Freezing Jarred Baby Food

[BabyBsMommy]

Does anyone know if you can freeze left over jarred baby food?  I am making food for my lo but he finds the taste of the peas and green beans a little strong.  I've found if I mix a little jarred peas or beans in with the "fresh" I've made that it must cut the sharpness of the taste for him because he then gobbles it up!  I only use a little, though so there is no way I come even close to working through a jar within the three days the info says you can keep it for before discarding.  If I could freeze small portions of the jarred food in ice cube trays like I do the food I make it would be perfect!

[Colin Macs Mom]

You can freeze it as long as it's not contaminated. Meaning, remove the portion that you want with a clean spoon that hasn't been in LOs mouth, and then package it up into small portions and freeze. Don't feed him from the jar re-dipping the spoon and then package and freeze.

[BabyBsMommy]

Thanks, I figured you probably could!  Someone checked on the Beechnut website and it says not to but I can't really see a reason why you couldn't as long as, as you said, it isn't contaminated.  I never dip a spoon in except with a clean one to put what I am serving into another dish from my lo.  Think I'll freeze some teaspoons of a jar in the bottom of ice cube trays to have just a little to add to my fresh baby food.  I'll post after I've done it to say whether it worked out ok or not.  The only think I can think of is that the consistency may go more watery after it's thawed.

[Colin Macs Mom]

Yeah, you're probably right about the consistency after thawing, but it's easy to thicken stuff up again.

[BabyBsMommy]

Yep, I usually use a little bit of brown rice cereal to thicken his food when needed but if I'm just going to serve that little bit of jarred food with a homemade cube, it should be thickened enough just with that!