Beef + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree with Thyme
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 Thyme
Sara, 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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Get the recipe: Beef + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree with Thyme
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- 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.
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37 Comments on “Beef + Sweet Potato Baby Food Puree with Thyme”
Beef with sweet potato and thyme is my little guy’s favorite. He can’t get enough. Smells like yummy home made beef stew
So glad your little man liked it!!!!
xo, Michele
Beef with sweet potato and thyme is my little guy’s favorite. He can’t get enough. Smells like yummy home made beef stew
So glad your little man liked it!!!!
xo, Michele
Okay. What magic do you posess?!? Just kidding, but seriously my 1 year old likes this! I have NEVER been able to get him to eat a baby food with beef, homemade or store bought. I was totally skeptical but he’s liked the other recipes I’ve tried. And he ate it. I still can’t believe it. You are my hero.
It’s my superhero power! Making babies eat!! lol!!
So glad he liked it! I can still smell how good this one smelled!!
xo, Michele
Okay. What magic do you posess?!? Just kidding, but seriously my 1 year old likes this! I have NEVER been able to get him to eat a baby food with beef, homemade or store bought. I was totally skeptical but he’s liked the other recipes I’ve tried. And he ate it. I still can’t believe it. You are my hero.
It’s my superhero power! Making babies eat!! lol!!
So glad he liked it! I can still smell how good this one smelled!!
xo, Michele
what kind of beef broth do u use,just the regular one? my baby is 8 months
I usually use the organic store bought broth and try to get low sodium variety (or I have my mom make me some:). I just posted a chicken stock recipe so check that out for your chicken recipes.
xo, Michele
Hi can I cook beef in pressure cooker instead of boiling it for my 12 month old ?
I have not tried this method, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. If you try it, let us know how it turns out. Thanks!
what kind of beef broth do u use,just the regular one? my baby is 8 months
I usually use the organic store bought broth and try to get low sodium variety (or I have my mom make me some:). I just posted a chicken stock recipe so check that out for your chicken recipes.
xo, Michele
Hi Michele, I only have lean ground beef..can i use that for this round instead of the sirloin?
I haven’t tried this recipe with ground beef yet. I have made ground beef into baby puree and it worked great. I would brown the ground beef first, then add the stock and sweet potatoes and simmer until the sweet potatoes are cooked. Or brown the meat and then cook the sweet potatoes separate and then puree together.
Let me know if it works.
xo, Michele
Hi Michele, I only have lean ground beef..can i use that for this round instead of the sirloin?
I haven’t tried this recipe with ground beef yet. I have made ground beef into baby puree and it worked great. I would brown the ground beef first, then add the stock and sweet potatoes and simmer until the sweet potatoes are cooked. Or brown the meat and then cook the sweet potatoes separate and then puree together.
Let me know if it works.
xo, Michele
When you say "cubed" for your meat recipes, how big are your cubes? I tried the chicken recipe and my chicken was way overdone but the flavor was great. So I’m guessing my cubes were smaller than yours. Given that beef is more expensive, I don’t want to mess this up! I’m new to puréed foods, my daughter is just now 6 months old and I’ve chosen to wait but I’m so excited to try your recipes!
Sorry for the delay, and bummer about your chicken! My cubes are generally around 1 to 1 1/2 inch cubes depending on how thick the chicken or meat is. You can always do smaller cubes just know you need to check on the meat more often. Hope that helps!
Let me know how your little one likes the purees.
xo, Michele
When you say "cubed" for your meat recipes, how big are your cubes? I tried the chicken recipe and my chicken was way overdone but the flavor was great. So I’m guessing my cubes were smaller than yours. Given that beef is more expensive, I don’t want to mess this up! I’m new to puréed foods, my daughter is just now 6 months old and I’ve chosen to wait but I’m so excited to try your recipes!
Sorry for the delay, and bummer about your chicken! My cubes are generally around 1 to 1 1/2 inch cubes depending on how thick the chicken or meat is. You can always do smaller cubes just know you need to check on the meat more often. Hope that helps!
Let me know how your little one likes the purees.
xo, Michele
Hi. I was wondering if you could use vegetable stock vs beef stock with this recipe and what impact that would make? Thank you
Yes, you can totally use vegetable stock with this recipe, it just won’t have as much deep beefy flavor as using beef stock.
xo, Michele
Hi. I was wondering if you could use vegetable stock vs beef stock with this recipe and what impact that would make? Thank you
Yes, you can totally use vegetable stock with this recipe, it just won’t have as much deep beefy flavor as using beef stock.
xo, Michele
My daughter LOVES this! So does my husband, my mom, my grandparents… Haha. I am going to make it again but am having a hard time finding fresh Thyme. Would I be able to use ground thyme? If so how much? Thanks for making the transition to solids so fun!
My daughter LOVES this! So does my husband, my mom, my grandparents… Haha. I am going to make it again but am having a hard time finding fresh Thyme. Would I be able to use ground thyme? If so how much? Thanks for making the transition to solids so fun!
Thanks to u guys
This is a great recipe! Thank you! Also while cooking should I be covering the pot with the lid at any point?
So glad you enjoyed this recipe. No, for this recipe you leave the lid off.
I was really skeptical after tasting this (pureed meat was really the thing I questioned), but man baby loved it! I recently swirled in some peanut butter with this to make it even heartier.  Worked well! 🙂
I know right?! Pureed meat is kinda a weird concept but it’s usually a hit with babies! Glad to hear yours enjoyed it!
Is it possible that the meat and potatoes cook in half the time the recipe says? Maybe my stove is off but the meat seemed to be over done and might have been cooked by 10 minutes in. Is it ok to take it off the stove that early?Â
Sorry, this happened. Yes, this could happen and it’s probably due to the size you cut your beef. If you make this next time, just take the beef out when it’s done. I’ll update the recipe card.
This recipe turned out perfect. Unlike others that have prepared it, I cook for my elderly father who has to have foods puréed.  He’s picky (extremely picky)so I was a bit skeptical.  He loved it. Thank you for a successful dinner entree!!! Â
I love that your father is loving this meal.