Food Mill

Perhaps you’ve read or heard about people making healthy, inexpensive baby food and wondered what it was all about. Well, what you’ve heard is true. It is simple and can even be fun to make your own baby food with a food mill. This article will hopefully steer you in the right direction and answer some of your questions about making baby food with your very own mill.

Food mills, or grinders as they are often called, strain, puree and separate bits of food you would not like your baby to ingest, such as seeds. A food mill can come in several styles but they are all wonderful kitchen tools that you will enjoy using, even after your baby is grown.

Your baby food mill or grinder can be large, holding several quarts, or small enough to grind one piece of fruit at a time. You can buy an electric food mill or a hand –cranked model. It can be made of metal or plastic. It all depends on what you want to grind in it and how much.

The Foley food mill is one of the larger models. It is made of stainless steel and is operated with a hand crank. It is large enough for canning. It also makes yummy applesauce, and it can mash, rice, and strain. Online you will see a 3 ½ quart and a four quart model. The Norpro food mill is also fabricated in stainless steel. The design is much the same as a Foley, but it has a larger handle on the crank. The one listed on the sale websites is 2.25 quarts and is dishwasher safe. If you would like a stainless steel food mill, Norpro or Foley, you would be getting a fine food mill.

The KidCo Happy Baby Food Mill is made of plastic and comes with a tote. The Happy Baby mill has been around for about thirty years, and it was developed by a pediatrician. The goal was to develop a food mill that would maintain the perfect balance between puree and essential bulk for good digestion.

The Back to Basics food mill is brought to you by a company that also manufactures grain mills and potato/apple peelers, sturdy enough to use in bulk food production.

Electric food mills, of which KidCo makes two designs, will take the pressure off your wrist and will grind food to your specifications.

Now that we’ve had a little look around the subject of baby mills, hopefully your search will be easy, and your baby happy with his luscious new food.