Disclaimer: I received this product for free or highly discounted in exchange for hosting a party. All thoughts and opinions expressed are mine.
I love to host parties for my friends and family. I have hosted parties through different companies and this is through Tryazon. This party was the lil’ Gourmet Organic Meals. I myself don’t mind baby food but am not very adventurous when it comes to different foods or flavors. I thought this could have been a good introduction for the adults and kiddos, to try some new flavors.
So let me give you a little set up of the party. B and I went shopping at Meijer ahead of time to get one of each flavor of the baby food so we could sample them at the party. (It is also available at some Targets.) The flavors were not your usual green beans or bananas. Here are the six different varieties available:
- Cinnamon Beets & Apples
- Moroccan Butternut Squash
- Spanish Corn and Bean Gazpacho
- Sweet Potato Curry
- Coconut Cauliflower Mash
- Pumpkin Navy Bean Shawarma
Background on the Product
These baby foods were created by a working mom, Shibani, who did not like the baby food from a canned jar. So she decided to make her own baby food for her child. With all the time that it took she decided to launch the food she made knowing there must be other parents looking for truly nutritious, delicious, and vegetable focused meals.
I have to say that I agree because I made all the baby food for my kiddos. For S I was still making baby food and adding it to smoothies until he was 6. He didn’t realize that pumpkin wasn’t a normal flavor you added to a smoothie with some strawberries and yogurt! Yup he at some crazy combos and loved all of them. Since both of my kids liked crazy combos of veggies and fruits in smoothies, I knew they would be willing to try this food to give a true review in different age ranges.
Having the Party and Trying the Baby Food
With everything going on right now it is not the easiest to have a party and share with others. We got together with the few people we have been seeing this year and had a little appetizer sampler of baby food before we ate dinner. I had adults and the kids try the baby food to get a good reading of how it was. Some of the adults are picky eater a.k.a. me, and others will eat almost anything. The same can be said for the kiddos, willing to try it, whose age range went from 1,2, 4, 6, 7, and 10. This is where the fun really began.
Since the youngest didn’t really know what beets, or gazpacho where we let them try first. I had spoons out for each person and for each flavor so there was no double dipping! Tiny (Little B) was our first sampler and liked the Cinnamon Apples and Beets. She actually asked for more so I put a little in a bowl for her and she ate it. Since it was beets, I should have put the bibs provided in the party kit on each kid no matter the age that way if they spit any of it out it would not stain their clothes. Tiny was the only person who liked the Cinnamon Apples and Beets. Everyone else kids and adults who tried it were not happy. Some of the kids were spitting it out immediately, some got drinks, and we even had one cry. So that flavor was a bust and went on to the next.
I knew that most of the group like butternut squash soup so I thought the Moroccan Butternut Squash would be a winner. Tiny took one bit and said, “Aack. Yucky.” Okay, obviously she didn’t like it. S tried it for me (because he is a good sport about it) and did not like it either. The 4 and 6-year-old tried it only to have one spit it out and one use a napkin to get it off her tongue. None of the adults liked it either. I knew I probably would not like it but I don’t like butternut squash. But others who love to eat butternut squash soup, and love spices did not like it either. Part of the problem could have been that it is recommended to eat all the baby food cold out of the fridge so that is what we did. At this point, no one was willing to give it a second chance if we warmed it up.
The third and last one we tried, yes last one we tried was the Sweet Potato Curry. Again most of the group like sweet potatoes, sweet potato mash, and sweet potato fries. S loved to have sweet potatoes in his smoothie. Tiny was the first to try it and refused to open her mouth for me. She is one that I can usually bribe with a treat and she would try it. She was not having it no matter what I tried to bribe her with she would not try the baby food. She did however go back and eat a few more bites of the Cinnamon Apples and Beets! None of the other little kids would try it and by this time I only had one adult willing to try it. S did try it for me and did not like this one either. The adult who loves curry I thought for sure would think this was at least okay. Sadly, she did not. This was another bust for the group.
By now you can see where this taste test we had going on was going and no one was willing to try the last three flavors. I cannot report back on the Spanish Corn and Bean Gazpacho, Pumpkin Navy Bean Shawarma, or the Coconut Cauliflower Mash. All the young kiddos did go home with a new bib to use when eating. Other than not having a great experience trying the different lil’ GourmetOrganic Meals the kids did have a great time getting to spend some time together.
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