Sweet Potato, Pear + Red Pepper Baby Food Puree
This Sweet Potato, Pear + Red Pepper Baby Food Puree is a delicious way to serve red peppers to your baby. Great for 6+ months – stage 2 baby food puree.
Sweet Potato, Pear + Red Pepper Baby Food Puree
Are you looking for a delicious puree with a fun and interesting taste profile?
I’ve got you!
We start by gently steaming sweet potatoes, pears, and red peppers until they are just tender before blending into a smooth and creamy puree. It’s naturally sweetened from the apple and sweet potato but with a deeper complex flavor from the red pepper.
Plus this puree can be made in less than 15 minutes, is freezer-friendly and can be served as a stage 2 baby food puree. Score!
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Get the recipe: Sweet Potato, Pear + Red Pepper Baby Food Puree
This Sweet Potato, Pear + Red Pepper Baby Food Puree is a delicious way to serve red peppers to your baby. Great for 6+ months – stage 2 baby food puree.
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 pear peeled, cored and roughly chopped
Instructions
- Bring 2 inches of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Place sweet potato in a steamer pot over boiling water, cover, cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the red pepper and the pear to the sweet potato and steam for another 5-10 minutes or until pear is tender.
- Let cool slightly. Reserve steamer water.
- Add all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor and puree for 1-2 mintue or until smooth, adding steamer water in 1/4 cup increments, if needed.
Notes
Age: 6+ months
Yield: 15 ounces
Storage: Fridge – store in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. Freezer – can be frozen for up to 4 months (this and this are my favorite freezer storage containers).
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18 Comments on “Sweet Potato, Pear + Red Pepper Baby Food Puree”
I made this for my son and he absolutely loved it. He loves his fruits and I’ve been trying to incorporate more veggies into his diet. Since this had his favorite sweet potatoes in it I had a feeling he’d enjoy it. I love how easy the recipe was too, it took maybe 20-30 mins total to make.
That’s so awesome, Eboni! My girls loved anything sweet potato at that age! xo, Michele
Excited to try this! Can I peel the skin fully off of the pear?
Yes! xo, Michele
She ate it, but wasn’t thrilled about it
Hi! I only have green bell pepper on hand and I know it’s not as nutritional but could I use that ?!
I haven’t tried using a green pepper before, but it should work the same as using a red pepper but the puree won’t be as sweet. If you try it out, please let us know how it goes.
I tried this puree for the first time with my 14months old. He liked it a lot. But is it really late to feed him at this age or should it be for infants and not for the toddlers?
Thank you.
Hello. Do you recommend give fruit in the dinner time purees?
Sure. For dinner I would usually first load my babes up on veggie, meat and/or a grain puree. If they ate all of that, then I would serve a fruit puree for dessert. But if your little one is picky and only likes fruit purees, then I would totally serve that first and start adding in veggie purees as you go along.
Hope that helps.
xo, Michele
Love this ! made it today, and its so good! We have your cook book, too and we love that we are raising our son to be a little foodie like us!
I am so glad you liked this one!!! Thanks for buying my book and making your son a healthy eater! Makes me so happy!
xo, Michele
Hi Michele, I love your creative and novel recipes, so inspiring! Making my baby’s food is now my new obsession 🙂 Quick question, what spices can I add with this recipe? Would apples be a good substitute if I don’t have pears?
Thank you so much! Glad you are as obsessed as I am:)
You could use apples instead of pears in this recipe and you could add in a little nutmeg, cloves, thyme or sage into this recipe for a little fun spice. Let me know which you use and how it tastes.
xo, Michele
Would this be ok to freeze?
YES! Sorry, not sure why I didn’t write that. 4 days in fridge or 3 months in freezer:)
xo, Michele
I tried this puree with my 7 month old this weekend and it was a hit! My husband liked it too!
So glad to hear that!!! You know it’s good when the hubby likes it!!
xo, Michele