisebaby]

We're doing BLW, so no canned stuff here...he eats what we eat (within reason).

[ghostdancer]

i still buy the raffertys garden fruit & vegie packs for my boy who is almost 28 months old, he refuses to eat most fruit and / or vegies. he will eat the occasional piece of pear or banana but its usually such a battle, im just glad he has the puree packs so he gets at least some vegies.

[Girl X]

Both. Usually Farex wheat cereal for breakfast, and then a combination of jar/ pouch and home made food for lunch & dinner. Snacks tend to be a yoghurt or fruit (fresh).

DD very rarely has the same food as us, due to the types of food we enjoy (e.g., v spicy or containing salt/ sauces that we would not want to give her), and the fact that she goes to bed before we have our dinner.

Sometimes when we cook we do a separate batch for her without the chilli / soy (for example) and then freeze it into several portions, and every few weeks I cook up a big batch of something just for her (e.g., pumpkin and corn) and freeze those too. It depends on whether we are home or out and about, plus what we have in the freezer for her, as to whether she has home made or pre-made food.

She enjoys the pouch food, and we only buy the 'all natural ingredients' type ones. Yes, it may taste bland to us, but I have also read that baby food tends to taste bland to adults as we have developed to expect salt/ spices/ flavourings, whereas babies do not need those.

Incidentally, I gave her quite a few 'pouch food' meals that I bought in Japan, and they tasted great to me! Things like flounder and egg porridge, and chicken and vegetables with rice - but all very Japanese in flavour. DD was a fan too! Wish we could get them here. :)