Baby Food Tasting

7/15/22 Once Upon a Farm Baby - Organic Plant-Rich Meals - Mango, Carrot, Navy Bean & Coconut Butter (Don't forget the with Tumeric) So don't kill the mommy - this has Mango. I was in Whole Foods and saw these near Rafi's special pea milk.  We had this brand before with their refrigerated pouches.  These looked fun.  It's hard to find kosher baby food with a good amount of protein as the meat they use is treif.  When I went to go pay for five different packages, nothing came up on the scanner.  Eventually the manager just gave t hem to me for free.  Hopefully for them they get that bug fixed. I took the microwave method and it comes out VERY hot after the five minutes.  Be careful. Rafi has had these food items before... I think... I can't recall if he has had turmeric though. Brenna: It smells like coconut and looks colorful.  Please don't kill me by feeding it to me. Charles: The individual items (mango, sweet potato, and navy beans) tasted kind of bland. 

7/10/22 365 Whole Foods Market: Organic Baby Apple Pumpkin with Quinoa & Cinnamon Rafi has had all of these items though not in this combo.  This is also our first taste test of a Whole Foods brand.  As we are looking at more solids as meals for Rafi, the only 50 calories looks low. Charles: It has the smell of fall - the cinnamon comes on first then the pumpkin.  Tastes more like apple.  Somewhat bland compared to some other things we've tasted but not bad. Brenna: It's not bad.  <Brenna goes to pee.  Comes back to taste again.>  It's smooth and then has an aftertaste.  Tang and then sweetness.  Tastes like fall. For the record, Brenna and I independently came up with the smell and taste like fall.  Maybe we are meant to be together. Rafi: <wants more>  We just came back from the park.  He was hungry. Kosher Pareve under the OU.

July 3, 2022 Happy Baby: Nutty Blends Organic Bananas with 1/2 tsp Peanut Butter Rafi has had plenty of bananas.  He got exposed to peanut butter through Bamba.  We had a special guest this afternoon. This had the longest name so far.  The pouch is only 3 oz compared to 3.5-4 oz of other products.  However, the 90 calories matches up with other pouches. Abrielle: This is fine.  I'd eat this again. Brenna: It's fine. <Takes second scoop> Charles: I taste the banana and lemon juice.  Not that much peanut butter taste.  It looks like liquidy peanut butter, but I struggled with the taste.  Brenna and Abrielle could taste the peanut butter.  If they made it too thick (more peanut butter), babies may not be able to eat it.  Combinations of banana and peanut butter (and chocolate!) are usually my favorite. Rafi: <wants more> Kosher Pareve under the OU.