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Aug 2024

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Meat: How to Prepare Meat Safely for Bab...

About this episode

#455: Are you scared to offer your baby meat? Meat offers a variety of taste, texture and nutrition experiences, but it can be hard to make meat safe for your baby to eat. In this episode I’m sharing my favorite cuts of meat for baby-led weaning, how to make them safe and the best gateway meat to start with if you’re freaked out to feed your baby meat.

Listen to this episode to learn:

Which cuts of beef and pork are safest for babies…and why we don’t do steak or pork chops
How to make your burgers not fall apart so your baby can pick them up
How to choose the fattier cuts of meat which are safer for your baby to swallow

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/455

Links from this episode:

ezpz: Get all the ezpz feeding gear you’ll be offering this meat out of and use code KATIE10 for 10% off at ezpzfun.com
ProgramBaby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program
Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners

Other Episodes Related to this Topic

Episode 165 - Lamb: How to Safely Prepare Lamb for Baby-Led Weaning
Episode 175 - Pork: How to Safely Prepare Pork for Baby-Led Weaning
Episode 176 - BLW at the Butcher: Identifying Ideal Cuts of Meat for Babies with 4th Generation Butcher Cara Nicoletti
Episode 177 - Red Meat Your Baby Can Safely Eat
Episode 178 - White Meat Your Baby Can Safely Eat
Episode 219 - How to Sous Vide Meat Safely for BLW with Iliana Cruz
Episode 223 - Ground Meat: How to Safely Offer Ground Meat for Babies
Episode 283 - Meat: 5 Cuts of Meat I Never Offer Babies
Episode 383 - Beef: How to Safely Offer Beef to Babies
Episode 342 - BBQ Meats Your Baby Can Eat with Barbecue Pitmaster Taylor Carroll

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Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.

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Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.

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