Can Babies Eat Venison?

The meaning of the word venison was the meat originating from a game animal, but nowadays it refers mostly to the meat of an elk or of a deer. In Southern Africa it means the meat of antelope. The definition is used to refer to any part of the animal, including the internal organs.

Venison can be cooked in different ways: as steaks, roasts, tenderloin, sausages, jerky or as minced meat. Its flavor is similar to beef’s flavor. Venison is low in fat, and it is seen as a pretty healthy meat for human consumption, especially because deer’s diets are based on grass and wild plants.

Venison is high in protein and in iron, and has some magnesium. Iron is important in our general energy, helps our immune system, regulates our body temperature, and venison can offer us a great amount of iron.

Parents can introduce venison into their babies’ diets starting at the age of 6 months old. Babies need proteins to grow, also nutrients, that venison can offer.

Venison Stew

Ingredients: 400g of diced venison, 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 2 medium sized onions, 1 clove of garlic, 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 2 tsp dried thyme, 1 bay leaf, 300ml water, 3 large sized potatoes, 300g of swede, 2 parsnips, 2 medium sized carrots, 1 heaped tbsp plain flour.

Heat the oil in a large pan, add the venison and cook until it turns brown. Peel and dice the onions and the garlic and put them into the pan and fry for another 5 minutes. Peel and dice the swede, carrots, parsnips and potatoes. Add these vegetables, the Worcestershire sauce, thyme, bay leaf and the water to the pan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and cover the pan with a lid, and simmer until the vegetables are tender. Mix the flour with two tablespoons of water and stir it into the pan in order to thicken the stew. Take out the bay leaf before serving the stew.