Making 'Meat' Baby Food

Check out wholesomebabyfood.com. I used to make a baby meal, and then freeze it. They have lots of recipes.

Good luck.

I made all of my daughter's food.

I found some good recipes here: http://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/index.html

The only thing that didn't freeze well was a lamb curry I made --the spices lost their flavor.

Pureeing meats is really easy with a Magic Bullet. I used the Magic Bullet to make all of my twin boys' baby food, including pureed meat. I don't think I ever froze it, but I suppose it would freeze okay as long as it's sealed tight. One good way to serve pureed meat: mix it in with mashed potatoes, regular or sweet. Also, you could mix it up with some mashed lentils or beans. Hope this helps!

I tried chicken and ground beef, boiled and pureed with water/broth. I found that it never really pureed. I ended up with shredded meat in liquid. Freezing made it even more shredded and less pasty. My son never really liked it. When I did things in combos it worked better, cooking up a 'casserole' of sorts and pureeing it. I just used some jarred stuff until he was ready for the combos and chunkier textures.

Until they can eat small chunks and pieces I found slow cooked meats easiest to puree. My favorite was a slow cooked chicken. I had aleady introduced the veggies so I just put it in the cuisinart with some extra water or chicken stock and it was great. I still froze it in ice cube trays.
At nursing homes they put whatever the main dish is in a cuisinart and add some broth and whirl it up.

We didn't do much meats as a little baby. I only pureed meat when we had a stew. We gave the kids little tiny peices of things like shredded chicken, or something small/easily chewed(gummed). This might not be right for your 5 month old, but we never gave meats to our kids that young, so I can't help you much there.

I have doe it just as I do the others. You might want to use a little low sodium broth instead of water when pureeing.

I made all my baby food for my twin daughters. I never made just pure meat, I always mixed it with veggies. If was easier to freeze (didn't get gritty) and they liked it better.

Use canned chicken if you are going to puree it as it is already soft - the cooked chicken (not in can) can be really gritty when pureed. I've heard using a mason jar in a standard Hamilton Beach/Oster blender is useful since the blade gets up higher. Good luck!

I bought ground Bison at whole foods and sauted it up with onion, garlic & carrot. Then I pureed it in the food processor and froze it, just like I'd been doing with fruits and veggies. It was fine. I made about 12 small servings at a time (from a 1/2 pound of ground bison, I think... it's been a while)

I cooked chicken (Baked or grilled, seasoned with some garlic) and pureed it with broth/water until it was very "mushy". It froze fine (I only made half sized ice cubes for the chicken), but I always had to mix it with pureed sweet potatoes for it to get eaten.

Hi "meat" baby food really isn't any different than the fruits and veggies! I always did a ratio of 1/2 cup of cooked meat whether it was chicken or beef, etc. cut up in small chunks and added 1/4 cup of stock or water or milk and pureed it in the processor. I have those cube deals from one step ahead so I did make a tray of meat and a tray of veggies, fruit for the week on Sunday. As your child's tastes change I added a baked apple to the chicken to enhance the flavor, you know for variations sake. My first born also liked the sweet potatoes with apricots or peaches! I think he was closer to 12 mos though before I added stuff! Textbooks say to keep it bland initially, until the lil guys get used to it.Hope that helps! I loved making my babyfood, it is so much more fulfilling! Not to mention better for your baby!

I made all of my daughters food. I only did chicken and turkey for her meats. It worked well. Just make sure you do not buy frozen meats to cook and puree, those are not recommended for refreezing. So only do this with fresh meats.

I even made chichen and veggies, chicken and rice meals in one.

I've always made my twins' food (now 16 months) and have been working on finding ways to give them meat since they understandably don't like the texture.

What has been working GREAT recently are meat & cheese quesadillas! I cook either chicken or beef with a fajita spice packet that isn't too hot-spicy, just flavorful. When fully cooked, I toss the meat in the mini food processor so it's completed ground. I shred Monterey Jack cheese and use flour tortillas. This is very quick and easy to make and although I don't freeze them, they do last in the refrigerator for a few days (just give them a 30 second microwave boost). They will eat 2-3 "triangles" each and if there's anything left over I'll eat it!