What happened when we cooked a four-course meal with a baby food maker
12.5.2017
How difficult can it really be to cook a set menu for adults in a baby food maker? Much more so than we thought, evidently. Although we weren’t able to prepare the dishes we wanted, we do have plenty of ideas for tasty treats you can whip up in this niche kitchen appliance. These goodies get a big thumbs up from our adult testers.
Let’s face it, you would normally only buy a baby food maker if you wanted a hassle-free way of preparing homemade baby food. But the question is, what do you do with the appliance once baby is on to solids? Just shove it in a cupboard and let it collect dust?
We didn’t like that idea and thought there must be some way to give the appliance a new lease of life. After all, we should surely still be able to use it for cooking and preparing food destined for slightly bigger tummies. That’s when we decided to deal with the issue of lonely and forgotten baby food makers once and for all.
As a budding cook in my spare time and assistant on the baby team, I was set the task of cooking a vegan set menu for five adults using three different baby food makers. At first I was slightly taken aback but excited about getting stuck in.
The three baby food makers we tested out had the following features:
- Steam
- Defrost
- Blend
- Heat
The baby team's menu request
Because we didn’t want to make life too easy for ourselves, we decided to attempt the following menu:
- Aperitif: Strawberry daiquiri
- Starter: Carrot soup
- Main: Spring risotto with broccoli
- Dessert: Raspberry sorbet
You can prepare the aperitif, soup and dessert one after the other and then store them in the fridge or freezer until you’re ready to eat. The main course is the only dish you have to prepare there and then
Let's cook – the testing begins
Next came the carrot soup. And this is where I finally I had some success. Preparation went smoothly and the soup itself tasted delicious, but it only made enough for at most two people as a starter. It wasn’t the end result we expected. The containers for cooking and blending are way too small. And compared to the power of a normal kitchen appliance, the baby food maker left a bit to be desired. How was I supposed to cook a set course meal for five adults with this?
Once again, I set about compiling recipes, grocery shopping and testing. And do you know what? It worked perfectly. Admittedly, it only made a meal for two people, but it was unbelievable tasty. And of course, if you need to, you can obviously carry on to make more portions. The baby food maker is perfect for aperitifs in spring and summer.
Try out the recipes for yourself here (in German)
The verdict
Even though I’m not quite at that stage yet, I’m sure my baby will get spoiled with tasty treats using the baby food maker. And I won’t feel left out either, as we’ve just discovered.
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Header image: A tasty menu made in a baby food maker. Give it a go!
Sina Alpiger
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sina.alpiger@digitecgalaxus.chDreamily cycling through fields with my old wife Meier, searching dusty brocken houses for treasures, pushing my body to its limits in kick boxing, doing good for my soul while drinking coffee with my loved ones, feeling the freedom on the mountain as well as when travelling and diving into unknown worlds while reading - all this fills my life. But my greatest passion is fiddling around with special food creations.
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