How to make meat puree for the first feeding

When you start introducing your toddler to "adult" food, vegetables and fruits are all clear - they easily turn into puree. But what about the meat? It is also necessary for the baby, because it provides the body with iron, zinc, magnesium, animal protein, and helps to develop bones and teeth correctly.

You can give meat as early as 7-8 months, starting with half a teaspoon and bringing the portion to 80 g by 1 year.

We will tell you how to properly prepare meat puree for complementary foods.

You will need: a piece of lean meat, a ceramic cup 200-500 ml, an enamel pan up to 1 liter, a blender.

Rabbit or turkey meat is ideal for the first feeding. Chicken can be allergic, and pork for such babies is too oily and can mess up the digestive system.

Before cooking, be sure to rinse the meat with plenty of water, remove bones, veins, films, fat. To make mashed potatoes, you need a very small piece, up to 50 g, because you cannot store the finished product.

Fill a pot with filtered or bottled water, add the meat and bring to a boil. Then drain the water, fill with clean water and cook for 1 hour. You don't need to salt.

Cut the finished meat into small pieces. So that they can be whipped in a blender, mix with a few tablespoons of ready-made milk mixture or with vegetable broth. Infants should not be given meat broth.

You can add a few drops of olive oil before whisking the blender. The puree should be very tender, without lumps, not thick. If the child refuses pure meat puree, you can mix it with vegetable puree if the child eats it.

For the first time, the child can be given half a teaspoon of meat puree, then double the amount every day.

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