Food cubes - for or against?

Frozen cubes of pureed food for babies - are they alright to give to babies and toddlers?  I have read many books that support the idea of making baby food in bulk, such as a week's supply, and freezing them into ice cubes for storage.  As a working mom, I have also been practicing this way of food preparation for my child.  Undeniably, this may not be the freshest way of preparing food for your baby, but it is definitely a great help to moms who are too busy to prepare every single meal from scratch.  A word of caution though, not all food can be frozen.  Some food will change texture or taste if they are frozen.  Therefore, I will always take caution and try out freezing a small sample to see how it turns out.

As my child grows up, I began to question the nutrition of frozen food.  But do not get me wrong, my girl is growing up well and she has been taking these food cubes (thawed and warmed upon serving) since I started weaning her on solids.  So the food cubes definitely have worked and helped me tremendously.  However, I once asked the PD regarding this and her response was a "no no" and that freshly prepared food is the only way.  Yep... no one can be the perfect mom... I carried on with the food cubes.

Recently, the worry about frozen food cubes came to my mind again.  This time round, I am thinking how best to extend frozen food concept to non-pureed food.  As my baby grows up, she should be taking food cut in bigger, chunky, bite size pieces.  And I wondered how I should prepare these, and yes, in a frozen food way.  I once tried freezing a piece of lettuce and when I thawed it, the texture changed and I get a droopy, soggy lettuce leaf.  I am now planning to try freezing cut fruits first, e.g. papaya or honeydew chunks and see how it turns out when thawed.  Hmmm... let's see how it goes.