T-Bone Soup

I know this sounds wrong but there are so many reasons why this is great food for a Toddler. The meat simmers until it is tender and easy for a small mouth (with few teeth) and you make a healthy stock out of the T-bone as the same time as cooking vegetables and meat. This is for the people who want to try their Toddler out on stock but don't want to stare at the vacant eyes of a fish head or wrestle with the skeleton of a chicken.

Olive oil or ghee
1 T-bone with meat sliced in small pieces
White part of 1 leek sliced (or half of one onion)
1 clove garlic
1 carrot
1 cup pumpkin or sweet potato
1/2 cup of greens of your choice

Fry the T-bone and meat in the oil or ghee until brown. Add all of the vegetables except the greens and fry gently for several minutes. Add enough water to cover all of the meat, vegetable and bone and let simmer for one hour. Put in more water if it sinks below the meat and vegetables.

After one hour add the greens and cook until they are tender. Serve the dish by giving the steak and vegetables as finger food and spooning the liquid stock straight into their mouth.

Notes:
* One smallish T-Bone made 3 very beefy Toddler serves - you could make it less beefy and have more serves by adding potatoes, pasta or rice and adding more water.
* I enjoyed scraping the leftover meat off the bone. It wasn't as tasty as grilled steak but it was pretty good.
* Add one teaspoon of vinegar (preferably apple cider vinegar) to the stock to leach the maximum goodness out of the bones.