Preparation and Storage

Baby Beech-Nut - Commercial site which also offers useful information on food safety, introduction of solids, menus, nutrition, mealtime pointers and a feeding FAQ.

Baby Food Fundamentals - How to keep your infant's food untainted.

Canning Fruit-Based Baby Foods from RecipeSource.com - How to prepare any fruit, chunk-style or pureed, for canning.

Cooking Safely in the Microwave Oven Fact Sheet - Cooking safely in a microwave oven fact sheet.

Feeding Baby Safely - Guidelines for appropriate baby food choices and preparation.

Home-Prepared Baby Food - Advice on preparing, serving, storing and reheating baby food. Chapter taken from 'Feeding Infants' by the US Department of Agriculture. [PDF]

How to tell plastics apart: by the numbers - Details which plastics are safe and which to avoid.

Keep Baby's Formula Safe - Fact sheet explaining how to make and keep the formula bottles safe and untainted. From Ohio State University Extension.

Making Baby Food - What you need to do to make your own baby food and storage times in the refrigerator or freezer. From Ohio State University Extension.

Pioneer Thinking - Detailed instructions on making and storing baby food.

Plastics and food storage safety - How to use plastics safely in preparation and storage of food.