#80: Can you imagine being threatened and bullied on social media because you chose to feed your baby recipes from your own food culture? Well it happened to Graca Williams on TikTok and she’s here to talk about it!

Graca is a stay-at-home mom who grew up in the Congo and now lives in New York. She does baby-led weaning with her daughter Zuri and she made major headlines last week after posting a video on TikTok of the lamb curry recipe she made and served her baby. People were SO CRUEL in the comments of the lamb curry video...one troll even threatened to call CPS on her!

Listen to this episode to learn:

How she started baby-led weaning with Zuri here in the US and why that looks a little different than what her family does in the Congo
Why she thinks people took such offense to feeding a baby lamb curry...and why she continues to share recipes even after getting a lot of hateful feedback on TikTok
What we can do if we’re getting pushback or negative feedback from people in our community when it comes to the way we decide to feed our babies

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/80

Links from This Episode:

Graca owns and operates a small shop called Texy Kitchen where she makes seasoning and spice blends and sauces. You can support her business and check out some of these great flavor options for the whole family at www.texykitchen.com
Graca is sharing recipes on her social platforms and you can find her at:
Youtube
TikTok
Instagram @texykitchen
And because I KNOW you guys want that lamb curry recipe, here’s how Graca makes lamb curry for baby zuri!

RECIPE: Lamb Curry for Baby Zuri

Ingredients
Black pepper, 1 Tbsp
Cumin, 1 Tbsp
Rosemary, chopped, 1 tsp
Dried thyme, 1 tsp
Curry powder (not hot), 2 Tbsp
Lemon juice, 1 Tbsp
Sweet pepper (orange or yellow), diced, 1
Olive Oil, ¼ cup
Butter, 1 Tbsp
Garlic cloves, 3
Water, 1 cup
Lamb, 1 pound cut in pieces about 2x2 inches

Instructions
Blend dry spices in a blender
Add water and lemon juice so it’s a little liquidy
Fry lamb in oil just until brown on each side
Put sauce on lamb, let cook for 10 minutes on stovetop with lid on so it steams and until lamb is soft and shreddable and safe to serve to baby
Serve lamb curry over rice

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