Avocado Puree For Baby (Homemade Baby Food)
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Please read my disclosure.Avocado puree was the very first food I ever gave both of my kids, and it quickly became a staple in our baby food rotation. It’s naturally creamy, full of healthy fats, and takes less than 5 minutes to make from scratch. If you’re looking for the easiest avocado baby food recipe, this one is a must-try!
When I first started making homemade baby food, avocado was my go-to. It’s one of the simplest and most nourishing first foods you can offer your baby, and the best part is, there’s no cooking required. With its smooth texture and healthy fats, avocado is perfect for little tummies just starting out with solids.
I love how it mimics the richness of breast milk while offering essential nutrients like folate, potassium, and fiber. Whether you’re spoon-feeding or trying baby-led weaning, this is one of the easiest ways to introduce real, whole foods to your little one.
Let me show you exactly how to make this recipe in just minutes, plus how to store, serve, and even mix it with other fruits and veggies as your baby grows!
👩🏽🍳 Why I Love This Recipe
My avocado puree for baby checks all the boxes: fast, nutritious, beginner-friendly, and completely customizable!
That means that even if you’ve never made homemade baby food before, you’ll feel confident whipping this up. No steaming, no prep bowls, and no fancy gadgets required. Just a ripe avocado, a fork, and a few minutes of your time.
It’s also incredibly versatile. I used this recipe as a base to build out more adventurous flavors once my kids were ready, combining it with bananas, sweet potatoes, or even lentils depending on what stage they were at. That flexibility made me feel like I was feeding them something fresh and new every time, while still sticking to familiar, nutrient-dense ingredients.
And from a nutrition standpoint, avocado is hard to beat. It’s naturally rich in healthy fats that support brain development, and its mild flavor and creamy texture make it one of the most well-tolerated first foods for babies. When my little ones were just starting solids, this was one recipe I could always count on.
🥘 Ingredients
You only need one main ingredient to make this recipe, plus an optional liquid to adjust the texture for your little one!
Avocado: I always use a soft, ripe avocado. It should be easy to cut, and green on the inside without brown spots. Avocados are packed with essential nutrients like healthy fats, fiber, potassium, and folate, making them one of the best first foods for babies.
Breast Milk, Formula, Or Water (Optional): I’ll sometimes mix in a little breast milk or formula to create a thinner consistency, especially when my babies were just starting solids. Water also works, but use just a splash at a time so the puree doesn’t become too runny. Be sure to only mix in milk or formula right before serving.
🔪 How To Make
Making this recipe couldn’t be easier. You don’t need to cook anything, and you don’t need any fancy baby food equipment either. Here’s exactly how I make it:
Prepare Avocado: I start by cutting the avocado in half lengthwise, then twist to separate the halves. I remove the pit, scoop out the flesh with a spoon, and discard the peel.
Blend: When my babies were just starting solids, I used a fork to mash the avocado until completely smooth. If I wanted an ultra-creamy texture, I’d blend it in a small food processor or high-speed blender. Either way works! If you’re using a blender, I recommend a high powered blender to make the puree in bulk – like a Vitamix!
Serve: Right before serving, I would stir in a little breast milk, formula, or water to thin the puree, depending on what my baby needed.
If I wasn’t serving it immediately, I would divide the mashed avocado into an ice cube tray, cover it tightly, and freeze it for later. That way, I always had small portions ready to go when I needed them. (see below for more details on how to store this in bulk!)
💭 Expert Tips
My #1 Secret Tip when making this recipe is to mix in breast milk or formula right before serving. This keeps the texture creamy, ensures the nutrients stay intact, and reduces any risk of spoilage or bacterial growth.
Other Tips To Keep In Mind:
- Avoid browning. Avocados oxidize fast. If you’re storing leftovers, press plastic wrap directly against the surface or add a tiny splash of lemon juice (only if your baby is already eating citrus).
- Make it smoother. For extra smooth puree, you can blend and then press it through a fine mesh sieve. This is especially helpful for babies just starting solids and still getting used to new textures.
