Kale and Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients

• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 1 cup chopped sweet onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• sea salt and black pepper to taste
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 6 cups peeled, cubed sweet potatoes
• 4 cups chopped kale

Directions

• In large saucepan, heat oil over medium high heat
• Add onion, garlic, celery and carrot, salt and pepper
• Cook until tender, about 5 minutes
• Pour in broth and bring to boil
• Add sweet potato and reduce heat to maintain a simmer
• Cover and cook until sweet potatoes are tender and crisp, about 10 minutes
• Stir in kale and cook 10 minutes more
• Use a hand blender to blend the soup until smooth
• Serve warm

Serves: 4-6

Cook Time and Prep Time: 50 min

Baby Food – Vegetable Medely Puree

Ingredients

• 1/2 zucchini diced
• 1/2 sweet potato, peeled and diced
• 1 carrot peeled and diced
• 1/2 tsp olive oil (only use if infant is 10 months or older)
• tiny pinch of pink himalayan sea salt

Directions

• Steam zucchini, sweet potato and carrot in a steamer pot until tender
• Blend well and add desired amount of water (from steamer pot) to get desired consistency
• Add olive oil and salt

Tempeh and Sweet Potato Curry

 

Ingredients

• 1 cup long-grain brown rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 (8-ounce) package tempeh
• 1 & 1/2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger
• 1 tbsp ground curry powder
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp tumeric
• 1/2 green jalapeno minced
• 1 (13.5-ounce) can light coconut milk
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks
• 1/2 pound green beans, trimmed at ends and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro, chopped
• sea salt to taste

 

Method

• Bring rice and water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat to low, cover pot and simmer until liquid is completely absorbed and rice is just tender \
• Meanwhile, arrange steamer basket in a pot. Add enough water just to reach bottom of basket. Bring to a boil. Cut tempeh in half and place in the steamer basket. Reduce heat to medium low, cover and steam about 15 minutes or until tender. Remove tempeh and set aside until cool enough to handle. Cut tempeh into 1/2-inch cubes.
• Bring 1/2 cup broth to a simmer in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat
• Add onion, garlic and ginger and cook 5 minutes or until onion is translucent and tender, stirring occasionally
• Stir in curry poweder, tumeric, cumin and minced jalapeno cook for 1 minute
• Add coconut milk, potatoes, tempeh and remaining 1 cup broth, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium low, cover and cook 10 minutes.
• Stir in green beans and return to a simmer, uncovered.
• Cook about 5 minutes longer or until potatoes and green beans are tender
• Stir in 3 tablespoons cilantro and salt.
• To serve, spoon curry over rice and garnish with remaining 1 tablespoon cilantro

Serves 4- 6

Cook time and prep time:

Organic Baby Golden Sweet Potato

Ingredients

• Organic golden sweet potato
• Filtered water

Directions

• Peel and dice sweet potato
• Steam until tender
• Puree in blender or food processor with filtered water until desired consistency is reached

Simple Baby Finger Foods

Simple Suggestions for Finger Foods for Babies

1. Diced avocadoes

2. Peeled seedless organic grapes

3. Ripe mango cubed

4. Steamed broccoli – small stems

5. Soft boiled peas

6. Steamed green beans

7. Steamed & cubed soft sweet potato

8. Steamed & cubed butternut squash

9. Steamed & sliced carrots

10. Cubed tofu

11. Small shreds or cubes of chicken, fish

12. Diced soft steamed organic peach

13. Diced melon

14. Squished blueberries

15. Diced ripe banana

16. Diced ripe pear

17. Scrambled egg yolks

18. Soft cooked brown rice pasta

19. Diced kiwi

20. Soft cubes of steamed apple

Organic Baby Sweet Potato

Sweet Potatoes are great for babies! They contain an antioxidant called glutathione which enhances the immune system,nutrient metabolism and detoxifies the liver!

Ingredients

• 1 sweet potato
• filtered water for steaming

Directions

• Peel and rinse sweet potato
• Cut sweet potato into small 1 inch cubes
• Steam sweet potato cubes with filtered water until tender
• Place cubes in a food processor or blender and blend with the water that was used to steam the cubes of sweet potato until desired consistency is reached