Easy Prune Puree Homemade Baby Food | How To Guide

Homemade baby food can be super easy to make, especially this easy prune puree homemade baby food. My son has been having some questionable stools lately, so I thought I’d focus on adding some foods known to move the bowels along and see how he does. I’ve been adding pears, but this easy prune puree can only help matters!

I don’t know about you, but I have this childhood memory that I always associate with prunes. Back in the early 90’s when my parents turned 40, they would get gag gifts for turning “over the hill”. They were all prune themed for being old and constipated (I guess?). I remember one gift was prune pills that really tasted like prune-flavored lemon drops. It’s so odd that that was such a focus on 40th birthdays back then. Now, turning 40 seems so young and I never see those gag gifts or “over the hill” cards in stores. Granted, loved ones are turning 40 and I’m not so far from the number myself, so of course, it feels young! Anyway…onto baby prunes!

Why prune puree?

Prunes are healthy, but you do have to watch the sugar. It’s natural sugar, but you still don’t want to give your baby too much of it. Prunes are listed in the Babycenter Top 10 Best Foods for Baby list! They have high levels of vitamins and mineral. Top on the list are Vitamin K and potassium. See a full list here.

According to Healthline, prunes are also high in antioxidants (I’d still rather have dark chocolate…). They could lower blood sugar, help with bone health and heart health.

And of course, they still hold that special ability to help move those bowel movements along!

Why make it at home when you can just buy it a the store? For several reasons, let’s take a look.

It is cheaper. Yep, making your own baby food is cheaper than buying it. And when the recipe is this simple, it’s totally worth it. I bought my 18 oz container of prunes for under $3 and it will make me numerous batches with each batch providing lots of servings.

It’s better for the environment. When you buy baby food at the store it comes in individual jars or pouches that you then either waste, recycle, or reuse. More energy is used to make more containers, ship more containers, and then recycle or take them to a landfill. Making easy prune puree at home means you’re not paying for water to be shipped to you, but just the prunes. You’re re-using jars and containers that you already have at home.

It’s super easy! It is literally two ingredients: prunes and water blended up. So easy.

How to make Easy Prune Puree

First determine how much you want to make. It is best to have at least several inches in a blender just for the sake of blending it. Too little substance doesn’t blend well (at least in my blender).

Put the prunes in a bowl or better yet in the blender (one less thing to wash is always good!) and cover them with water. Leave them to soak for at least 15 minutes but really as long as is convenient. For this batch I soaked them and then worked on other things for probably two hours before coming back to them.

Once they are done soaking you can either pour off some of the water if you want them to be thicker, or you can leave the water in for a thinner consistency. I’m personally worried it will be too thin. So, I pour about half out and then add in additional water if I want to thin it out more. I guess if you use the water they soaked in then you are getting any nutrients that may have soaked out.

I use a Ninja blender and it has all different sorts of attachments. I used the small container with the bottom that screws on and gets placed upside down into the blender base.

Use a puree or low/medium speed and blend until it is smooth or at the consistency you want. You can always add more water if it’s too thick, but once you start blending, you can’t remove water.

Storing the Easy Prune Puree Homemade Baby food

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You can put this in jars and just keep it in the fridge if you think you’ll use it quickly. But I suggest you put it in baby food freezer trays like these and freeze them, then pop them out and put them in a labeled freezer bag. That way it’s clean and easy and you can reuse them for other homemade baby food.

If you look at the pictures above closely you’ll notice I didn’t fill the holes up all the way to the fill line. They hold 1.5 oz each and there is a line at 1 oz to guide you on what to fill them to. However, I didn’t want to give my son that many prunes at once. Instead, I intentionally froze them in smaller amounts, closer to 1 oz or less.

And voila! You’re done. Just like that!

I thaw one or two to keep in the fridge and use it to blend with meals throughout the day. I keep it in the fridge in a Wee Sprout glass jar with a lid. I’ve primarily put it in his cereal blend I make for lunch. So far he loves the taste of them and they go right now with no complaints!

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