I enjoy feeding my daughter healthy, organic foods. I like to know that she’s not ingesting all kinds of preservatives, pesticides or hormones. I’m convinced that the reason third graders are getting their periods is because of all of these additives in our food – and I’m determined to keep Piper free of as much of it as possible. (Note: I am not a scientist – this is just what I feel. I mean, if we are giving our beef and milk cattle hormones that make them grow bigger-bigger-faster-sooner, how can these hormones not have a cumulative effect on our bodies?)
Yummy in My Tummy (YIMT) contacted me when Piper was still wee, offering the opportunity for us to try their new line of fresh, organic baby foods
. While I have enjoyed making her food myself, I was eager to try some of their frozen alternatives and especially, some of their more interesting baby-friendly recipes.
When the food arrived, I opened the little freezer box and eagerly pulled out each one, oooing and aaaahing over the creative blends. Until this box came, Piper had been eating straight up sweet potatoes, peas, avocado, etc – you know, the stage one easy foods. I was ready to try some blends and seasonings. Apple rhubarb? Broccoli and Pears? Yum.
YIMT sent a convenient list of stage 1/2/3 foods with the box so I started with the stage 1 foods. Piper and I both loved the fresh flavor (I mean, how great is baby food with an expiration date that’s within the foreseeable future? Jars just don’t cut it when it comes to flavor or fresh.) She scarfed down her stage 1, and I happily fed her cousin, my 10-month old niece, the stage 3 foods that were soon to expire.
Edie (my niece) is vegetarian, so I was really excited that the complex stage 3 dinners were all veggie. Edie’s favorite was definitely the vegetable stew with couscous. It was soft finger-friendly pieces that I just dumped onto the highchair tray and let her go nuts. She also enjoyed the chili and dutch apples. Who wouldn’t?
Almost all of the foods we tried were fantastic – the only one we didn’t like was the bananas. The frozen pureed bananas had an almost spongey consistency, and were grayish in hue. Bananas are so easy to mush up on demand that I wouldn’t probably order them anyway. The broccoli and pears were also questionable. Piper didn’t seem to mind it, but I thought it was pretty gross. The flavors just didn’t work well together, leaving a strange bitter aftertaste. Even so, it got the baby thumbs up, so I’ll be ordering more since I like her to have both of those foods.
Yummy in My Tummy deliver fresh, organic baby foods to your door – for only slightly more than you’d pay for the jarred stuff at a supermarket. Now, it’s definitely more economical to make your own food – but if you’re no gourmand (like me) and you’re lacking ideas (or time, or energy) in the ‘what to feed my baby’ arena, YIMT offers a healthy, fresh and affordable option that beats grocery store jars, hands down. In addition to baby food, they make toddler meals and finger foods too. Their site is loaded with educational and safe toys, feeding gear, and more. The New Guy movie
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Sounds so yummy (HA). I think Mitch would LOVE the beets and carrots. He has had carrots but i have no idea how to make fresh beets so would be our choice.
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mmmm butternut squash. Sounds great. Thanks for the giveaway.
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my little guy could use some spinach & sweet potatoes or spinach & squash. I would also love for his big brother to try the stews.
I think Baked Apples is the winner!
My Natalie loves mangos, so I think the Dried Diced Mango would be great.
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My little guys tummy would enjoy the fun finger food banana and blueberry muffins!
Turkey with Brown Rice, Veggies, & Diced Apples..sounds yummy in my tummy!
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My little girl LOVES Mac and Cheese, so it would be great to try the Mac & Cheese with hidden vegetables. So sneaky- I love it!
The Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce sounds good.
The banana blueberry sounds good!
I think my daughter would enjoy the cheesy chicken.
Chicken nuggets meal looks yummy and all the finger foods.
Apple Rubarp(sp?) and the cheesy chicken would probably be her favorites, mine to LOL!
The Baked Apple would be yummy for my son.
spinach and sweet potatoes sound good! I am also interested in the chicken fingers, it would be nice to try natural ones without all of the nasty chemicals.
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Leah would love any of those! She loves to eat :) BUT i think she would love the beets and carrots or the sweet potato and apples
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I think my daughter would like to try the Banana Blueberry Muffins.
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BabyGirl might like the Stage 3 Mac & Cheese with “Hidden” Veggies!
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I personally would love the apples and rhubarb, but I know my son would love the sweet potato and apples.
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the beef stew.
Is it wrong that I want the apple-rhubarb muffins for myself? =P I’d order one of everything for my harried parent-friends M&H if I could.
