![]() On the upside, another thing I love about the Beaba is that it’s easy to purchase spare parts-for just about every breakable or easily lost piece, you’re just a click away from replacing it. It’s about $7, and while that won’t break the bank, I wish it was just bundled with the initial purchase. The only other minor drawback is that if you’re hoping to cook rice, quinoa, or any other tiny grain, you need to separately buy a rice-basket insert without slits. And there’s a less tangible cost we’ve avoided: It’s made my life easier and allowed me to spend less time cooking or worrying about what to cook, which might as well be priceless. This baby-food maker isn’t cheap-it’s $150 for the Solo-but we ran some numbers, and for us it pretty quickly paid for itself, especially compared to the cost of buying baby food in jars. I was under the impression that baby food would be an unappetizing beige mush-but what we’ve made has been colorful and filled with various textures, and, yes, I’ve definitely eaten it. (If you’re looking for more recipes, Beaba offers a bunch here, and I’ve also found some good ideas here.) Plus, the food looks and tastes like food. We’ve also steamed chicken, and the Babycook is designed to handle any raw meat and fish as well. We’ve combined beets and blueberries butternut squash, yellow squash, corn, and oregano apples, pears, and cinnamon quinoa, sweet potatoes, and basil-the list goes on. With the food-prep handled, I actually have time to devote brainpower to a more interesting task: Coming up with creative and delicious recipes for our baby. Close the lid, then turn the only knob on the machine to purée. If you’re saving that water (as I often do), you just dump the steamed food directly into the mixing container with the water. ![]() The excess water from steaming collects in the mixing container in which the steaming basket sits. After 15 to 20 minutes (depending on what you’re cooking), the Babycook beeps and your food is steamed. No need to watch the stove, set a timer, or wonder if you added the right amount of water. All you do is chop up whatever food you’re using and drop it into the basket, add water to the reservoir, then press a button. But the real highlight is how easy it is to use. The design of the baby-food maker is sleek-it comes in several colors (we opted for the navy blue)-and it takes up almost no space on our tiny NYC countertop. ![]()
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