Rabbit for infants: when to introduce complementary foods, recipe

When the question arises of choosing a healthy diet for a baby, every mother strives to give her child only the best, high-quality and healthy products at the beginning of his gastronomic journey. It’s great if the choice fell on rabbit meat. This meat has always been considered a coveted delicacy dish, along with the commonly available chicken or beef - tender, aromatic, it is a rare holiday guest both in the old days and on modern tables, and it’s very in vain - delicious meat will bring as much benefit as joy from the taste and aroma.

Meat is a new product in the diet

Protein is a building material for muscle tissue, so it is a necessary component of the diet of any person, especially a tiny one who still has time to grow. Many young parents are afraid to give meat too early, so it is always better to ask for advice from a doctor who observes the newborn and knows the peculiarities of its development. It is the doctor who decides where to start complementary feeding: for example, for children who are not gaining weight well, they are recommended to give porridge first. And babies who are actively growing and getting better are the first to try vegetables. Therefore, the choice of products depends on various factors.

Meat is usually offered to babies around 8 months. If the child is on artificial nutrition, and the first complementary foods were introduced at 4 months, then protein can be offered for about six months. They start cooking poultry first; it is advisable to choose turkey meat, since it, as a rule, does not cause allergies, unlike chicken meat. An alternative would be rabbit - a surprisingly gentle and safe product.

Rabbit meat: benefits and advantages

The cost of this meat usually deters parents. However, turkey is also not universally available, like veal. If you want to save money, you will have to choose chicken, but there is some risk in this decision. Taking into account the tiny portions that you will feed your baby for the first time, the expensive meat you buy will still last a long time, so is it worth saving on his health?

It should also be taken into account that choosing a rabbit for an infant means ensuring:

sufficient amount of protein with minimal cholesterol;
safe introduction of meat into the baby’s diet;
easy digestibility and digestion of a heavy product;
healthy development of the baby, because rabbit meat stimulates the development of the brain, bones, nails, and teeth formation due to the high phosphorus content.

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Introducing complementary foods for many parents is quite a difficult task, because you need to decide where to start, maintain a pause between new products, and monitor the baby’s reaction. But the most important thing is to choose safe and truly healthy foods. Among these is dietary meat: how do we cook baby rabbit? There are many answers to this question, because the dish should be tender and tasty.

Of course, at first you will have to cook the baby separately. This is a rather labor-intensive process, but it’s so nice to give your baby new tastes and impressions.

Rules for introducing rabbit meat

If the newborn is developing normally, doctors recommend introducing meat at about 8 months. Before this, his digestive system is not yet ready to digest the protein product. It is important that protein is not the first complementary food - usually it is cereal porridge or vegetables. Therefore, by the time meat dishes are introduced, the stomach and intestines are already prepared.

Like all foods, meat should be given a little at a time. First, literally a drop of it is added to the baby’s usual dish - vegetable puree or soup. You can give it separately - by mixing crumbs of the ground product with breast milk or formula. If there is no negative reaction, which may not occur immediately, but the next day, then the portion is gradually increased.

During the period of protein introduction, the portion weight is increased to 50 g. Up to a year, the portion of meat in the daily diet of the baby is no more than 70 g.

Canned meat: pros and cons

Manufacturers of baby food offer a wide range of canned food, both with pure rabbit meat and with a mixture of vegetables and protein products. Convenient small jars are easy to take on the road or even for a walk; you can use them for future use and not have to prepare the dish every day. But is it safe to use canned food even from leading baby food manufacturers?

It is impossible to check the quality of meat, no matter what is written on the can. It is clear that the use of an expensive product will make canned food also inaccessible, which is not very profitable for manufacturers.
Canned food usually contains starch and preservatives. Even if they are safe, they are completely unnecessary for your 8 month old baby.
Violation of storage conditions that you cannot check before purchase leads to the fact that canned food may be unsafe.

Mom will be much calmer if she buys a rabbit herself, cuts it up and freezes it. It is not difficult to prepare, because it is important to offer the baby chopped and well-cooked meat.

