I was telling Sophie the other day that it's a big drag making Bean's baby food because my food processor is so small. It takes hours because I have to do it in a billion little batches because I only have a little teeny chopper instead of a big food processor.
I was also telling her that a food processor would cost me $160 if I got one from Costco, and I didn't know if my laziness was really worth that much money.
She said "Food Processor? I have one in the garage that I've never used. You can have it."
Score! She saved me $160!
See, Sophie's mother used to own an appliance store in Salt Lake, and got prizes and floor samples and stuff from the major appliance companies. 25 years ago or so she got four full-size Kitchen-Aid food processors and passed them out to her kids and kids-in-law. Sophie never even took hers out of the box. It was a little dusty, but in perfect shape.
I was a little leary of a 25-year-old machine consisting mainly of heavy spinning blades, but it works slick as a whistle. It's almond and charcoal brown colored. Hooray!
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Last night I was out returning a few Christmas gifts, and I was in the neighborhood of my friend's Mexican restaurant, so I stopped in to get a to-go order for me and Dim. While I was waiting, a couple at the next table over were arguing pretty heatedyl, to the point where the woman splashed her drink all over the guy and both stormed out of the restaurant. Wow! I've never seen an argument that heated before!
Posted by Jen at January 3, 2007 12:54 PMyou make your own baby food? i am truly impressed.
Posted by: kath's mom at January 4, 2007 10:39 AMI'm no hippy. I'm cheap. It's WAYYYY cheaper. Plus, my bananas look normal, not beige and slightly pinkish like the Gerber stuff.
Posted by: Jen Rodis at January 4, 2007 1:25 PMI used a blender and then poured the stuff into ice cube trays. When they were frozen, I would put the cubes into big zip-loc bags. Microwave at 30 seconds per cube (cook times may vary!)
Posted by: Nicole at January 10, 2007 8:04 AM