Sweet Potato Puree

Sweet potatoes were Jacobs favorite food. I must have made 100 baked sweet potatoes just for Jake. Emma gives them a big thumbs up too!

I made her a green bean and sweet potato combo for dinner (1 ice cube each, or 2 oz total) and she loved it! I also bought these great baby food containers for packing food for school and did half and half combos for her lunch for school.

Directions
1. Set oven to 375 and bake sweet potato for 45 - 60 minutes until soft to touch
2. Open sweet potato and puree in food processor adding water until desired consistency

Jake was so excited to even have purees! (Hey, if it gets him to eat his veggies!)
For breakfast I mixed sweet potato puree with Greek yogurt and cinnamon for a yummy breakfast. For dinner he enjoyed a small bowl of "sisters food".

Green Bean Puree

I read a great tip on www.wholesomebabyfood.com to use frozen green beans for a better consistency for baby food vs fresh. I remember making fresh cooked green beans for Jacob and they came out very gritty. I made cooked frozen organic green beans for Emma today (Whole Foods brand organic) and the texture was much better. One bag made a ice cube tray and a half and Emma had them for dinner mixed with sweet potato puree. These were Emma approved!

Directions
1. Cook frozen green beans in pot on stove according to package, doubling water.
2. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes until soft
3. Puree green beans in food processor, adding reserved water until you get correct consistency.

Peach Puree

Super easy ... you won't buy a canned peach puree again.

1. Cut ripe peaches in half and take out the pit. 
2. Place face down in a glass baking dish with 1/4 inch water, cover with saran wrap and microwave on high for 3 minutes.
3. Remove saran wrap, flip over each peach half, recover and microwave on high for 2 minutes.

4. Test peach for for softness (each should easily been mashed with a fork).  If additional time is needed, recover and cook at minute increments (shouldn't take more than 6-7 minutes).
5. Remove outside skin (should easily be removed after they are steamed) and puree in a food processor.  Add water (from steam container) as needed until reach desired consistency. 

Here I added the peach puree to previously made applesauce for our very own apple peach sauce! YUM!