apple puree

i'm lucky that i carpooled with Significant Other yesterday. and i'm glad i don't take the train anymore. if not i would've gotten stuck in the 2-hour sardin-packed crowd at the lrt yesterday *shudders*

yesterday i bought some red apples from Cold Storage as i wanted to make apple puree for my daughter. hahaha. she had already taken 4 days of baby rice cereal in small quantities and seemed to get the hang of eating solids (from what my mil says lah). but that's baby rice and a little of EBM. now it's purely apples *wicked grin*. i can just imagine her disgusted face.

... i pulak terexcited.

i chatted with ieta yesterday (my most trusty babysource online =P) on how to make apple puree. in my mind i imagine it turning to apple juice after blending it. but she says it isn't so. (probably juicers are better equipped at filtering out the fibres in the fruit, leaving only the juice as your end product). anyway, at 12am tengah2 malam buta there i was in the kitchen, armed and ready to make apple puree. hahaha (ni la kerje the inexperienced Mommy - excited over the little things that's considerably normal. lol). thanks to the person who presented the steamer to us for our wedding present =D. while waiting for the apples to be steamed i got out the mini blender we bought using the voucher Significant Other received from PwC.

basically here's what i did:
1. cut the apple, leave the skin on
2. steam the apples for 15-20 minutes
3. take them out and wait for them to cool for a bit
4. peel off the skin and cut into smaller chunks before putting them into the blender
5. blend blend blend! until whatever consistency you wish to acheive. lol.

this is my first time using the blender and i have no idea how long i would need to blend the apples so i hentam saja. while chopping up the apple into smaller pieces i tried tasting one, it kinda reminded me of apple sauce. anyway, blend blend blend and then scoop them out into small containers, two to be kept in the fridge for today and tomorrow, another two to be kept in the freezer. i only got a small amount from one apple. i was thinking i'd let her acquire the taste of apple first before making more. let's hope she doesn't choke on it or anything. too bad i didn't take photos of the whole process. hahaha. i felt like blending all of the apples ok. jakun punye pasal.

next up... peas!

updated:
apparently Dayana doesn't like apples after tasting it for the first time. haha. mil didn't succeed in feeding the puree to her, so when i got back home i tried feeding it to her myself. she just spat it back out. so i thought of adding breastmilk to the puree. she accepted it more readily though. but after swallowing it she puckered her face as if she just tasted something sour. cheese~! i tried it myself before i added bm to it, it didn't taste weird to me. in fact, it tasted really sweet. lol. funny lah Dayana ni.