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Summary: Fresh ingredients = Healty & yummy mealtimes!!
Review: I first saw this book at a friend's place where I leafed through it. I love cooking and all the recipes looked so appetizing - even for an adult palette. It wasn't surprising then, to find that Ms. Karmel points out at the end of many of the recipes, how to adjust the seasoning (i.e. adding salt/spices) to suit an adult palette! (This publisher, DK, always has a great way of laying out the text and photos for the greatest impact, too.) When I got home, I immediately ordered it.I made many of the recipes, and my daughter loved each one...and so did I! The nice part was that many of the recipes could also be frozen for later, which helps with little ones' smaller appetites. The recipes were easy to follow and took relatively little time. For busy moms I would recommend making one or two dishes over the weekend and then freezing them in portion sizes for the week. All the ingredients were readily available at my local grocer's too. Overall a great purchase for those who prefer to offer fresh & tasty food over bland jarred or canned baby food. Yum!
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Summary: First Meals
Review: I found this cookbook to be extremely helpful in trying to figure out what to feed my 9 month old. The recipes are easy enough to make. The only downfall would be that you may not already have some of the ingredients in your kitchen. The book is also good in the respect that it gives you ideas of other types of meals you can make for your baby.
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Summary: LOVE THE BOOK
Review: This book is a great buy. My 6 month old daughter loves the receipes. Anyone interested in making babyfood needs to get THIS book!
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
Review: I love this book! I cannot believe it every time I use a recipe out of this book and my 3 year old and my husband eat it up! Some of the ingredients are "unusual" to my typical menu planning and I love that it broadens my family's taste buds. I have now starting using it with my 7month old because I am making her baby food and it has great recipies, advice, and tips to make that process easy! The pictures are beautiful and make me want to try the great recipes inside! I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: My favorite one
Review: I've been cooking for my daughter using this book since she is 1-year old. I like this book because it provides tasty and healthy recipes for babies/toddlers. The recipes are pretty easy to follow and the pictures would definitely help me in figuring out how the food is going to look like. The book also provides samples of weekly menu for kids. I would recommend this book for mothers who enjoy cooking.
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Summary: IMPRACTICAL
Review: The Hard cover layout of this book makes it impractical to use in the kitchen where you need to.
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Summary: Fun Food that is healthy too!
Review: Salmon Starfish on a bed of green bean "seaweed" sounds a bit exotic for children, however one wonders if a child will grow up to be a master chef if fed a healthy diet of gourmet food as a child. ;) While this is written to amuse children and parents alike, I could not help thinking some of the ideas were too good just for kids. The cucumber flowers on the Cucumber and Cheese open sandwiches looked quite lovely for a summer tea as did the salad and cheese cut-out butterfly sandwiches. As a cook who once used to make alligators out of pickles to serve with sandwiches to amuse my clients (don't ask), I can say, this book has some cute ideas. The chocolate profiteroles & puff pastry mice looked good to me! You have to see the "sleeping cannelloni" where they have a blanket of cheese, mushroom faces and black olive boots. The first thing you will notice is that this book is filled with really healthy food! Sure, there are cookies and pastries, but for the most part the food is made from fresh ingredients like vegetables and chicken breast, etc. Annabel Karmel is a leading expert on cooking for children and also happens to be a Cordon Bleu chef. It shows! Her three children are her inspiration. They don't care if the food is healthy, they just want it to taste good. Annabel has combined "child appeal" with sound nutritional principles. Parents can give their children the best nutritional start to life and encourage their children not to be fussy eaters. After a brief introduction, you will want to take a look at the kitchen equipment you will want to have on hand. An electric food processor, hand blender, metal-mesh strainer and moulis will be pretty common in many kitchen, however, you might want to invest in these items when purchasing this book if you are cooking for very young children. When preparing baby food, you will need to blend purees and a food processor will come in very handy. Of course, you can use a mouli to make the puree as my mom was known to do in Africa, where I don't remember bottles of baby food being very common. There is also a section on Food Allergies & Intolerance. The book is divided up into: 4-6 Months: A guide to successful weaning, with advice on introducing solids, and featuring a photographic gallery of first purees and 14 simple recipes. 6-9 Months: Expert information on introducing new tastes and textures, followed by a gallery of more advanced purees and 27 recipes. 9-12 Months: A discussion of developing dexterity and encouraging self-feeing, with a gallery of suitable new foods, including finger foods, and 17 recipes. 12-18 Months - Explaining toddlers' changing dietary needs and the importance of integrating into family meals. A gallery of appealing foods is followed by 25 recipes. 18 Months - 2 Years: Creative and sensible strategies for dealing with fussy eaters. The gallery shows quick-to-prepare foods for active toddlers selected from the 28 recipes. 2-3 Years: Constructive tips on planning easy meals for younger children with a busy day, with a gallery showing perfect party foods and 25 creative recipes. 3-5 Years: Suggestions for ways to encourage your child to follow a varied diet. The gallery shows a cosmopolitan selection of dishes from the 20 recipes. Recipes that look delish: Pear Puree
Rice & Apricot Puree
Papaya & Cottage Cheese
Mango & Banana no-cook puree
Creamy Chicken & Broccoli
Tuna and Zucchini Lasagna
Apple, Mango & Apricot Muesli
Banana Muffins
Strawberry & Banana Smoothie
Homemade Ice Pops
Cheesy Bread Animals A cute cookbook with practical advice written
by an incredibly creative professional cook!
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Summary: Food for your little one's imagination
Review: Beautiful photos, layout and quality--especially for the price. Includes the basics through more fanciful and creative dishes for feeding fertile little imaginations. Very inspiring--even if you don't have time to make all the more elaborate meals, this book has the right idea for engaging your child in the wonderful world of food. I definitely recommend!
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Summary: great ideas, recipes not always accurate
Review: I really love this book. It gives you great ideas (if not always practical) and my baby liked almost everything I made for her from the book. However, be forewarned that some of the cooking times and ingredient ratios are quite off. Fruit and hard veggies often take longer to cook than the book suggests. As for ingredients, I found a few problems there, too. Yogurt pancakes, for example take MUCH more flour than the recipe suggests, and my sausage snails did not actually have the consistency needed to form sausages - I think more bread crumbs were needed than the recipe called for. If you are willing to experiment a little with the recipes, it's a great book!
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Summary: not good for picky eaters
Review: I bought this book when my son was 18 months old. He is now 3 1/2 years old and has never even wanted to try any of the recipes I made using this book. The recipes are complicated and time consuming (not what you want when you are trying to look after a toddler) and too full of undisguised "weird" ingredients that fussy eaters won't even touch. I think it would only be useful for parents whose children are non-picky eaters from the start.
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