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I think my daughter would really enjoy the Mac & Cheese {with hidden veggies!}
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definitely the mac & cheese with hidden veggies.
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my daughter LOVES sweet potatoes, so I’d have to say spinach & sweet potatoes.
I love mac and cheese so lets hope I can seak in vegis for her
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mine would love: Banana Strawberry
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Since my grandson would be in the Stage 1 group, will pick the Baked Apples as the most tasty for him.
stage 3 chunky apples look yummy!
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My son would love the Turkey with Brown Rice, Veggies, & Diced Apples. Heck, it sounds good to me!
I just gave Shane carrots for the first time yesterday and he LOVED them!!! So, def the carrots. But all of them look so yummy …
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Sweet Potatoes and apples! Those are two of my little ones favorite foods!
my son would love any of the dries fruit, but especially the dried bananas and the dried blueberries
my son would probably love the Mac & Cheese with “Hidden” Veggies, Sweet Potato & Apple Muffins & the Turkey with Brown Rice. what a neat idea to get toddlers to try new things!
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I think my daughter would like the cheesy chicken.
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The cheesy chicken and the baked apples — I think I’d like it too!!
Vegetable Stew with Couscous sounds like a winner.
DS would like the stage 2 Apples & Rhubarb (I bet.) Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
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My son would love the baked apples!
mac & cheese with hidden veggies, he would love the mac & cheese and i would love that he was getting the veggies
Ohhh! I’m super sad that I can’t enter this contest. My oldest is too old and my youngest too young. :( Will definitely bookmark the site for in a few months though!
My son would love the mac and cheese with hidden veggie! Thank so much
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I like the idea of mac and cheese with veggies
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The Mac & Cheese with Veggies is cool! Thanks for the chance. mogrill@comcast.net
I think my son would love the Sweet Potato mini-pretzels. It’s his favorite food!
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The cheesy chicken probably, but the chili looks really yummy too (I want that one for me lol). Great products!
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I’m sure my boys would LOVE the Stage 3 Dutch Apple …. I’d have to try some myself!
My daughter would love the vegetable stew with couscous! Really, she’d probably love any of the vegetarian options, but that one definately stood out!
This website is great. My daughter would love the Banana Blueberry Muffins. Thank you!
My daughter would love the stage 2 broccoli and pear. She loves veggies and she loves eating pear by itself so I think she might enjoy the combination of both.
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I like baby would best like the Stage 1 baked apples.
That Dutch Apple in Stage 3 looks amazing enough for me, so I am sure my toddler would enjoy it too!
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The toddler in my fam would love those apple cinnamon waffles!
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I know my girl just loves the sweet potatoes! She would be glad to receive as much as you send! Thanks!
My son would love the Mango. He loves mangos!!
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My little guy would love the Simple & Smooth Sweet Potatoes. Can’t wait till he’s old enough to enjoy the stage 3 Cauliflower Au Gratin. That sounds good too!
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I think my little toddler might like the Cheesy Chicken Dish if he gave it half a chance! They all sound yummy – I love how they hide the good stuff.
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stage 3 apples thanks for the chance
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My daughter would love the Dried Organic fruit and veggies snacks! I subscribe.
My daughter would love the dutch apple.
My 6 month old daughter is just about to start solid foods, and we would love to try this out! The butternut squash stage one looks yummy! Such beautiful color.
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I would love to try the Sweet Potato Pancakes for my toddler and the Apples & Oatmeal Breakfast Blend for my little one. Thanks!
We’d like the Dried Banana snacks
Yum – These all sound delicious but top choice to try would have to be the Sweet Potato Pretzel Bites. What a great idea!
Baked Apples sound good.
The Apple Cinnamon Waffles sound fantastic :)
neice would like vegetable stew with couscous
My little boy would love the Dutch Apple.
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Luca would love to try the Baked Apples (and so would mommy!)
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Wow! I have never seen dried fruits and veggies like these. I know my Daphne would love them…especially the bananas!
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my sweetie would LOVE stage three!! anything under it, but the stew looks good!
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The dried blueberries sound delicious. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
He will love the Dutch Apples
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The Cheesy Chicken Meal looks very tasty!
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I think my baby girl would love the dried blueberries.
The Cheesy Chicken Meal looks yummy!
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Definitely the stage 1 sweet potatoes.
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I think our toddler would love the Yummy Beef Stew!
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i think they ‘d like the Dried Diced Mango
Our little poppy loves Organic Sweet Potatoes, Organic Rice and Organic Avocadoes!