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Originally Posted by binkybear

I'm looking forward to it! I have a pretty strict (well to me it's just normal, I've been doing it so long) diet and make all of my own foods pretty much. I love to cook and experiment, it's a stress reliever for me

My folks gave me a Champion Juicer they didn't use a whole lot. Talk about an awesome machine! It's suppose to be great for baby food (will probably do peas better than my Thanksgiving peas..the "shell" never fully pureed away in the processor and gave a rougher texture than jarred). This machine makes chilled "ice creams" that you wouldn't believe. Take a really ripe banana, freeze it and then push through the juicer....it's like ice cream without all the junk in it!

I hope your friend saved the stew in the freezer!! They do get use to it and if nothing else you can super puree it and use it as a sauce for other foods, foods they're not as excited about.

(l have the deceptively delicious cookbook on hand too, just in case! )

We have a juicer too...but it sounds like a ford escort to your Lexus SUV We use it for...juice! Ty hasn't started any juice yet. He's old enough, but we have a hard enough time getting enough formula into him without taking up room with juice. I'd like to hold off on him starting juice anyway, I feel like kids can drink way too much juice, and granted this is fresh, but there are other ways to get their vitamins etc too (like whole fruit!) WE however LOVE fresh OJ...

DH is low sodium and I am now gluten free (woohoo) so I hear you on the special diets...we are big cookers too. For me the hardest part is knowing what spices and herbs I can add to his food (pediactrician said that was ok...so he didn't get used to bland food) at such an early age. I do cinnamon in his apples and a little light parsley or basil with some of this veggies...I don't know if he likes that or not