Mini Spinach Beef Burgers

Deciding how to offer meat to our babies can be a difficult one. I’ve been playing with the idea of ground meat (savoury mince on a preloaded spoon, perhaps?), a tender beef stew or a slow-cooked leg of lamb. I ended up deciding to use ground beef to make mini spinach beef burgers as I felt that ground meat would be easier for babies to physically handle and, in the form of a burger, easier for them to hold and self-feed. Meat, particularly red meat, is an important consideration when starting solids as it provides a highly absorbable form of iron and is also an important source of zinc and Vitamin B12.

Mini Spinach Beef Burgers

Eleanor Craig

For this recipe, I used ground beef to make mini spinach beef burgers as I felt that it would be easier for babies to handle.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 6 baby size burgers

Calories 226 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 1 pound ground beef (minced beef) - lean
• 1 medium carrot
• 3 ½ cups spinach
• 1 medium egg - lightly beaten
• 1 cup breadcrumbs - fresh
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste

Instructions

 

• Steam spinach either in the microwave with a little water or in a steamer for 5 minutes. When spinach is cool enough to handle, squeeze spinach from excess water and blend in a food processor until smooth. Place in a mixing bowl.
• Place carrot in the same food processor and whizz until finely chopped. Place in a bowl with spinach.
• Add mince to spinach and carrots and add egg, breadcrumbs, garlic powder and tomato paste.
• Mix ingredients thoroughly and form into ‘burgers’ using 2-3 tablespoons of mince mixture for each burger.
• Cook burgers on a lightly oiled grill pan (or fry pan) over medium to high heat for 5-6 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
• Cool before offering as finger food for baby (or toddler).
• It makes 6 adult size burgers and 6 baby size burgers (or lots of mini burgers).

Nutrition

Calories: 226kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 19gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 234mgPotassium: 448mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 3420IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 3mg

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