Double Update: Another Food Post

THIS time Dad is making baby food.

Mom and Dad have decided to make their own baby food. Pre-made baby food gets expensive quickly and homemade food doesn't take too much effort and time. Pictured above is pureed edamame. After a ten minute boil in four cups of water, the soy beans went into the blender with about half of the remaining liquid and blended until smooth.

Dad, who taste-tests almost all of the solid food the Twins have, thought it was going to be bland, a little pungent, and mushy. He was pleasantly surprised. Though mild in flavor it was definitely not the restaurant-salad-bar-tasteless soybeans he has had before. The texture was anything but bean like, and not too unlike mashed cauliflower.

So far Mom and Dad have made sweet potatoes (a hit), butternut squash (a miss the first time, and one in which Dad was overheard saying, "Yep. Don't need a paternity test to know they're mine," while rolling his eyes. Update: Mom adds, "Although they loved it in pre-made variety."), and broccoli-flower (a well received combination of broccoli and cauliflower). Mom adds: "Mashed bananas and mashed avocados are enjoyed as well as long as they are mashed to appropriate consistency to avoid choking."

The New Family Parents intend to try peas, string beans, legumes, and various fruits and animal proteins (Mom again: the pre-made jarred meat... YUCK!). Mom also wants to try tofu but Dad is not so sure yet. Update: Dad has a serious bias against tofu. Tofu was invented to emasculate men.

Double Update: Dad made and fed them quinoa. It was not well received even when mixed with veg or fruit. They also did not like the plain chicken breast. They ate the stinky jarred stuff, but they both rejected his chicken. Their favorite homemade dish so far is apple cinnamon and oats. And why not? It smells and tastes like apple pie.

Dad can gauge how well something is liked by how wide and how readily they open their mouths. Fruits (to no one's surprise) are the most favored, followed by veg. EJ in will "attack" the incoming spoon when he is fed something he likes and he gets impatient when Liesel takes too long for her bite (Dad feeds them simultaneously). Liesel will not open her mouth without smelling a new item first. And if she doesn't like the way it smells, she refuses to open.