I made a huge leap today by not conforming to my usual way of introducing new foods to Maryam. Instead of exposing her to one new food at a time I introduced three in one go this time around. As per this entry's title, they were beef, celery and tomatoes.

The reason? Well, I think Maryam is a big girl already (she's turning 10 months old soon!) and I believe (and pray) that she will be able to tolerate them all, AND silently hope that she will love them all too.

I was quite confounded at first thinking how should I prepare the beef. Should I buy a pack of minced beef, what if they came from overseas like Australia- would there be preservatives in them to make them look fresh? Should I buy prepared minced beef produced by local brands like Ramly, would there be too much trans-fat in them? Should I use beef bought at the market them chop them off into tiny pieces then blend, would it result in a size suitable for Maryam to swallow? Or should I get that meat grinder to prepare the beef?

Anyways eventually I went the traditional way of slicing the beef that was brought off the market, into as small a piece as it can possibly exist. Then I boiled them in a pot till the water dried up. Then I poured them into the food processor before adding in the other ingredients. It ended up being a bit watery 'cause I didn't get rid of the water used for boiling the beef, but not too watery though. Just a bit thin in consistency as compared to the other puree that I made tonight.

Alhamdulillah 'ala kulli hal.