Ground meat - how do you serve it?

Pumpmaster T · October 2010

I want to give Colin some ground lamb tonight. Should I just cook it like loose taco meat and give it a whirl through the food processor?

What have you done with ground meat?

smilelari · October 2010

At 10 months, I wouldn't do anything special. I'd just cook it however you do for yourself and serve

4realyo · October 2010

typically my LO won't eat meat yet although I'll give her whatever meat we have for dinner to try, but she never eats it. the only thing i have found that works is to make a casserole type dish - usually i do pasta, ground turkey (or other ground meat), mixed veggies (frozen organic ones that are already small pieces, like a veggie medley of peas, corn, carrot pieces) and a cheese sauce. I portion it in muffin trays and freeze and then usually reheat these for dinner for her. she loves this and its the only way i get her to eat meat or veggies without being a puree mixed in a fruit puree.

4realyo · October 2010

typically my LO won't eat meat yet although I'll give her whatever meat we have for dinner to try, but she never eats it. the only thing i have found that works is to make a casserole type dish - usually i do pasta, ground turkey (or other ground meat), mixed veggies (frozen organic ones that are already small pieces, like a veggie medley of peas, corn, carrot pieces) and a cheese sauce (i make my own with organic cheese, milk & flour). I portion it in muffin trays and freeze and then usually reheat these for dinner for her. she loves this and its the only way i get her to eat meat or veggies without being a puree mixed in a fruit puree.

mistywhite400 · October 2010

Ground meat is still a bit chewy for Emerson. She only has 2 teeth & she just ends up chewing it for hours..haha not really hours but a long time!

ChicNotGeek · October 2010

I steamed some ground meat and ran it through the handi chopper, and my baby gagged on it.

Not that I'm always in favor of this, but I suggest flavoring it with something yummy, or sweetening with a little tiny bit of brown sugar before serving it.

Even I admit that the plain ground meat smelled like dog food. And I buy organic, hormone free, grass fed beef for my baby.

Next time, I'm mixing in some veggies and a little teeny bit of brown sugar to make it more palatable.

Jen&Louie · October 2010

Meatballs have been the easiest for DS to eat (only two bottom teeth so far). They tend to be much more tender than loose meat.

RaeAnt · October 2010

DS first meat was chicken which we pureed with a bit of peach. Last night he got pieces of chicken that were baked in a tomato sauce w/capers & olives. I then cut it up into little bite sized pieces and he did fine. We haven't tried ground meat yet, but I'd think if he could eat the chicken like last night, the ground would work as well. The only issue I could for-see with ground is it breaks apart and he could inhale it, literally rather than chew it. DS does that sometimes when the pieces are too small causing him to choke a bit.

That all said, i would also season it a little. For DS we don't use salt or pepper, but used things like basil,oregano,cinnamon, coriander..... those are good ones to use on lamb anyway. or possibly saute it in a little apple juice.

epphd · October 2010

Actually the only time we've given Sam meat is when we made chicken marsala. I just took some of our leftovers and pureed it. It was the texture of pate and was quite delicious! He scarfed it up. Now I don't want to give him something that we wouldn't eat

I need to make more casserole type dishes to share with him...

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