Sweet Potato Puree + Combinations | Babies (6 months+)
Mashing and pureeing sweet potato for babies is one of the easiest and simplest way to start serving first baby food to your baby. Begin with sweet potato puree only (stage 1) and then progress to more baby food combinations (stage 2-3) for nutrient and texture variety.
Sweet Potato Baby Puree (Stage 1)
You can make baby sweet potato puree by itself with a very smooth and soupy texture. This is usually suitable for babies between 5-8 months of age. Although the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommenders introducing solid foods at 6 months of age.
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After baking, roasting or steaming, you just take the soft flesh, mash and puree the sweet potato in a food processor or blender. Add water as needed, and blend until smooth or until you reach the desired consistency. No salt or spices needed.
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Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree Combinations (Stage 2,3)
After a while of stage 1 (single-ingredient purees), your baby will probably start expressing readiness for the next phase (stage 2 – typical for babies 8 months of age and older): more kinds of food, thicker textures and larger portions.
So you can only roughly mash the sweet potato with a fork and serve (lumpy texture).
Sweet Potato Puree Combinations To Try
Mix 2 or 3 types of puree for a better taste and texture:
- sweet potato puree mixed with steamed kale (or other greens);
- sweet potato and cauliflower puree;
- pureed sweet potato and cooked chicken or beef (puree);
- cooked beans (black, white beans, chickpeas) and sweet potato puree;
- steamed apples (or pear) or apple sauce + sweet potato puree
- steamed broccoli, apple and sweet potato puree;
- mango puree + sweet potato puree;
- carrot puree / pumpkin puree/ + sweet potato puree;
- broccoli puree /asparagus puree/ or pea puree + sweet potato puree
- mashed avocado and sweet potato puree;
- prune puree + sweet potato puree;
- zucchini puree + sweet potato puree;
- pureed sweet potato with rice, oatmeal porridge or quinoa;
- puree sweet potato with a some broth/stock or cream and add seasonings of your choice.
FAQs
Start serving sweet potato puree to your baby when he/she is ready for solid foods at ~ 6 months of age. That’s what American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends.
Even though it’s recommended to start serving solid food at 6 months, some babies might show signs for readiness earlier (maybe at 5 months) like: interest in food, opening their mouth when reaching for food, also neck control and ability to swallow. So use your judgement if your baby is ready or not.
Yes. As soon as your baby has no problem handling a smooth puree, you can move to more textured puree like mashed sweet potatoes with lumps.
Absolutely, they are known for having a higher level of antioxidants than range sweet potatoes, so are definitely a healthy addition to your baby’s diet.
Refrigerated: up to 3 days.
Frozen: up to 3 months.
If taken right out of the refrigerator (extra cold) the baby might not like it. Room temperature or slightly cold might be a better option, since fully cooled, cooked potatoes will develop resistant starch. Which in turn, can benefit gut bacteria and decrease blood sugar spike.
Sweet Potato Puree + Combinations | Babies (6 months+)
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato
- liquid (to blend)
Instructions
Simple pureed sweet potatoes (Stage 1)
- After baking, roasting or steaming, you just take the soft flesh, mash and puree the sweet potato with a hand blender or a baby bullet blender until smooth.
- Add water as needed to reach the desired consistency.
- For a very smooth (soupy) puree mix the sweet potato puree with liquid at 1:1 proportions.Less liquid – yields a thicker puree.No salt or spices needed.
Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree Combinations (Stage 2 or 3)
- You can serve chunky mashed sweet potato by itself or combine with other foods. Here is what sweet potato puree combination you can try:
- sweet potato puree mixed with steamed kale (or other greens);
- sweet potato and cauliflower puree;
- pureed sweet potato and cooked chicken or beef (puree);
- cooked beans (black, white beans, chickpeas) and sweet potato puree;
- mango puree + sweet potato puree;
- carrot puree / pumpkin puree/ + sweet potato puree;
- broccoli puree /asparagus puree/ or pea puree + sweet potato puree
- mashed avocado and sweet potato puree;
- prune puree + sweet potato puree;
- zucchini puree + sweet potato puree;
- pureed sweet potato with rice, oatmeal porridge or quinoa;
- pureed sweet potato combined with broth/stock or cream and add seasonings of your choice.
Nutrition
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