Customer Reviews

Cooking for Baby: Wholesome, Homemade, Delicious Foods for 6 to 18 Months

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This book has great recipes, and it's well written. What I like the most about this book is that it starts simple with one-ingredient purees, and gradually introduces recipes that have more texture and use the same ingredients that the baby has already had. Before each section of the book (e.g., 6 months, 7-8 months, 9-11 months, etc), there is some good information about food choices, textures, quantities, and similar, that I found useful... I have read many baby food books, and I believe that this one is one of the better ones. Highly recommend it.

This book should be given to all new parents! Excellent organization according to baby age, easy-to-read format, beautiful photos. Includes great lists such as what foods are easiest for baby to digest, which foods might cause gas, and which foods are best introduced when baby is a bit older. Great tips on storing and freezing food. Love that each recipe has side notes about specific foods. This is the best common-sense, organic, healthy approach to feeding your child...don't hesitate to buy it!

I bought this book since I was planning to cook at home for my daughter and I needed some ideas. This book is excellent for the following reasons:

- Separates food introduction by ages:
6 months
7-8 months
9-11 months
12-18 months

- Recipes are simple to follow(believe me I am not an expert on cooking and I was able to make it) and above all they are healthy.

- Tips on food introduction, finger foods and alerts on possible food allergies.

The recipes are really yummy and I even tried some of the recipes myself.

I received this book as a gift, as well as 'Top 100 Baby Purees' by Annabel Karmel. If you are considering purchasing one of these two titles, I really like the 'Cooking for Baby' cookbook - visually, it's very appealing, and the recipes are simple - something I, as the mother of a 6-month-old, appreciate.

I prefer this title over the other I mentioned as these recipes stay away from adding butter and milk to baby's dishes, whereas 'Top 100' uses these additives.

Thus far, I've only made a couple of the vegetable purees (and really, it's not these early recipes that make the book as it's pretty basic, common sense stuff) but am looking forward to making some of the dishes in the 7-to-8-month and beyond sections.

I really like this book as it is the 2nd Baby food cookbook I have. This book gave me the confidence to move on and introduce some spice and unusual ingredients that I wouldn't think to serve to my baby. I made succotash and he LOVED it! (Just lima beans and corn - who knew?)

As a working mom, I'm amazed that I'm able to keep up with making his food - but this book helps with ideas for freezing, reheating and storing. I've been flash freezing extra portions in muffin liners and they work great!

This book is amazing! My daughter is 6 months old, so she just started eating solids, but all of the recipes I have used so far have been great! Very easy and more importantly, very healthy!

I was looking for a way to feed my son with allergies without feeding him the foods he was allergic to. I came across this book and not only are the pictures amazing but there are tips on why certain types of food are offered later and some earlier. I have yet to come across anything in this book that my son won't eat! The best part is now he feels like he's eating what mommy & daddy eat since I'm not just opening a jar to feed him from.

My favorite thing is that it breaks the recipes down by age. Many of the other books just have all the recipes lumped together. Simple, clear, quick, and full of good info.

I received this book as a gift with a baby food cooker for my 3rd child, and I wish I had it for the first two. The philosophy is to introduce all sorts of flavors to baby so that they get used to a wide variety of foods. The recipes are grouped by baby's age, and there are descriptions about the benefits of the foods introduced. There are also easy to follow directions on how to cook in bulk and freeze the leftovers for future use. My 6 month old had zucchini and apricots for dinner tonight. My other two never ate so well!

I'm just venturing into the brave new world of solids and wanted a book full of simple, nutritious recipes that would expose my son to the wonderful flavors of fresh foods. I bought First Meals Food Diary and was shocked by some of the misinformation in there (in the first week of solids, she recommends 7 different foods, and by the end of the first month, 3 meals a day- plus a HUGE mix of foods way too early.) Another problem- by the time the toddler food section came around, the dishes were elaborate and complicated, yet had ingredients like KETCHUP ick!) SO I kept looking. Just got this book, the dishes are simple, nicely combined flavors, and the recomended foods fit much better with common sense introduction of foods. Desserts don't have a lot of sugar, but do have a few spices (like cinnamon). Nice representation of beans, tofu etc. All in all, a book I really feel I can use!