- Make it in batches. I like to freeze small portions in ice cube trays for quick access during the week. Just remember not to mix in breast milk or formula until after thawing.
- Speed up ripening. To ripen faster, place the avocado in a brown paper bag with a banana or apple. This trick can shave a day or two off the wait time.
📖 Variations
There are so many ways to customize this recipe depending on your baby’s age, flavor preferences, and nutritional needs. Here are some of my favorite mix-ins and baby food combinations to try:
- Fruit Blends: Avocado pairs well with banana, mango, apple, pear, peach, and blueberry puree. These add natural sweetness and extra vitamins, great for babies who prefer a sweeter taste.
- Veggie Mixes: For a savory blend, try combining avocado with green bean puree, zucchini puree, spinach, pea puree, carrots, sweet potato puree, or butternut squash. You can steam the veggies first, then blend them with the avocado for a smooth puree.
- Grain Additions: Stir in cooked quinoa, brown rice, millet, or baby oatmeal for more texture and satiety. You can also spread the avocado on little pieces of toast or crackers. This is a great option as your baby starts eating more solid meals.
- Plant-Based Protein: Mix with lentils, chickpeas, or white beans to turn this puree into a more complete meal. Just blend until smooth and creamy.
- Dairy Or Dairy-Free Yogurt: Add a spoonful of plain Greek yogurt or a plant-based alternative like unsweetened coconut or almond yogurt. This adds creaminess, healthy fats, and gut-friendly probiotics.
- Spices: Try a little bit of cumin or coriander (just a pinch!) to introduce your baby to some warm spices.
- Toddler Ideas: As your little one grows, try using this puree as a base for smoothies, spreading it on toast, mixing it into pasta, or using it in a baby-friendly guacamole with a dash of lemon and garlic.
🍽 Serving Suggestions
I used this recipe in a lot of different ways when my kids were just starting solids, and I was able to adapt it easily as they grew. Here are some of the best ways to serve it depending on your baby’s stage and feeding method:
- Stage 1 (4-6 months): Serve the puree on its own, thinned out with breast milk, formula, or water. Use a soft-tipped spoon to feed your baby, or preload the spoon and let them try self-feeding. For my kids, a combination of feeding them and allowing them to feed themselves worked well.
- Stage 2 (6-9 months): If you’re doing baby-led weaning, offer thick strips of ripe avocado instead of a smooth puree. To help with grip, roll the slices in hemp seeds or leave part of the peel on as a handle. If you’re not doing baby led weaning, you can just continue doing a combination of spoon feeding them and allowing them to spoon feed themselves.
- Stage 3 (9-12 months): Serve cubed avocado or thicker mashed mixtures your baby can pick up and eat on their own. This is also a great time to start using the puree as a mix-in with grains or soft proteins like beans or scrambled eggs.
- Beyond 12 months: Spread the avocado on toast or add it to a smoothie, pasta, or even muffins. It’s a versatile base that works just as well in toddler meals as it does for infants.
🧊 Storage Directions
Refrigerator: If you’re planning to use the puree within a day or two, store it in an airtight container in the fridge. I like using small baby food jars or containers that limit air exposure. You can also press a piece of plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the puree to help minimize browning. It will keep in the fridge for up to 2–3 days.
Freezer: For longer storage, I divide the puree into an ice cube tray, cover it tightly, and freeze until solid. You can also find baby food container trays that come with lids to cover like these Mumi & Bubi ice cube trays. Once frozen, I pop out the cubes and transfer them to a freezer-safe bag or airtight container. This method makes it easy to thaw just what you need. It will keep for up to 3 months in the freezer. One ice cube is equal to 1 tablespoon or 1 ounce of food.
Reheating: To thaw, I place the frozen cubes in the fridge the night before or set a bowl with the frozen cube inside another bowl of warm water to gently defrost. You can also warm slightly in the microwave, but test it with your finger to make sure it’s not too hot before serving. Once thawed, I stir in breast milk, formula, or a splash of water to adjust the texture before serving.
