Sweet Potato is a wonderful choice of vegetable in feeding your child since it’s sweet in taste and full of nutrients. Sweet Potatoes contain Beta-Carotene (an antioxidant rich in Vitamin A which is known to be good for vision, general health and much more http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/beta-carotene#1 ) . In addition to sweet potatoes being rich in Vitamin A, they also contain calcium, potassium, and vitamin C http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/5-winter-superfoods-sweet-potatoes-nutrient-profile . Now that’s one powerful vegetable, if you ask me. Hence the reason why I love feeding him sweet potatoes.

Step By Step Instructions

I like to make a batch and store it in the refrigerator to use for up to 2 days. You will need 4 sweet potatoes and 1/4 cup of water to blend the steamed sweet potatoes.

I love to use a vegetable scrub to scrub away all the dirt, under cold running water.

Here is the difference between a scrubbed sweet potato (left) and an unscrubbed sweet potato (right). It’s important to make sure the vegetable is clean.

Using a vegetable peeler, peel the skin off of the sweet potato.

Place the peeled sweet potato on a cutting board with the steamer basket next to it. Cut the ends off of the sweet potato and discard them in the garbage can.

To facilitate in cutting the sweet potato, carefully, stand the sweet potato on one of its ends on the cutting board. Cut a small portion off, as shown, to give it a flat surface to lie on.

Don’t discard that piece. Rather, chop it up into slices and place it in your steamer basket.

Cut the sweet potato into thin slices and place them in the steamer basket.

Add water to your saucepan, place the steaming basket over it and cover it with a lid. Make sure the steamer basket doesn’t touch the water when placed inside the saucepan.

Once the water starts to boil, decrease the heat to low/medium ( a temperature to where you can hear a low boil occurring in the saucepan). Allow it to steam for 30-40 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are soft and fork runs easily through the sweet potatoes.

NOTE: Cook times vary since the sweet potatoes can cook faster if the steam basket is larger.

When testing doneness , the sweet potatoes should be fork tender ( you can easily place a fork through the sweet potatoes). Allow it to cool slightly.

Don’t place it in the blender when it’s too hot.

At this point, place the sweet potatoes into a blender. Add the 1/4 cup of filtered water and blend the sweet potatoes until you get a pureed like consistency.

Place them into glass jars and let them cool. Store them in the refrigerator.

Place them in freezer safe containers and place it in the freezer.

Recipe

Ingredients:

4 Sweet Potatoes (preferably organic)

1/4 cup of water to blend the steamed sweet potatoes

Instructions:

Thoroughly wash and scrub each sweet potato under running cold water using a vegetable scrub (if you don’t have a vegetable scrub, you may use a washcloth or a paper towel).

Using a vegetable peeler, peel the skin off of the sweet potato. Place the peeled sweet potato on a cutting board with the steamer basket next to it. Cut the ends off of the sweet potato and discard them in the garbage can. To prevent the sweet potato from sliding off of the cutting board, stand the sweet potato on one of its flat ends on the cutting board. Cut a small portion off, as shown above, to give it a flat surface to lie on. Don’t discard that piece. Rather, chop it up into slices and place it in your steamer basket.Cut the sweet potato into thin slices and place them in the steamer basket.

Add water to your saucepan. Make sure the steamer basket doesn’t touch the water when placed inside the saucepan. Once the water starts to boil, decrease the heat to low/medium ( a temperature to where you can hear a low boil occurring in the saucepan).

Allow it to steam for 30-40 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are soft and cooked through. When testing for doneness , the sweet potatoes should be fork tender ( you can easily place a fork through the sweet potatoes). Allow the sweet potatoes to cool slightly.

NOTE: Cook times vary since the sweet potatoes can cook faster if the steam basket is larger.

Don’t place it in the blender when it’s too hot.

Place the sweet potatoes into a blender. Add the 1/4 cup of filtered water and blend the sweet potatoes until you get a pureed like consistency.

Place them into glass jars and let them cool. Store them in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Place them in freezer safe containers and place it in the freezer.