Beef and sweet potato baby food recipe
Beef + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree with Thyme
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by Michele Olivier on June 9, 2015 (updated Feb 4, 2022)
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This Beef and Sweet Potato Baby Puree is comfort food in a bowl – for baby! Tender, creamy, and savory, your little one will love this delicious puree for lunch or dinner.
Beef + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree with ThymeSara, the nutritionist from this site, texted me when I posted the Basic Beef Baby Puree and asked if I had all of a sudden started eating beef! The answer was of course, NO! It’s not a vegan/vegetarian/cultural/animalcruelty thing, beef is just not my thing.
And while those around me have tried to tease me into eating it, and granted I have been tempted on my own, I just can’t bring myself to eat it.
Buuuttttttttt, that doesn’t mean for a second that I am not going to feed beef to my baby. My personal tastes in food (thumbs down for beef, broccoli and mushrooms) does not stand in the way of having my babes be able to taste and learn to love all the food this culinary world has to offer. Plus beef is great for baby and is a packed with iron, protein and zinc!
Beside I want to see what food they will end up loving and hating on their own accord.
So far, both my girls have eaten beef like it was going out of style. They both love it! So while I am fine making beef puree for baby Parker, hubby is in charge of making beef for Ellie, usually while I am off doing my weekly barre session. Win for me!
Let’s get cooking shall we?
Chunks of good quality beef are simmered in beef broth with sweet potatoes chunks and a pinch of thyme until the beef is just done. Again, you do not want to overcook the beef. That will make it hard and flavorless and will result in a puree that is bland and boring.
We don’t want that, now do we. Plus, it makes this puree a quick and easy puree you can whip up any night that you are short on time, which would be every night in our house!
This puree is like comfort in a bowl!
Tender and creamy this savory puree will tempt your little ones taste buds with flavorful beef and pungent thyme, rounded out with oh so creamy sweet potatoes… or so I am told;)
Other things to add to this savory puree –- mix with cooked barley for a well rounded baby dinner
- add broccoli puree for an additional boost of iron
- for a baby 3-course meal, start with green bean + parsley puree, then beef + sweet potato puree with thyme followed with roasted blueberry + cinnamon puree for dessert.
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- 8 ounce sirloin beef, cubed
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 2 cups beef broth, low or no sodium recommended
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme, chopped
In a medium saucepan, bring the beef, sweet potatoes, thyme and broth to a boil over medium heat.
Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes, checking to see if beef is cooked through and sweet potatoes are tender. If not, simmer for an additional 10-15 minutes. Let cool slightly.Transfer all ingredients into a blender or food processor and puree, adding extra broth in 1/4 cup increments if needed, until you reach your desired consistency.
Age: 6+ months
Yield: 30 ounces
Storage: Fridge – store in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days. Freezer – can be frozen for up to 2 months (this and this are my favorite freezer storage containers).
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Brown Sugar Sweet Potato and Beef Baby Food Recipe – Baby-Recipes
BROWN SUGAR SWEET POTATO AND BEEF BABY FOOD RECIPE: FACTS
Sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest foods known and are ranked as the top nutritional vegetable by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
The skins of sweet potatoes contain a number of additional nutrients, so it is beneficial to eat your sweet potato with the skin. Scrub them well first to remove any dirt then cook according to preference.
Fiber
The skin of sweet potatoes is high in fiber. A serving of sweet potato baked in the skin provides more fiber than a serving of oatmeal, with a medium baked sweet potato with the skin providing 5 grams of fiber. Men younger than the age of 51 should have at least 38 grams of fiber a day. Women younger than 51 should have 25 grams of fiber. These numbers go down slightly as you age. Fiber has a number of potential health benefits, including normalizing bowel movements, lowering cholesterol and regulating blood sugar.
Beta Carotene
Sweet potatoes baked with the skin are loaded with beta carotene. A medium size sweet potato has four times the recommended daily value of beta carotene at 26081.9 international units per serving.
