Simply Natural Baby Food: Easy Recipes for Delicious Meals Your Infant and Toddler Will Love
by Cathe Olson
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Author: Cathe OlsonEdition: Paperback
Published: 2003-01-01
ISBN: 0972469036
Number of pages: 132
Publisher: Goco Pub.
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Book Reviews of Simply Natural Baby Food: Easy Recipes for Delicious Meals Your Infant and Toddler Will Love
Book Review: Great little book with lots of information
Summary: 5 Stars
As a working mom with a baby, I knew I wanted to make my own baby food but I wasn't sure where to start. I picked up a copy of this book at a local store, and found it to be just what I needed.
It's a small book, so it's not as overwhelming as many others I've seen, but it has great information and basically follows the advice of my pediatrician as far as when to introduce certain foods, how long to wait before introducing something new, etc.
In the beginning, the foods are really basic. Mashing an avocado or a banana is quite easy, but I hadn't thought about using avacado as a first food. It turned out to be a great first food that my baby really enjoyed--he started with avacado and banana at about 7 months old.
From there it gives you some simple but good combinations, such as apple pear sauce and squash with peas. She goes into the equipment you need, and how to make baby food. I just make up a batch and use silicone ice cube trays to freeze it.
Unlike many other books, this book is not geared toward raising your baby as a vegetarian, but she does say to wait until 10 months or so before giving meat (my pediatrician recommends 11-12 months). There are, however, many vegetarian and vegan meals in the book for children who are either not eating animal products yet, or who are raised vegetarian or vegan. For these children, she recommends additions such as nutritional yeast and sea vegetables to make sure they get enough vitamins and minerals.
I really love the toddler food section, where she has many meals that sound great for the entire family. She also has a number of desserts that don't contain sugar or artificial sweetners (most of them contain fruit or other natural sources of sugar). There is absolutely no reason to ever give a baby or toddler any food that contains sugar, although a few other baby cookbooks I have contain sugar laden recipes.
To answer some of the other critics about this being for "crunchy" people or containing a ton of weird ingredients, I'd like to say that I'm a normal person who lives in Alaska and is a full-time Realtor and a full-time mom. I like to hunt and fish, and we are not vegetarian or vegan. I do try to eat healthy, and buy organic produce when I can, but living in Alaska I'm limited in what is available.
We don't have a lot of health food stores or restaurants here, but I can find the ingredients in her sea vegetables in our local store in the Japenese food section. I was unable to find one ingredient (hiziki I think), so I just used the other ones. I've added them to many foods I cook for myself and my husband as well, since they are a good source of iodine, iron and calcium.
My pediatrician even recommends kelp as a good source of iron for infants at 6 months of age (granulated kelp is found as a salt substitute in the seasoning aisle of my local store). The author always says you can substitute kelp for the sea vegetable mix.
I think this is a great book to introduce people to a few new healthy foods that are easy to incorporate into your baby's diet. I've purchased 5 books on baby food, and this is by far the best. My only complaint is that all cook books should have a spiral binding to make them easier to use while cooking!
Summary of Simply Natural Baby Food: Easy Recipes for Delicious Meals Your Infant and Toddler Will Love
When feeding babies, parents need to think outside the box—or the jar. Infants develop more rapidly in the first two years than they will in any other period of their lives. Over processed foods containing chemicals, preservatives, pesticide residue, and genetically engineered ingredients cannot nourish a growing baby. Infants need fresh, natural foods just like the rest of us.Eating well can be easy, fun, and inexpensive. "Simply Natural Baby Food" gives you practical recipes to prepare whole foods that won't tie you to the kitchen. Best of all, your children will learn good eating habits that will last a lifetime. There is a chapter for each stage of a baby's eating development from first solid foods to fun recipes for toddlers. Tips are interspersed throughout the book to give the reader advice on cutting preparation time, helping baby to gain feeding independence, and getting maximum nutrition into baby's meals.
The book contains detailed recipes for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, desserts, and beverages, including infant cereals, whole-grain crackers, sugar-free sweets, and non-diary nut and seed milks. Parents will appreciate the imaginative ways vegetables are incorporated into meals. For the child with allergies, many wheat-free, diary-free, and egg-free recipes have been included. "Simply Natural Baby Food" promotes a plant-based diet. Fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, sea vegetables, nuts and seeds are emphasized. There are recipes containing dairy products, fish, and poultry because, eaten in moderation, these foods contain important nutrients, but vegetarian and vegan alternatives are provided for virtually every recipe.
Find out how easy it is to prepare your own baby food. You'll save money and give your child the best possible start.
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