Learn About Meats and Proteins for Baby Food - Easy Homemade Baby Food & Baby Food Recipes

Beef contains heme iron which is the form of iron most bioavailable and utilized by the body! Beef also contains protein and even calcium! Beef is a great way to get some iron into your baby's diet!

Chicken & Turkey are high in protein and iron. They are the most easily digested of the meats and most often recommended as baby's first meat.

Eggs Most pediatric resources agree that egg yolks are fine for baby to eat when baby is around 8 months old.  Please keep in mind that the egg whites should not be fed to baby before 1 year old. 

Fish When purchasing fish to make in baby food recipes, be sure to purchase fish that is fresh whenever possible. The "white" fish should look firm and may have a bit of tan or pinkish near the "inside" of the filet.

Tofu is often overlooked as a baby food and it is sometimes "feared" by many! Tofu has a strange sort of mystique about it, seen as an odd spongy looking glob and tofu is thought of as a food for only the "naturists", earthy-crunchy, vegan types.  Many people contemplate buying Tofu but find themselves in a quandary trying to figure out what they would do with it once they get it home!

Pork is a very healthy meat and goes great in many different baby food recipes

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Baby Food Cubes May Be Safely Kept in the Freezer for 3 Months. 

It is preferable, not an absolute must, to use the cubes within 1 month however.