I heart my food processor

One Saturday morning, about 2 years ago, my husband made a quick run to the grocery store for some breakfast items. As he was headed out the door I jokingly yelled "bring me back a surprise!" (well only sort of jokingly. I really like surprises.) What he returned with changed my life. It was the Black and Decker Powerpro Food Processor.

OK, that's a little dramatic, but seriously, I love this thing. It turns anything I throw in it into a glorious puree of smooth, creamy goodness.

While I've loved my food processor since I opened its box, I have come to find a new appreciation for it as of late because my son started eating solid foods and when I say eating, I mean devouring. This kid is the exact opposite of his sister, who survives on roughly 100 calories per day. He will eat two medium sized jars of store bought baby food for breakfast and two for dinner and still be begging for more. And don't let him fool you, he doesn't skip a nursing session either. To put it simply, this kid loves food (I wonder where he could have gotten that...)
So, in an effort to save money and the poor environment from all those little plastic containers we were going through, I started making my own baby food.

This has turned out to be much simpler than I imagined (it takes me roughly an hour to make a week and a half's worth and freeze it) and a TON cheaper than buying it at the grocery store. Also, I like being able to pick out what produce actually goes into his food and I know its not wormy apples or something and he gets to try stuff that they don't usually sell in the store (this week I made him some figs.) Also it makes me feel good about myself, like I'm single handily saving the world/polar bears. This must be what it feels like to own a Prius.