Eat a peach!

I feel like I just started avocados and Mommy is already giving me new food. I guess she found some sort of sale at Wal-Mart, though, and decided to just go with it. I have to say, I'm glad she did. Peaches are really yummy! I'm not sure they are as good as avocados and peas, but they are right up there with bananas and sweet potatoes. Maybe they'd be better if they were green? I really like things that are green!



Pureed Peaches

Ingredients:

5 lbs fresh peaches

1/3 - 1/2 c thinning liquid

ice bath


Directions:
Put a big pot of water on to boil. While you wait, scrub the peaches clean.
Boil peaches (in batches) for about 5 minutes. Remove from boiling water and immediately plunge into ice bath. Let them sit there for at least 2 minutes.
Remove the skins and pits from the peaches. I was able to just use my hands to slip the skins right off and then break them open to get at the pit. Any time I had to use a knife, I found the peach was kind of bad anyway.
Add the peaches to a blender and puree with 1/3 - 1/2 cup of the water the peaches were boiled in. Nutrients leached out into the water during the boiling process. This time I used water instead of breastmilk because I was making a lot, and purees made with milk don't typically last as long as purees made with water.
Freeze as usual.
I actually lost 1 whole peach, and still got about 7 cups out of the batch.