Aiden is a fantastic eater. He loves pretty much everything. The only “no” we’ve ever had was from chicken. But that was, it turns out, our fault.

When we first introduced chicken, we gave him a purée of boiled chicken breast. Um, ew? Can’t blame him for disliking a dry tasteless paste.

So, attempt number two was more thought out. We bought a roasted chicken from Whole Foods, since we were short of time, and saved all the brown meat. I thought this would be more moist and have more flavor. Since chicken purée on its own is a little dry, I knew it would need water. To make more of a “meal” of it, I added some brown rice baby cereal to the mix.

Voila, a base for meals! Though Aiden will eat this purée on its own, I try to give him something more palatable by mixing it with other vegetables. In the photo above, I mixed it with carrot and apple.

The thing that I’m learning with baby food is that it’s not really all that different from our food. If I wouldn’t eat it, why should he? So, boost the flavor!