Excerpts from baby food books about meat feeding:

Kid's Kitchen. 1988

“Handbook for parents. Feeding and feeding a child from 0 to 5 years old with love and common sense.” Ellyn Satter.

We eat with gusto. Madeleine Denis. Click on me!!!

We eat with gusto. Madeleine Denis. Click on me!!

We eat with gusto.
Madeleine Denis. Click on me!! Happy weaning!

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Disclaimer #1: It is necessary to understand that the author of the articles on the Encyclopedia Baby Food website is not a medical professional, “I am not a doctor.” The information I share is based on my own experience. My goal is not to teach you how to eat or feed your child, but to tell you about what we did, what new things I learned or read. This allows you to expand your knowledge about baby food, allows you to see the whole process so that you can decide whether you like it or whether it’s worth doing the same.

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Rabbit recipes for baby

Traditionally, the baby is offered soup or puree with meat.

The most delicate option would be puree:

A piece of meat can be soaked overnight, then in the morning it will be more tender and softer.
The next day, the meat is cut into small pieces and boiled. It is important to boil the rabbit in the second water: when the first broth boils, drain it and pour in clean cold water.
This product is cooked for 40 to 90 minutes.
Using a blender, grind the meat into puree. To do this, you need to add a little water to the meat to make the mass tender. If you grind the rabbit in a meat grinder, you should pass it twice and then lightly beat it with warm water.
The baby should be fed slightly cooled puree - to about room temperature. You can add it to the vegetable mixture or try it separately.

Soups are prepared using vegetables that your baby has already tried. To prepare liquid dishes, you need to take the meat and boil it in the same way as described above. After the rabbit is almost ready, potatoes and other vegetables are added to the broth. As a rule, these are onions, carrots, cabbage. You can add salt to the soup, otherwise the dish will be tasteless, and the baby simply will not want to eat it. If you do not have teeth or the ability to chew, the soup should be crushed.
Another delicious option for preparing rabbit is soufflé. Adults will also like it, the dish is so tender. You can cook it in a slow cooker or in the oven. To do this, take 300-500 g of boneless meat, grind it into minced meat, add a couple of quail eggs or a couple of yolks from chicken eggs. For older children, add the pulp of a white loaf (about two slices) and ½ glass of age-appropriate milk. You can add pureed pumpkin or carrots instead, or along with the milk and bread. If the baby is still quite small, then you can first boil the vegetables, chop them and then add them to the minced meat (by the way, you can also boil the meat first). The thoroughly mixed mass is placed in a mold and baked in a convenient manner for about half an hour. Soufflé is a tender alternative to cutlets, which babies are unlikely to be able to chew yet.

Rabbit meat is a healthy dietary product that can be called optimal for introducing protein into a baby’s diet. When preparing it yourself, you can eliminate the risk of infection, the influence of preservatives and products that the baby does not need at all. Of course, the rabbit is boiled and baked for quite a long time, but it allows you to feed the baby a delicious and tender dish with a lot of useful properties.

Cooking rabbit meat for the baby

Observe the following rules when cooking meat:

Use only fresh product. If there is such an opportunity, it is better to purchase a rabbit raised in the village rather than bought in a supermarket.
During cooking, it is worth immersing the meat in boiling water.
Before cooking, any remaining fat accumulations should be trimmed from the carcass.
For children under one year old, meat should be cut across the grain. It must be remembered that after the product is crushed, you should not wash it.
It is better to steam or bake rabbit meat. This way you can save more nutrients than after cooking.
To get juicy and soft boiled meat, you need to soak it in water for two hours in advance.
How long to cook a rabbit for feeding depends on how young the meat is. For your baby, try to buy young specimens. The older the meat, the longer it will take to cook. But it should be cooked for at least an hour . It is better to check its readiness by piercing it with a fork.
If you use frozen rabbit meat, you should defrost it before cooking. To do this, wrap the meat in a paper towel to remove excess moisture. Leave to melt at room temperature. When the rabbit meat has melted, rinse and dry it.