Adventures in Baby Food Making: Cereal Continued

So sorry that it has taken some time to update you on my Adventures in Baby Food Making via the book - Super Baby Food.

My first attempt was a horrible failure - simple rice cereal. I had been using Earth's Best organic, but I wanted to try my hand at homemade.

My second attempt went much better. My big downfall? I used my food processor for the rice and not the blender like the directions told me.

So, here is how I successfully made homemade rice cereal for Noah:

First, I ground 1/2 cup brown rice in the blender for 2 minutes (Don't worry about the motor getting hot! It's supposed to be able to work like this.)

Until it became a fine powder

Then, I boiled two cups of water and immediately reduced the heat to low and added the rice powder. While adding, I stirred with whisk vigorously.

I covered the pot for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Finally, I divided the cereal into Pampered Chef bowls with lids to refrigerate.

My conclusion - My thoughts?

Although I successfully created this Super Porridge, I have decided to go back to his organic boxed cereal from Earth's Best.

For two reasons:

1) He HATED the homemade cereal - I should have started it from the beginning

2) The cereal that I make at home is not iron-fortified.

Therefore, I will keep with the boxed cereal and make all his veggies and fruits at home :)