Fall is a great time to prepare sweet potatoes for your little one! They are most commonly on the greatest sale in late November. Remember you can store frozen cubes in freezer bags for several months. Feel free to make them ahead! 
Sweet Potato Recipe
Yield:
~34 oz (stage 2 Gerber consistency) / 68 T / 34 ice cubes
Ingredients:
- 3 lbs. sweet potatoes
- 1/2 c. of purified water
Directions:
Bake sweet potatoes, unfoiled in a preheated 400 degree oven for approximately 1 hour (or until fork easily pokes through). Once cooled, peel skins off. Press sweet potatoes through food mill. After puree is made slowly add water and mix until desired consistency.
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Join the discussionI would like to try this but I don’t have a food mill, is there something similar I could do to get the same results?
hmm, some metal colanders might work. A lot of time a food processor and blender will do the trick.
I am so glad that you have this all planned out. I have made baby food here and there, but never to this extent. I did get lucky and picked up a food mill in a thrift for $2
Why do you use a food processor sometimes and a food mill sometimes? Are they the same? Does it make any difference? Thanks!
I use a food processor AND a mill for vegetables like peas and green beans (and corn sometimes). Those items have skin and the food processor tends to not get them as smooth because of their skins. So after I have processed it I send it through the mill to get out the extra lumps and bumps. Usually this is only necessary at early stages. Unless, of course, your child is texture sensitive like mine.
I think most of thee are mislabelled or miscategorized. At age 9-12 months you start introducing soft finger foods like cubes of sweet potato, or sweet potato mash, not purees. Purees (stage 2) are for 6-9 months, or am I reaching a wrong link of some kind.
It probably just all depends on the baby and at what age parents have introduced food…but something I do with my sweet potatoes is boil them instead after peeling and cutting, it’s a lot faster. I also just use a baby food processor and it seems to do the trick. The other day I added pumpkin to my sweet potato puree, with a dab of maple syrup and dash of cinnamon to make it interesting. Another one I added to sweet potatoes was chick peas, but those are more of a pain because you have to pop the skin off of them before adding them. With the canned pumpkin though and maple syrup, not a lot of water/breastmilk/formula was needed to reach desired consistency.
Thanks for that great tip!
Anyone know how long the sweet potatoes will last in fridge. I assume a day or so like normal food, but there is always some rule with babies and their dietary habits that seems to forgo common sense sometimes
I would say a few days in the refrigerator too. I tend not to take my chance with baby food.
How long can fruits and veggies puréed be stored in the freezer? My baby is only 2 1/2 months but wanted to get a jump start on storing.
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