As much as I love juicy meaty beef burgers, I am a little wary about how healthy they actually are, even when they are homemade. If you had suggested I would enjoy a vegetarian style burger before starting our baby led weaning journey three years ago, I would have laughed in your face. That is the beauty of the baby led weaning journey; you try new things and find out you actually like them. My husband and I were about to have to pork and apple burgers which I’d made a few weeks ago prior and frozen, when I decided to mix together some sweet potato and spinach to create these healthy, delicious baby led weaning sweet potato and spinach burgers for babies. I love it when inspiration just strikes like that!
That was over three years ago now, and this recipe is still hugely popular in our house. I now make these baby led weaning sweet potato and spinach burgers for babies for our second son Felix and when I’m working, I make a batch for my lunches to eat with some pitta, hummus and a dollop of spicy sauce.
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Both boys loved eating these baby led weaning sweet potato and spinach burgers for babies and usually, making one batch isn’t enough for me to keep some to freeze. However, you can indeed store these in the fridge (3 days) and the freezer (one month) and reheat in the oven. Always make sure you defrost food thoroughly before offering it to your baby.
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What changes can I make to the recipe?
To be a bit more creative with these baby led weaning sweet potato and spinach burgers for babies, you could also add 30 grams of feta, cracked black pepper, 1/4tsp of paprika or replace the breadcrumbs with quinoa.
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If you are vegan or allergic to egg, you can replace the egg with a flax egg (1tbsp flaxmeal + 2.5 tbsp water)
One final tip – if you wilt your spinach by throwing boiling water over it, ensure that all the liquid is totally squeezed out before adding it to your baby led weaning sweet potato and spinach burgers for babies mixture, otherwise the burgers will be soggy and won’t hold together well.
Great so easy to make receipe easy to follow thanks I made about 12 mini burgers for my little girl
My son loves these
My daughter literally refuses to eat anything I give her but these were a huge hit! Just about to make my second batch of them. Thanks so much!
Can I bake these instead of pan frying them? Thanks 🙂
Yes you can! I have a similar recipe here – https://mummytodex.com/baby-led-weaning-tuna-sweet-potato-and-spinach-burgers/ and for these I bake them in the oven. Hope this helps!
Hi can these be served to a 9 month old? And how would you cut them up for a baby or just as is ? Thank you
Hi there,
If your baby is following baby led weaning, these are suitable at nine months.
I often would cut them into strips so baby can grab a strip and hold it in their first.
My 1.5 year old son loved these tonight. Ran a family errand and needed something quick because bath time was looming — I added some garlic and curry powder to up the nutrition and because he’s a a bit of a flavor fiend and served it with Trader Joe’s creamy dill dressing. Ready in 25 minutes. When I tell you, he put his head down to lick the plate 🙌🏾 #recipekeeper
Hi Roe,
Thanks for the lovely feedback. I just had to edit your comment slightly as I nearly had a heart attack when I first read it 😂
I LOVE this recipe too!
can these be frozen
Is there anything different you need to do if you use both flax egg and quinoa instead of egg and breadcrumbs? Does the quinoa need to be cooked beforehand?
Can you freeze these? How would you reheat? Thanks!
These turned out great! I substituted butternut squash for the sweet potato as that was what I had – both it and the spinach were frozen. I made sure to get most of the water out of the spinach-squash mixture first, then added the breadcrumbs, egg, and some garlic powder, curry powder, and pepper.
Just gave one to my 10 month old as a snack and he devoured it!