Prepping meals for your family can be challenging when you need to make sure there are items that are perfect to make into finger food for the babes. We have been using Raised Real for about a week and are loving it!
A little story time
When Sawyer was first born I was pretty adamant that she would never be eating puréed food from a jar. So from the beginning I was chopping, steaming, and puréeing her food. I started with avocado and worked my way to sweet potatoes. I was going so strong until one day while she was napping I was busy in the kitchen prepping dinner for myself and my husband. I nearly forgot to bake the sweet potato for her dinner. I frantically got it prepped in the oven. I kid you not, this sweet potato was never going to be ready. Looking at the clock I realized it wouldn’t be ready in time. I opened the fridge to select and avocado to mash. All the avocados weren’t ripe enough. I was frantic. I was a new mom and had no food prepared for Sawyer’s dinner. Going down to the wire - as soon as she woke from her nap I loaded her into the car thinking “I’ll buy an avocado that’s ripe”. Feeling very defeated at all my attempts at the sweet potato earlier that afternoon I gave up and loaded the cart with jars and jars of baby food. That was my “solids” journey with Sawyer. We ended up doing jars until she could do finger foods. It ended up being great and she loved it.
This time around with my second baby I didn’t even try to make my own food. As a mom of two we survive off crock pot meals, and weekly meal prepping. A few months ago I found a company called Raised Real. They prepare organically-sourced baby food and it’s delivered right to your door! I wish I had found Raised Real sooner because it’s a real life saver. These meals can be cooked in 5-6 mins each. As of now Moses is 12 months old and eating all finger foods. But if I were to have used this service from day one of starting solids, I could have easily steamed and puréed the pre-made meals super quick. Way easier than the hour long sweet potato that never cooked in my early mom days. They prepare meals with your babies growth stages in mind and give you detailed information on the nutrients they provide.
Using Raised Real frees up my mind to not have to worry about prepping lunch and dinner. I just take it out of the freezer, steam it on the stovetop, and in minutes it’s done. I’m telling you these meals are incredible. Moses has loved them! They smell delicious and I even sneak a few bites as I’m preparing them for him.
I’m super excited to partner with this company! They are kind enough to give $20 off the 24 meal box for the first 25 orders made using the code: STEPHRUNNING20 at checkout!