Minced meat stew

Ingredients

1 cup (1 fist) minced meat

Steps

1 medium size onion

2 medium sized tomatoes

2 carrots

1 tablespoon (1 full thumb) of fat or oil

1 cup (1 fist) clean water

Iodized salt to taste

Clean cooking area, cooking bowls, and utensils with soap and clean water. Wash hands with soap and clean water. Wash all vegetables with clean water.

Chop all vegetables into small bite sized pieces

3 Food Groups

Heat the fat or oil in a cooking pot; add the onions and cook until they are soft and golden brown.

Add tomatoes, stir, and cook until they are soft. If you are cooking over gas, kerosene, jiko or fire, lower the heat. Continue cooking until tomatoes are soft.

Mix in minced meat and clean water, cover and continue to cook until the meat is tender and falls apart easily.

Add carrots and continue to cook until carrots are soft, and you can pierce them with a fork.

Add iodized salt to taste. The stew should be thick, soft, and easy to eat.

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Let stew cool before serving so you do not burn your baby’s mouth.

Wash your hands and your child’s hands with soap and clean water before feeding your child.

Recommended additions for dietary diversity:

Helpful Hints

• At this age, your child should be eating about ¾ cup (3 cupped handfuls) of food at each meal and a snack.

• If you have extra food, you can feed it to other children or store it in a covered container for NO MORE THAN 4 hours. If you store the food, be sure to heat it thoroughly before feeding it again to your baby.

• Continue breastfeeding on demand until your baby is 2 years old or more.

Growing up, I heard elders say that eating meat can make a child weak. At the nutrition clinic we were taught that meat is a nutritious food for children. As a community health volunteer, I teach families that the protein in meat help children grow strong. Young children can safely eat meat if it is soft and mashed.