Thread: solid food freezer containers-which ones should I get?

I was going to just do cubes/freezer bags, but I just remembered that I no longer have a microwave (by choice ;D) and that's how I used to defrost Josiah's freezer cubes. I would pop a couple into a glass bowl and micro on low.

I have a bottle warmer, a toaster oven, or I could do water on the stove top too...but which baby food containers would work? Does anybody else NOT have a microwave? If so, how are you thawing your food, or how do you plan to?

Links would be great, if anyone has recommendations. Thanks!

If you wanted to plan ahead you could always put them in the frigde the day before use.. Then maybe a quick dip in a saucepan or hot bath water..

No advice on containers, but I think Lauren had a good idea about thawing them in the fridge the day before. I'm just wondering how anyone lives w/o a microwave!? I would starve! lol

I plan to pull out the food cube(s) I need the day before, pop in a small glass container(s), and throw in the fridge. If it needs anything more, sitting in a bowl of warm water works well. I haven't used the microwave this week. Whenever I've fed DS, I've immediately taken a new cube out so I don't forget.

I have these containers, but I didn't pay nearly that much for them.

I don't use the microwave for the boys' food - I just pull out the cubes I need the night before and let them defrost in the fridge overnight. I usually sit them in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes before feeding.

Out of curiosity, why do you no longer have a microwave? I don't use ours often (and almost always on a low power), but just wondering what your reasons are.

Like others said I used to just pull my cubes out the night before to defrost in the fridge. Then warmed in these little shallow glass prep bowls over a hot water bath on the stove if they needed to be warmed fast. Now I have some glass sealed containers from costco that I will use this time.

Originally Posted by gottharf

I don't use the microwave for the boys' food - I just pull out the cubes I need the night before and let them defrost in the fridge overnight. I usually sit them in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes before feeding.

Out of curiosity, why do you no longer have a microwave? I don't use ours often (and almost always on a low power), but just wondering what your reasons are.

I am one of those weirdos that think microwaves are not good for you, for many reasons! I have read a few things that have made me question the safety of "zapping" everything, and it's something I decided we could find easy alternatives to, so when we bought our current house last year and it didn't have a microwave, we just chose not to buy one. Our convection oven does all the quick meals, like chicken nuggets or whatever. Otherwise we just use a pan! It's really not too bad at all.


I guess I will just have to get in the habit of remembering to defrost the cubes overnight!

The only time I use a microwave is to reheat leftovers. We easily go days without using the microwave!

I usually used the micro when thawing my son's food. But the summer he was eating the food cubes, we lost power for 3 days. LOL I thawed a lot of food in hot tap water and it worked well. I agree with the others though, that thawing it in the fridge the night before would be a good idea.