❓Recipe FAQs
Do I need to steam the avocado first?
While technically you can steam the avocado, you don’t have to! There isn’t any need to steam or cook avocado for baby food since it is already so soft and creamy! This makes it super easy – simply cut, scoop, and mash for an easy creamy puree.
How much liquid should I add to the puree?
Start with 1-2 teaspoons of breast milk, formula, or water, and add more as needed. The amount will depend on how ripe your avocado is and the texture your baby prefers. For thinner puree, especially for 4-6 month olds, add a bit more liquid and stir well.
What if the puree turns watery after defrosting?
This can happen naturally as the water in the avocado separates during freezing. Just stir it thoroughly and add a bit of fresh avocado or baby oatmeal to bring it back to a creamy consistency.
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Avocado Puree For Baby
My creamy avocado puree for baby is a perfect first food! Packed with essential nutrients for growth and development, it requires no special equipment and is ready in less than 5 minutes. This will quickly become one of your favorite baby food recipes, and your baby will love it too!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 80kcal
Ingredients
- 1 avocado mashed
Instructions
If Serving Fresh / Immediately
- Mash the avocado with a fork or blend it in a food processor.
- Mix with breastmilk, formula or water to reach desired consistency.
If Freezing
- Mash the avocado with a fork or blend it in a food processor.
- Divide into ice cube trays, wrap/cover, and freeze.
- Thaw in the fridge the night before use, or thaw by putting the ice cube in a bowl over a bowl of hot water on the counter to defrost.
- Once defrosted, mix with breastmilk, formula or water to reach desired consistency and serve immediately.
Notes
- Use ripe avocados that are soft and easy to mash.
- Store the puree in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- If you are making this puree to store in the fridge or freezer, do not add breastmilk or formula before storing it. Only add breastmilk or formula right before serving.
- Each ice cube = 1oz of food. Also, as your baby gets used to solids, you don’t have to thin out the avocado at all.
Nutrition
Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 244mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 0.3g
Hi my baby just turned 4 months. Can I start with avocado recipe or any other solid food?
Hi! You can definitely start solids at 4 months – pediatricians say anywhere from 4-6 months is ok to start solids. I’d recommend waiting until your baby shows signs of being interested in solids (e.g. watching you eat, opening his/her mouth, drooling, sitting relatively unassisted, etc.) – and once that happens you can start anytime after 4 months of age! I’d recommend starting with either avocado or sweet potato – since both are mild, non-allergenic, and not too sweet. Hope that helps, let me know if you have any other questions!
Just did this recipe with my baby and he loves it!
So happy to hear that Nina!
Hi anjali…I am new to your blog and love it now..i have a 6 month old girl and started on solids 1 week ago..we started with some homemade banana powder..she hated it.. den i gave banana puree..she is not fond of it also..I didnt expect her to eat at the first go..but it is going to be a week…and im getting frustrated..any tips for me please..im a first time mom
Hi Shadia! Thanks so much for reaching out – I’m so glad you like my blog! Regarding your daughter — if she has only been on solids for 1 week it’s pretty common for her to reject foods at first. Often babies might need at least 40 tries of a food before developing a taste for it! If she doesn’t like banana you can always try other first foods like avocado, sweet potato, pear, green beans, etc. What I would do is puree the fruit or veggie until it’s super super smooth (no clumps) – initially it should be pretty runny so that it’s easy for her to swallow. Once she gets used to solid foods you can offer thicker purees. She may not have liked the banana powder because of the consistency (and depending on how thin your banana puree was that might have been an issue too). So those would be my suggestions: 1) Offer super smooth/runny purees in small bites 2) Keep offering the food even if she seems to not like it 3) Try other foods to see if she takes to any of those! Hope that helps, keep me posted on how it goes and let me know if I can help with anything else!
Thank you for your post! A couple questions- I’m a first time mom. 🙂
Do you serve the food warmed, cold, or room temp?
When you started, how much and how often did you feed your baby?
Thank you!!
