Weaning your little one can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s a wonderful adventure that’ll introduce your baby to a new world of tastes and textures. Our Quick-Cook Baby Food Maker is here to help you every step of the way – from the beginning stages of smooth fruit and vegetable purées to chunkier meals further down the line. The clever 6-in-1 design makes this an essential gadget for any kitchen.

Suitable for fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, this baby food maker is designed to preserve essential nutrients and flavours in your baby’s food. It can steam, blend, chop, defrost, reheat and sterilise all in one. With a large jug of 500ml, you can make up to four portions of baby food in as little as 10 minutes. Store the ready-made portions in your weaning pots and pop them in the fridge or freezer to save time.

Making homemade meals means that you’re in control of what ingredients your baby eats and allows you to cater to their specific dietary needs and preferences. Steaming fruit and vegetables helps to preserve essential nutrients and flavors in their food.

This baby food blender is easy to assemble. Simply place the jug with or without the basket in its compartment and lock the lid in place. The self-sterilizing setting gives you the option to sterilize the whole preparation compartment before use to protect your baby from harmful bacteria and viruses. You can also sterilize accessories like soothers or teats in the steaming basket.
The jug, lid and basket are dishwasher-safe, while the other parts can be washed in warm, soapy water or wiped with a clean cloth.

When it comes to baby weaning, it’s important to remember to embrace the mess and have fun. The functions on our baby food processor can be used separately or at once for quick, easy and fuss-free mealtimes.  

For your child’s safety always check food temperature before feeding. This unit can steam and blend vegetables, fruits (peeled and cored/pips removed), meats and fish (with bones removed). All food must be diced into approximately 1-2cm cubes before being placed into the jug or basket for cooking. Cooking times can be found in these instructions and for recipes visit tommeetippee.com. During the steaming process hot steam passes through the vent at the back of the unit. Position this unit away from walls and make sure it is not underneath any overhanging shelves or cabinets.

1. Place unit on a flat dry kitchen work surface. Place jug or basket with diced food in unit and lock in place using the locking dial. Steam no more than 200gms in one cycle. Fill water tank with 350ml of cold water and replace the cap.
2. Plug unit into mains power supply, the unit will beep. Press the power button to turn on the unit. The LCD display will illuminate.
3. CYCLE OPTIONS
   

   a. TO SET AN AUTOMATIC STEAM TO BLEND CYCLE: Use jug with no basket, ensure correct lid orientation.

   1. 1. 1. Press the function button and choose steam option. Set the steam time using the +/- buttons. The maximum steam time is 30 minutes.
         2. Press the function button and choose blend option. Set the blend time using the +/- buttons. Maximum blend time of 2 minutes.
         3. Press the select button to start. The unit will now run the steam and blend cycle automatically. When setting the automatic cycle, the blend time can be set first, but the unit will always start with the steam cycle first. During the automatic steam and blend cycle, the blades will rotate once every 2 minutes to move food around the container. When cooking meat, it is extremely important to pause the unit every 10 minutes and stir food thoroughly. This is to ensure even cooking.

   b. STEAM AND BLEND WITH BASKET: Reduced water for a chunkier texture.

   1. 1. Ensure the food is placed in the steaming basket, the lip of the basket is resting in place on the edge of the jug and the lid is in the correct orientation. (see parts guide)
      2. Set the steam time using the +/- buttons. Maximum steam time of 30 minutes.
      3. Press the select button to start. The unit will now run a steam cycle.
      4. Wait for the steam basket to cool, unclip the lock and remove from the unit. Remove the water from the jug then transfer the steamed food into the jug. Ensure the lid orientation is changed to show the food is now in the jug.
      5. Press the function button and choose the blend option, set the blend time using the +/- buttons. The maximum blend time is 2 minutes.
      6. Press the select button to start. The unit will now start a blend cycle.

   c. TO SET A STEAM ONLY CYCLE: Our recommendation is to use the basket, especially for baby stages where a chunkier texture is required. Please ensure lid is in the correct orientation.

   1. 1. STEAMING WITHOUT BASKET
         1. Press the function button and choose the steam option, set the steam time using the +/- buttons. The maximum steam time is 30 minutes.
         2. Press the select button to start. The unit will now run a steam cycle.
      2. STEAMING WITH BASKET
         1. Set the steam time using the +/- buttons. The maximum steam time is 30 minutes.
         2. Press the select button to start. The unit will now run a steam cycle.

   d. TO SET A BLEND ONLY CYCLE: Use the jug with no basket, ensure correct orientation with lid.

   1. 1. 1. Press the function button and choose blend option. Set the blend time using the +/- buttons. Maximum blend time of 2 minutes.
         2. Press the select button to start. The unit will now run a blend cycle. To control the texture of the food a pulse blend can be set. Press the select button, then function, choose the blend only option, select the time (using 5 second intervals), press select. The unit will pulse once. Repeat the above process for a further pulse.
4. When the cycle has finished the unit will beep, the LCD display will turn off. During steaming water will collect in the jug. In stage 1 weaning, where food consistency should be a smooth puree, we recommend that you stir in this nutrient rich water. In later weaning stages, when thicker textures are required, we would recommend removing some/all of this water depending on your baby’s preference. Steam and blend separately with the addition of the steam basket and there will be no water mixed with the food. Leave the unit to stand for 2 mins before unlocking jug and decanting food into storage. Take care when removing the jug and lid as steam may still be present and jug hot to touch.
5. Turn unit off at the power supply and unplug the unit. Disassemble blade from the jug and wash all parts in warm soapy water.
6. If preparing another batch of food straight away, make sure that you top up the water tank with more water. You must wait for the unit to cool before topping up the water tank.