I fully intended to make my son’s baby food. It was part of my overall plan to raise a green baby. I completely ignored the fact that my husband does 95% of the cooking when I went to great lengths to buy the baby food mill and the Organic Baby & Toddler Cookbook. Seriously, how difficult could a batch of organic peas really be? What started out as a simple project ended up being a broadway production. I will never understand why my gourmet peas didn’t look or apparently taste as good as the fresh and frozen baby food I ended up buying for him at Whole Foods. While my culinary adventures ended before the peas got cold, I’m happy to share that my son can get fresh, homemade meals and I don’t have to turn on the stove.

The first thing I noticed when we visited pomme’s bébé bar was how fresh the food looked. I was immediately struck by the deep, rich color of their apple-blueberry puree, one of my son’s new favorites. Since he is still struggling with textures, we stuck to the basics and blends. We tried the carrots, green peas, pears, sweet potatoes, and apple-blueberry puree. The fruit and vegetable purees surprisingly look and taste like their respective counterparts, only blended. I have yet to find a brand that matches their unique flavors and blends.

Jarred baby food undergoes high-heat processing to attain a shelf life up to 2 years. This process depletes food of it’s color, and more importantly the nutrients that are so vital to your child’s growth and development. pomme’s bébé’s fresh and frozen organic meals are prepared by hand in small batches and simmered slowly to retain the maximum amount of nutrients. Their meals are purely organic which means they are devoid of preservatives, fillers, artificial flavors/sweeteners, chemicals, hormones, or antibiotics. With gourmet variations uniquely formulated for each of your tots stages of development and prepared by five-star chef Laurent Brazier, your baby will probably be eating better than you do.

If you are in the area, stop by their fab bébé bar complete with ultra-chic fresco bloom high chairs and a cool tasting bar. Moms and babes alike can indulge their taste buds in fresh food samples. Check out their local, seasonal, and frequently updated menus. Can’t get there? Visit their online store or or place your order over the phone. They’ll flash freeze your organic meals to lock-in the freshness and ship them directly to your front door in environmentally-friendly insulated containers over dry ice. Note that pomme’s bébé’s organic meals must be consumed withing 3 days if fresh and 2-3 months if frozen. - Caryn (Who I am intensely envious of for living so close to Pomme that she could review it in person.)