Benefits of Feeding Your Baby with Turkey

Well, your baby just turned seven months and you can’t help but be excited to give them delicious and healthy food. Not at all times, a baby will just settle for milk. Their body also needs different nutrients other than the nutrient they get from their milks. Feeding your baby with new foods can either be a delightful or terrible experience. Because we all know that babies can be very picky with their food, and we will never know if he’s going to love or hate it. For example, about introducing meat to them usually gets a “no-no” answer. But adding some flavor to it just like a turkey, or chicken or the like may be their choice.

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This article will focus on the best ways to cook a turkey and discuss the benefits that your baby can get from turkey that you will serve. These recipes have only a few ingredients and would take less than 30 minutes to prepare. Give your baby their own turkey meal of a lifetime. Your baby will surely love the healthy, comfort food flavors. Making it a simple protein that you can quickly cook for your baby after the long tiring day, take a look at some tips and procedures on how to cook.

When can I introduce turkey foods for my Baby? 

Most pediatricians and experts recommend that turkey and other meats and proteins may be introduced to a baby when he or she reaches seven to ten months old.  Your baby needs to have a few teeth to be able to chew the meat without choking. However, this commendation is varying. In some countries like the UK and Canada, many pediatricians and national health services recommend meats as one of the baby’s first foods due to heme iron level in meats.

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Nourishing with meats to your baby at such a young age helps your baby maintain proper levels of iron and guarantees acceptable levels of protein and zinc as well. Just make sure to feed them with the right food at the right age. It is always better to ask for advice from your baby’s pediatrician to know when should be the right time to feed them.

What are the Benefits of Turkey for Your Baby Food?

Turkey is undeniably rich in iron and protein. It helps to increase the feeling of satiety, it means that it makes a person feel full a bit longer. It is also known as one of the most easily digested food among the meats and that is one of the reasons why you should feed turkeys to your baby. They will not get choked easily. Turkey is also a family of chickens and since chicken is often the most recommended to be the baby’s first meat, and so is the turkey. Here are the vitamins you can get from a Turkey:

Contains some other vitamins in small amounts. Also contains small amounts of copper, zinc, and  manganese 

Best Turkey Recipes to Cook for Your Baby

A delicious way to cook a turkey for your baby is actually by boiling it into pieces in a

slight amount of water with vegetables and a little number of spices such as garlic

powder or basil. Another great way to cook turkey or chicken is by using a pot to boil or.

simmer. Bear in mind that most nutrients will stay into the liquid that you put into the pot

so try to make use of the pot always. Here are some of the healthy recipes that you can

cook for your little that they will surely love.

Turkey Baby Food Puree (Basic)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cold and semi-cooked the boneless turkey (must be cut into strips)
• ¼ plain water or cooking juice

Directions:

Step 1: Place turkey strips into in a blender or a food processor and let it pound until it becomes powdery and the texture is right for your baby. Add water little by little and crush further until it is smooth enough.

Step 2: Add more liquid as much as possible to make it appropriate and easy to swallow for your baby. You can also add vegetables such as carrots, cabbage or fruit if you like.

Brown Rice Turkey and Peach Stew

Ingredients:

• ½ cooked and chopped boneless turkey
• ¼ cooked brown rice
• One ripe peach, peeled, steamed or baked
• 1 tb peach juice or apple juice may be used
• 1 tb milk and 2 ts wheat

Directions:

Step 1: Cook turkey pieces and peach together in a pot with slight water. Let it simmer until turkey pieces are cooked enough. Wait until 20 minutes.

Step 2: Add the rice to the cooked turkey and peach

Step 3: The ingredients should be mixed together then transfer to a blender and puree or chop. Make sure the texture with being good and right for the baby.

Cheesy Turkey in Sweet Potato Mash With Carrots

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup chopped and cooked turkey
• 2 average sweet potato
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese

Directions:

Step 1: Peel and chop the sweet potato and carrots

Step 2: Carrots and potato need to be steamed until it becomes tender. Or if you prefer baking, it is also better.

Step 3: Potato and carrots should be pounded and then add cheese and mash it more.

Step 4: Add the turkey and then chop, mash or puree as possible for your baby

Final words

It is very important to feed your baby with foods that are rich in nutrients. Your baby doesn’t always just rely on the formula milk you feed them. When they have reached the age that they can already eat solid foods, try your very best as a parent to feed them accordingly.

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One example of the known food to cook that is very rich in nutrients is the turkey. As much as possible, add turkey to the lists of recipe you are going to cook your baby. One day they will get used to this kind of food. It is not just healthy, but it’s also the best way to save money because these recipes are actually cost-efficient. And the good thing is that even adults can eat too. Just remember to feed your babies right and with proper prescription from the doctors.

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