Hi Megan! I serve the food at room temp, slightly warm (basically the temp breastmilk is when you pump). And when babies are first starting on solids they eat very little – like 1 tbsp per day (one meal per day). Once your baby tries a bunch of different purees you can start doing 2 meals a day, about 2 tbsp per meal. Eventually you work up to 3 meals a day, about 5-8oz of food per meal (see this schedule for details) – but that’s only once your baby is fully transitioned to solids! Hope that helps, let me know if you have any other questions!
I love your blog! From San Jose CA!
Thank you so much Jill! It’s so great to meet another Bay Area-an! 🙂
Thank you so much. I’m 5 month old baby Kalia s Great Gramma, and are for her while my Granddaughter is working.. I love to keep it natural, and this is the second d week of her first foods!!! Soooooooohhhh sweet. Mahalo for taking the time to share your experience.. Much Aloha
Thank you so much for your kind words Patricia!
Hi Anjali, my little one is also Layla! What happens if you mix the breast milk with the avocado and then freeze it? Or should it be done after you unfreeze the avocado?
Hi Sejal! Ha that’s awesome! So I’d recommend mixing the breastmilk with the avocado after you defrost it — mainly because you can’t heat breastmilk directly, but you can heat up the purees to defrost them (e.g. in the microwave). Hope that helps! And I hope your Layla loves this puree!
Interesting trick – thinning out with breast milk! Do you think this would work with other foods like carrots?
Absolutely! It’ll work with any puree! 🙂
Baby Harrison got his first avocado tonight. Seemed to like it.
Awesome!! So happy to hear that! Layla loved avocado as her first food too 🙂
i mixed it with banana for sweetness and she loved it
yay! That sounds like the perfect combo Barbara! 🙂
I recently discovered your site and I am loving it! The recipes are great. I will be coming back to your site pretty often – Thanks so much!
Thanks Megan! So glad you’ve been enjoying my blog!
Thank you for the recipes! I just started my son on quinoa cereal and moving to avocado in the next day!! I will definitely be looking forward to your other recipes for starting off with solids! Do you suggest adding the breast milk to thin the consistency once thawed (since I’ll have to freeze, daycare!) or add it while I blend and mash up the avocado and freeze that way? Thank you!!
Hi Lauren! No problem at all! So glad these recipes are helpful! Regarding the breastmilk – I’d add it after thawing. The reason is — the purees always turn out a little thinner after you thaw them (because of the accumulated moisture after being in the freezer). So if you add it before thawing it might end up being too runny post thawing! Hope that helps, and I hope your son enjoys all of these recipes!
Does the avocado turn brown as it thaws?
Hi Katie! If you use it right after it thaws, it won’t turn brown. It will only turn brown if you leave it out, completely thawed, for a few hours. Hope that helps!
aww she makes such cute faces….you should be really proud of your little for eating healthy foods already :-))..i will be following all your baby recipes soon
Hehe thanks Jyo! Can’t wait to hear how your little one likes these recipes!
Yay! I love that you’ll be posting baby food recipes here! Can’t wait to see more.
Thanks so much Rebecca!
I tried this and my little Avery loves it. I was just wondering about how long is it good in the freezer for.
Thanks for the great easy recipe!
Yay! I’m so glad to hear that! This will last 6 months in the freezer! 🙂
Great!! I will be following all the recipes! 🙂 My little one is 26 weeks and also starting on solids! Can’t wait for more and more baby food recipes!
Oh yay!! So exciting – starting solids was super fun 🙂 I’ll be posting sweet potato and butternut squash next – stay tuned!
My little one is almost year old but she is very picky eater give me some recipe so I can try new
Hi Mona! Feel free to email me at pickyeats@gmail.com and I’d be happy to work with you 1:1! There are tons of recipes on my blog in my healthy kids section that work well for picky eaters, as well as many strategies for dealing with picky eating in my baby and toddler cookbook. But if you’d like more 1:1, customized help, I work with families on an individual basis and can create a plan that fits exactly what you and your daughter needs! Hope that helps!