Daddy and Baby too: Sweet Potatoes

 As a single income family we are on a pretty tight budget. So to cut cost a bit I decided to find recipes that I can use for Price and I as well as Ben. Since both of my men are huge fans of sweet potatoes I decided to begin with those. To start off I washed 4 large sweet potatoes and then rubbed a little olive oil on the outside. I then placed them on a try and into the oven they went at 400 degrees for about an hour to an hour-and-a-half. No peeling is necessary. You'll know they are done when the skin begins to pull away. All you have to do is let them cool a bit and then pinch the skin and pull it away. After removing the skin the sweet potatoes should be soft enough to mash with a large fork.

                                                       For Daddy

 Price is a huge fan of sweet potato casserole and normally only gets it on holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas. As a special treat I thought I'd make it for him on a regular everyday night. 

                                                                    The Recipe

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of mashed sweet potatoes (keep the remaining separate for baby food)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup (one stick) melted butter

Topping:

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup of flour 
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 to 1.5 cups of mini marshmallows (you could also use walnuts) 

                                       Mix the first 6 ingredients together in a medium bowl.

Place into your favorite baking dish.

In a separate bowl mix together the topping ingredients.

Place topping over the sweet potato mixture. 

Bake at 350degrees for about 35 minuets. The casserole will be hot and the topping browned.

Recipe found here: Southern Food

                                                            For Baby:

Sweet potatoes are a great first food for baby. They are rich in vitamins as well as potassium and calcium. I seriously believe that Ben could eat his weight in this vegetable and still want more. You can learn more about sweet potatoes and other recipes for older babies right here. 

For the baby food I simply blended the remaining mashed sweet potatoes with 2/3 cup of baby rice cereal. 

This obviously makes quite a bit of food. So that nothing goes to waste, I placed the mix into an ice cube tray to store. I then wrapped the ice cube tray in wax paper, then covered in cling wrap.

This makes it supper easy to defrost only as much as you need, when you need it. 

Now you have dinner for the whole family!! Enjoy!