Beta carotene is an antioxidant that is converted into vitamin A in the body. The health benefits of vitamin A are extensive as it helps to improve eyesight and prevent or treat certain eye conditions. The vitamin strengthens the immune system and may help treat or prevent cancer, according to eMedTV.
Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Folate
Sweet potatoes with skin also have the essential nutrients, vitamin C, vitamin E and folate. A sweet potato has 29.51 milligrams of vitamin C, nearly half the recommended daily value. A serving of sweet potatoes provides 100 percent of the daily recommended value for vitamin E with no saturated fat. Sweet potatoes also have 18.2 micrograms of folate per serving. Vitamin C and E are both antioxidants that may protect against a number of diseases by improving your immune system, says University of Maryland Medical Center.
Potassium and Iron
Sweet potato skins are a good source of potassium.
A medium sized sweet potato baked with the skin has 542 milligrams of potassium. Even though the recommended daily intake of potassium is 4,700 milligrams, a sweet potato has one of the higher contents of the nutrient. The skin is also a good source of iron. Especially for people who do not eat meat, the iron found in sweet potato skins is an important nutrient.
BROWN SUGAR SWEET POTATO AND BEEF BABY FOOD RECIPE: INGREDIENTS
2 medium sweet potatoes
2 tbs butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 pound ground beef
BROWN SUGAR SWEET POTATO AND BEEF BABY FOOD RECIPE: STEPS
1. Brown beef in a skillet over medium high heat until well done. Set beef aside on paper towel covered plate to drain off excess fat.
2. Wrap sweet potatoes in foil and bake in oven at 400 F for about 40-50 minutes. If you are short on time, you can individually wrap the potatoes in plastic wrap and poke each of them with a fork about 6 times. You can then microwave them together for about 7 minutes in your microwave.
Be careful when removing them, as they will be hot!
3. Once potatoes are done, remove the meat of the potato from the skin and set aside in large bowl. Add beef, butter, and brown sugar to the mixture.
4. Puree the mixture to the desired consistency for your little one.
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If you don't know what to cook for dinner to make it satisfying and tasty, we offer you a simple recipe for potatoes with meat.
You will need
Beef shovel
600 g
Potatoes
1 kg
Onion Onion
1 pc
Carrots
1 pcs
3-4 dentures
Sole 9000 9000
Vegetable oil
to taste
How to cook
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Prepare the ingredients: wash the meat and cut it into cubes, peel the onions, carrots, potatoes and also cut them into small cubes, crush the garlic.
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Fry the meat on all sides in a hot frying pan so that the pieces are covered with a golden crust. It is not necessary to bring the meat to readiness at this stage. I put the meat in a saucepan.
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Now fry the carrots and onions in a frying pan, stirring occasionally. We put the roast on the meat. nine0003
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Put the cut potatoes in a saucepan and fill it with water. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 40-45 minutes.
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Don't forget about salt, pepper and bay leaf. We put them in 15 minutes before they are ready.
Add garlic after 5 minutes. -
Serve potatoes with meat, sprinkled with chopped herbs.
Enjoy your meal!
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Beef and Potatoes in the Oven - 40 Step by Step Recipes
Beef and Potatoes in the Oven is suitable for family lunches and dinners. It can be prepared in many ways and with a different set of vegetables, herbs, spices and additional products in the form of cheese, eggs, sour cream, cream, tomato paste. Read more…
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You can choose a recipe for beef with potatoes in the oven for every taste - depending on the preferences of the cook and those for whom he cooks.
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Selecting and cutting potatoes
If the potatoes are young, you can bake them with meat without any sauce. As a rule, it is not necessary to cut it - it is enough to wash it well. And it is better to take tubers of the same size.
Aged potatoes are used as usual. The only exception: to reduce the starch content, it can be boiled slightly, and then poured out the broth.
