I’ve been offering my boy batons of steamed sweet potato for a few weeks now and given that he is chowing down on most things I give him these days, I thought it was time to become a bit more adventurous with food preparation and try something other than steamed vegetables. Given that sweet potato is a root vegetable that roasts up easily, I thought these might go down well, especially how, when sweet potatoes are roasted, they come out of the oven so soft and sweet. These certainly were a hit with my boy!
Sweet potato is a great introductory food for baby. It is naturally sweet, easy to prepare and can be mashed, roasted, steamed or even baked. Sweet potato is an excellent source of Vitamin A in your baby’s diet. It also provides dietary fibre, Vitamin B6 and potassium – and when baked – is a very good source of Vitamin C and manganese.
Ingredients
1 sweet potato (or yams as they are called in America)
olive oil
Preparation
- Peel skin off sweet potato and cut into baton shapes, roughly 2 – 3 inches long.
- Place sweet potato on roasting tray and pour over 1-2 tablespoons of oil. Toss sweet potato with oil making sure all ‘fries’ are evenly coated.
- Place roasting tray in preheated 180C oven and bake for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes remove tray from oven, turn fries, return tray to oven and bake for a further 5 minutes.
- Once cooked, remove from oven and cool before offering to baby.
