Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby by Annabel Karmel Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby
Book Review: This is ok, worth it!
Summary: 4 Stars
I do like this book, it has a lot of info. I actually typed in home made baby food and found better things all online but the book is nice. Book Review: Baby, Meet Papaya...
Summary: 4 Stars
This nifty little book makes it easy to make the jump from feeding your baby green gloop that grows in jars to feeding you baby stuff that (gasp!) you can make yourself and your baby will actually like. I mean, no wonder kiddo doesn't like to eat something that's been sitting on the shelf for six months. Have you ever tasted some of those baby "foods" yourself? Wallpaper paste. I'm tellin' ya. Wallpaper paste.
Simple instructions make it easy to make and feed fresh organic foods to your baby. Explanations of what foods contain which kinds of nutrition help you make good food choices. Easy freezing instructions where applicable help add to convenience. Everything you need equipment-wise to follow these recipes is probably already in your kitchen. All the ingredients can easily be found at any grocery store.
Also, there is a section on the special feeding needs of preemies, which I was glad to see, since my son was a 32-weeker
In any case, where are you going to find banana-papaya baby food commercially? And that's my son's favorite. He giggles when he eats it.
The only reason I didn't give five stars is because I also have some questions about the appropriateness of feeding certain items to a less than 12 month old, like cheese and other milk products. I share with some other reviewers the urge to be careful with some recipes.
I would have had to give four stars anyway, because of the multiple pictures in the book of the author feeding her baby in a perfect pink 29 layer merengue and bows outfit with no food spatter anywhere. As if.
Book Review: Good book
Summary: 4 Stars
If you have no idea how to make the home-made baby food then this is a good starter's book. The idea of the whole thing is more or less the same but once you read it and you can do your own alteration.Book Review: We love this book at our house
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are going to make your own baby food this book is a must. It starts out with simple purees and moves on to a little more substancial foods - all great for baby's first year. I branches out to foods that you wouldn't normally think to feed a baby, i.e. avacados, fish, etc. The pictures are nice and the recipes are easy to follow. I would buy a hand emmersion blender if you don't already have one. I have only found 1 recipe that my son does not like. My family also likes to taste the foods I make from this book. I also like to use the Deceptively delicious book by Jessica Sienfield - I can make the purees for the baby and then also use them in the recipes in Jessica's book.Book Review: More adventurous cooking
Summary: 4 Stars
This book was recommended to me by my girlfriend who has 2 boys who eat really well as a reference for more adventurous recipies. It is well presented and has some great recipies and combination ideas especially once you have introduced some of the basic foods. I also enjoyed the tips and food facts which you are given with the recipies themselves. My only concern was the inclusion of things like tomatoes and citrus fruits (strawberries, blueberries) at 6-7 months as these are possibly allergic foods and I personally wouldn't introduce them that early. However, there is a good introduction that goes over allergies, starting solids etc which is worth reading first. I am sure that this will be well used in the future!