Delicious Meat Baby Food Recipes For Your Tiny Diner

These meat baby food recipes are full of goodness for baby and use fresh vegetables to create wholesome, hearty dishes. They are suitable for babies from 10 months of age - if your little one is just getting started with meat, learn more about how and when to introduce meat to baby.

Alternatively, visit our meat baby food recipes for 6-9 month babies .

Meat provides your baby with protein and iron, essential elements of balanced nutrition . Some parents are anxious about feeding their babies meat due to the potential choking risk - but you can safely include meat in your baby's diet by ensuring that you cut it into pieces small enough for your baby to handle.

Tempting meat baby food recipes

What if my baby doesn't like meat?

Some babies take to meat very quickly, whereas others are less keen to accept it. As with all baby foods, the key is to be patient and keep trying! A good tip is to keep the dish as "liquid" as possible, slowly reducing the amount of liquid with time so that your baby is encouraged to chew.

But remember that it is not absolutely essential that your little one eat meat - protein and iron are also found in foods such as grains, dairy products, eggs (yolks only before 1 year of age), tofu, lentils and broccoli. So if you are worried that your baby's diet may be lacking due to his "meat aversion", simply increase his intake of these other foods.

If any of the ingredients listed in these meat baby food recipes are new to your baby, then apply the four day rule as you introduce them - this helps you identify and prevent potential food allergies and digestive problems .

NOTE FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS: British vegetable names are used in these meat baby food recipes - if these are not familiar to you, the following translations may be helpful!

courgette = zucchini

aubergine = egg-plant

swede = rutabaga

spring onions = scallions or green onions

Meat Baby Food Recipes - Lamb And Creamed Potato

8oz cooked lamb, cubed
2tsp Worcestershire sauce (optional - but many older babies enjoy the flavour boost that it provides)
pinch freshly ground black pepper
8oz creamed potatoes
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1tbsp olive oil
8fl oz lamb stock (made from the bones and trimmings from the cooked lamb)
2tsp flour

In a large saucepan, gently saute the onion in the oil until softened.
Stir in the flour and continue to cook gently until browned.
Slowly add the stock, Worcestershire sauce (if using) and black pepper and bring to the boil, stirring.
Lower the heat and simmer for 10 mins.
Add the lamb and return to a simmer.
Cover and continue to simmer for 30 mins.
Serve with the creamed potatoes, chopping the meat as necessary.

Meat Baby Food Recipes - Lamb Bake With Sweet Potato

10 oz lean lamb shoulder, cubed
4 fl oz homemade chicken stock
2oz sliced mushrooms
pinch freshly ground black pepper
1 medium sweet potato, cubed
6oz fresh green beans, trimmed
2tsp cornflour/cornstarch
1tbsp water

Pre-heat the oven to 350 deg F, 180 deg C.
Brown the lamb in a large frying pan, then place in a greased oven-proof dish.
Drain the fat from the frying pan, then stir in the chicken stock, mushrooms and black pepper.
Bring to the boil and pour over the lamb.
Add the sweet potato and green beans to the dish and stir well.
Cover and let stand for 30 mins.
Then bake for 1 1/2 hours, until the vegetables and meat are tender.
Combine the cornflour/cornstarch and water and stir into the dish.
Bake uncovered for a further 10 mins, until the gravy has thickened, stirring occasionally.
Chop the ingredients as necessary.

Meat Baby Food Recipes - Baby Beef Stroganoff

8oz lean sirloin steak
1tbsp butter
2oz onions, chopped
2oz mushrooms, sliced
pinch freshly ground black pepper
1/2 garlic clove, crushed
2tsp Worcestershire sauce (optional)
1tbsp tomato sauce
4 fl oz natural yogurt

Cut the steak into thin strips.
Saute the onions in the butter for 5 mins in a frying pan.
Add the steak and cook until browned.
Stir in the mushrooms, black pepper, garlic, Worcestershire sauce (if using) and tomato sauce and cover.
Cook over a low heat for 30 mins, until the meat is tender.
Just before serving, stir in the yogurt. Warm through, but be careful not to boil.
Serve with noodles or brown rice, chopping the steak to manageable pieces.

Meat Baby Food Recipes - Fruity Beef Brisket

1tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, sliced
1 lb beef brisket
5 fl oz water
pinch freshly ground black pepper
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
2oz dried apricot halves

In a large pan, saute the onion over a low heat until golden.
Remove the onion from the pan and set aside.
In the same pan, brown the brisket well on all sides.
Return the onion to the pan, then add the water and black pepper.
Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat.
Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, until the brisket is quite tender.
Add the sweet potato and apricot halves, then re-cover the pan and continue to cook until the sweet potatoes are tender (about 20 mins).
Chop all the ingredients to the perfect size for baby.

Meat Baby Food Recipes - Pork And Veggie Dinner

12oz boneless pork shoulder, trimmed
2tsp olive oil
10 fl oz homemade chicken stock
14 oz chopped tomatoes
1 medium onion, sliced
4oz celery, sliced
1tsp dried oregano
1tsp ground cumin
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 bay leaf
8oz courgette, sliced
9oz fresh green beans
1tbsp cornflour/cornstarch
1tbsp water

Cut the pork into 1" cubes and fry in the olive oil over a medium heat until browned.
Drain.
Add the chicken stock, then stir in the tomatoes, onion, celery, oregano, cumin, garlic and bay leaf.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and cover.
Simmer for 45 mins - 1 hour, until the pork is tender.
Stir in the courgettes and green beans.
Bring back to the boil, then reduce the heat.
Simmer for a further 5 mins.
Mix the cornflour/cornstarch with the water.
Stir into the pork mixture and continue to cook, stirring, until thickened.
Cook for a further 2 mins.
Chop to size - and don't forget to remove the bay leaf!

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Meat Baby Food Recipes - Quick And Easy Pork Provencale

2 medium potatoes, cubed
1tbsp olive oil
8oz lean pork, cut into thin strips
4oz cherry tomatoes
1oz orange marmalade
pinch freshly ground black pepper

Microwave the potato for 5 to 10 mins until tender.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat.
Add the pork strips and cook until opaque. Drain.
Add the potatoes and tomatoes, then cook, stirring, for 3 mins.
Add the marmalade and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the marmalade has melted.
Add the black pepper, chop to size ... and serve!

Enjoy experimenting with these meat baby food recipes for your little one ... and congratulate yourself for providing him with fresh, healthy and homemade nutrition.