This Beef and Vegetable Puree is a nourishing homemade puree to give to baby as their first beef meal when starting solid foods. High-quality beef and vegetables don’t need any additives to make them delicious! With no added salt, this homemade baby food can be given from 6 months. Make it a super smooth puree for early weaning, or leave it chunkier. You can even use it as a pasta sauce for Baby Led Weaning (BLW). Fuel baby’s growth with this yummy beef puree!
Baby’s first beef meal
This was my favourite meat puree when Baby LJ started solids, and his first beef meal. It’s easy to make, tasty, and has common ingredients we use in family cooking. It was actually one of the only beef puree recipes I cooked for Baby LJ before moving on to chunkier baby food and finger foods. We had this beef puree, chicken puree, lentil puree, and fish puree on rotation for dinner so he didn’t get bored!
Babies generally don’t stay on purees for an extended length of time after starting solids anyway. It’s recommended that by 12 months of age [1] the texture of their food move from puree to mashed/lumpy to normal texture. By about 9 months Baby LJ was wanting (demanding!) to feed himself and loved finger foods. This Beef and Vegetable Puree was great as a pasta sauce while he made the transition. Give it a try!
Ingredients in Beef and Vegetable Puree
High-quality whole foods are used to make this baby food:
Beef – Use good quality, lean rump steak in this recipe.
Sweet potato and carrot – Root vegetables like carrot and sweet potato are great first vegetables to give baby. They are naturally sweet, and help to balance the richness of beef and mushroom in this recipe.
Mushroom – Use flat or button varieties, whatever looks fresh and plump at your grocer.
Leek – I like to use leek in this recipe for variety, but you can substitute it with brown onion.
Olive oil
How to make Beef and Vegetable Puree
This is a quick, tasty and nourishing meal to create for baby. In a saucepan over medium heat, sauté the leek. Then add the beef, veggies and water, and simmer. Once cooked, use a stick/immersion blender or transfer to a blender/food processor and puree to the consistency you like.
Thermomixer? It’s really easy to cook and blend baby food in a thermo cooker/all-in-one appliance. After sautéing the leek, just add the beef, veggies and water to cook. Blend at the end and it’s done!
You’ll find the recipe card below, with ingredient amounts and detailed steps for both regular and thermo cooker methods.
Serving
First stage weaning or second stage weaning? Offer this homemade puree as a first food when your baby starts solids. This beef baby food recipe is ideal for both Stage 1 (around 6 months of age) and Stage 2 (around 6-9 months) weaning.
For first stage/younger babies, try offering this dish for the first time as a very smooth puree by mixing through a little cooled boiled water, formula milk or expressed breast milk immediately before serving.
For second stage weaning/older babies, increase the texture by blending/pureeing for less time to get the desired consistency.
You can also use it as a pasta sauce for self-feeding and Baby Led Weaning (BLW). You decide which option works best for you and your baby!
Storing this homemade beef puree
This homemade baby food can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days. It can also be frozen. I used baby food freezer trays/ice cube trays for freezing individual portions, so that I had them available at the ready. Be food safe when freezing, defrosting and reheating baby food. For helpful tips on this, Annabel Karmel has a great go-to guide [2] on preparing, freezing and reheating foods for baby 👍.
Looking for more ideas on what homemade baby food to make? Another delicious homemade puree which is great to either serve on its own or as a pasta sauce for self-feeding and BLW is this Chicken, Sweet Potato and Thyme Puree.
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Happy feeding,
Chloe x
Beef and Vegetable Puree
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Ingredients
- 60 g leek washed and roughly chopped
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 150 g lean beef steak cut in 3cm/1 inch cubes
- 3 button mushrooms quartered (75g)
- 250 g sweet potato peeled and roughly chopped into 3cm/1 inch pieces
- 1 carrot peeled and roughly chopped into 3cm/1 inch pieces
- 225 ml water
Instructions
- Chop 60 g leek into small pieces.
- Heat 1 tbs olive oil in a saucepan and sauté leek for 4 to 5 minutes until tender.
- Add 150 g lean beef steak, 3 button mushrooms, 250 g sweet potato, 1 carrot and 225 ml water. Bring to the boil, and then let simmer for 15 minutes until vegetables are cooked through. Remove from the heat.
- Using a food processor or stick/immersion blender, blend until you are happy with the consistency (Note 1).
Thermomix Instructions
- Put 60 g leek into the mixing bowl. Chop for 3 seconds, speed 5, MC on. Scrape down the mixing bowl.
- Add 1 tbs olive oil. Cook for 3 minutes, 100°C/212°F, speed 1, MC off.
- Add 150 g lean beef steak, 3 button mushrooms, 250 g sweet potato, 1 carrot and 225 ml water. Cook for 15 minutes, 100°C/212°F, Speed 1, MC off. Put the simmering basket on the lid to prevent splatter. Scrape down the mixing bowl if needed.
- To puree, chop for 15 seconds, speed 6, MC on. Scrape down the mixing bowl and lid, and repeat until you are happy with the consistency (Note 1).
Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information
[1] Infant Feeding Guidelines: Summary, 2013, National Health and Medical Research Council.
[2] Go to guide: preparing, freezing and reheating foods for baby, 2022, Annabel Karmel.
2 Responses
This is baby’s favourite beef puree, it’s so tasty and full of wholefood goodness!
Thanks for this recipe! Bubs loved it, the taste was great for a simple first beef meal. I blended it pretty fine to a smooth texture with no problems. Will definitely make again!