Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron
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Book Reviews of Super Baby Food
Book Review: This book is a gift
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has enhanced not just my baby daughter's diet, but my entire family's. Ruth Yaron gives parents the confidence to prepare and feed their families healthy, nutritious home made foods. It has also given me so much more information on food types than any other book on adult nutrition.
There are concerns within these reviews that the book does not warn strongly enough on nuts, eggs and other products. I am glad she has warned gently, rather than frightening the daylights out of me. I have given my daughter nuts, nut products and egg yolks whilst watching carefully for reactions, which she fortunately did not have. It would have been a shame to have denied her these nutritious foods due to over the top warnings and fear.
This book is packed full of tips, which again seems to irritate some readers. I have put to use a lot of these tips and sometimes flick through the pages just to read them.
For me this book is full of love, inspiration, nurturance and care. It's written with humour. Not once did I find the book preachy or ranting. Like all good books, I have taken from it what I need and what suits me and incorporated that into my lifestyle in my own way. I don't dismiss the whole book because some aspects of it do not suit me (such as making homemade cleaning products).
I love this book and now must go and check on my home-made organic yogurt that this book taught me to make (saving me $5 a tub, or $10 a week).
Book Review: Much more than "Super Baby Food"
Summary: 5 Stars
After deciding to attempt making homemade baby food, I purchased this book. To my surprise, it was not only easy to prepare, freeze and serve the baby food, but it was alot of fun, too. This book has been the best reference for making nutritious and tasty food for my son since he was four months old. I started using the book as soon as he was able to enjoy "people food" and I still use it today now that he is able to feed himself. The recipes, crafts, and cleaning ideas at the back of the book are wonderful. There is some much more to this book than just the foods. I consider it a total nutrition reference book!
The breakdown by month is very helpful in determining the types of foods to introduce and the four day wait period is a good measure to rule out any allergies. To this day, people are amazed at the foods that my son will eat. From avocado to ground millet to tofu and more. His favorite is Avocado, who would have thought?
Although my son is in daycare, I have noticed that he does not get sick nearly as often as the others in the infant room. I truly believe that it has something to do with his diet, although I can't prove that.
If you ever thought about making your own baby food, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. It is easy, more cost effective than jars and really does not take much added effort. You will definitely feel as though you are giving your child the very best nature has to offer.
SUPER BABY FOOD IS A WONDERFUL REFERENCE BOOK! I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ALL NEW MOM'S.
Book Review: An excellent guide to the lost art of homemade baby food ma
Summary: 5 Stars
I was given this book by a friend when I was pregnant, and it's been in my kitchen ever since. Yaron's book lays out a great plan for introducing healthy eating to infants, including many super healthy foods often ignored by baby food makers, such as avocados, okra, parsley, leafy greens, etc. I have been seeing a nutritionist since I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and she is thrilled that my baby eats so many veggies! Super Porridge is also a great cereal full of whole grains (she has a great section on why whole grains are superior to processed, refined grains), and adding legumes as she suggests is a great way to balance out protein and carbohydrates! Other reviews I have read suggest discounting Yaron's entire book because of some suggestions with which they do not agree. While I myself do not subscribe to every last detail of the Super Baby Food diet (I feed my baby much less fruit and starch than she suggests and do not believe soy is healthy food for anyone, at the discretion of my nutritionist), her book has still been extremely helpful in guiding a caring mom through the lost art of homemade baby food making. Scattered through the book is Yaron's plea to "check with your pediatrician first." This is mind, I would highly recommend this book to any parent looking for healthy alternatives to processed, overpriced, jarred baby food who is willing to work with one's pediatrician/nutritionist in making healthy eating decisions, which we should be doing anyway.Book Review: Even a nutrition dunce can learn feed their baby correctly !
Summary: 5 Stars
This book really will explain step by step everything your baby needs in words anyone can understand. Even if you decide not make your own baby food, this book is worth every penny! I knew NOTHING about nutrition other than there was a recommended food pyramid somewhere out there and according to it you were to eat a lot of grains! This book not only gives you an outline of what to feed your baby starting from her very first meal, but also which foods have certain vitamins in them. With this book, parents can make sure that a diversified grouping of vitamins is represented daily in each meal they give their baby. I even had a question about something I had read and I e-mailed the author and she very promtly responded to my question! Without this book I would have never had the confidence to make my own baby food, nor would I have known what to do with it other than serve it to my baby fresh. It took me three months to decide to make my own food, and now I am hooked! I just thought I was way too busy to do it, but it really is fast and easy. Ruth has everything down to a truely organized science. I am NOT an organized person and after I have followed her step by step directions and everything is labeled and bagged, I feel so good about myself! I KNOW what my baby is eating instead of guessing how much filler from commercial baby food is added--it really opens your eyes after you make your first batch of food.Book Review: Take what you need from it, when you need it
Summary: 5 Stars
It seems like my son goes through a "food crisis" every 2-3 months-- the crisis being that none of the old standbys work anymore, and I'm fresh out of ideas and patience. I find this book is a lifesaver during those transitions.
This is good, natural whole food that you can customize to your comfort level--no guilt if you don't agree with all her suggestions. You don't have to read it front to back, but can refer to parts you're having trouble with. For example, I resisted the concept of her "super porridge" for a whole year before I gave it a look, and tada! it's not near as complicated as I'd imagined, plus it addressed my concern-of-the-month, which was getting a picky 15-month-old to eat healthy grains.
There's so much information in this book that I'm not sure anyone could absorb all of it at once, anyway. But whenever I have a concern, it's in there. Plus, I like to browse through it for ideas once in a while, and always find something of interest. Her food facts are really helpful (didn't know there was so much to learn about eggs!!), the recipes are mostly basic, and easily adaptable. We're vegetarian, and he's often picky, but you can tell by looking at him that he doesn't miss many meals-- and enjoys most of them. I couldn't recommend this book enough for anyone who doesn't rely on convenience foods or who believes that french fries don't count as a vegetable.