Customer Reviews

Fresh Baby So Easy Baby Food Kit (cookbook, Video, Trays & Card)

5 star:		(36)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This system is the best for making fresh baby food at home!

The book uses chapters to show you which foods to introduce at the appropriate ages. The first chapter is first foods, and features easily-digestible foods like acorn squash and pears. As the book progresses with the baby's age, the food variety increases to include things like asparagus and black beans. The final chapters introduce berries and nuts for babies over 12 months. There is no meat in the system, but they do have tofu.

The book tells you exactly how many of a fruit or veggie to buy, what to look for in selecting fresh produce, and step-by-step instructions on how to clean, peel, cook and puree the food for your baby. It is an excellent guide, even for the novice shopper/food preparer. It doesn't miss a step!

They also make suggestions on which spices can be added to the food while cooking for flavor variety. For instance, they tell you how much cinnamon to add to your cooking apples to get delicious cinnamon applesauce. This makes for delicious taste-tempters like vanilla pears and ginger yams that babies can't resist!

To add even more variety to your baby's diet, the book suggests "medleys" which are combinations of foods that go well together. Once you have introduced both foods separately, you can create a medley for an interesting variation.

Major pros of this system:

1 - Save money! Buying fresh produce in season and making your own baby food from it is sooooo much cheaper than buying all of those little jars.

2 - Baby is healthier! Commercial jarred baby foods contain fillers that have no nutritional value. They also can contain pesticides and preservatives. I don't want my baby eating any of that!

3 - Food tastes better! Have you ever tried jarred baby food? Blech! It doesn't taste anything like the food it's supposed to be! No wonder baby spits it out - I would too. The pureed foods from this system are fresh and tasty, and baby will love them. An excerpt from the front of the book: "Did you know that baby food could be up to three years old when you buy it on the grocery store shelf?" Sorry, but I don't want my baby eating anything older than him.

I adored this system when my son started eating solid food, and I still use it today to create healthy fresh side dishes for him and the rest of the family. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to make their own baby food - it's the best!

I like the layout of the book and the suggestions of combining different food together and what age is appropriate for the combination. The green tabs that divided the age sections are also very helpful.

This book only shows how to cook food using a microwave and nothing else. That's why I gave a 4 stars. The trays are easy to use and easy to pop the cubes out. The note that comes with the trays suggests that the trays to be washed by hands and not by the dishwasher to avoid warping. I've been washing them by hands and don't see any warping at this point.

I also purchased "The Petit Appetit Cookbook: Easy, Organic Recipes to Nurture Your Baby and Toddler" by Lisa Barnes. This one has instructions for steaming, or using a microwave, or sometimes using the ovens. I like the ideas of have alternatives.

This kit is a great way for Moms and Dads to make their own baby food. The video is a tad cheesy and not totally necessary but the Cworkbook (tad cheesy name for the book) is great. The "recipes" tell you how to pick out the best produce (feel, look) and also how to ripen and store the produce. A lot of this info has been helpful for my own use!

The book sort of downplays the benefits of organic produce but it makes some good points. As a Mom of an allergenic child, it would have been nice to have info on what produce is higher on the 'allergenic scale' than others. I also would have liked to see some info on how to pick and prepare meats for those who choose to give their children meat.

The trays are excellent, the recipes are great and also the notes on what spices you can add after 8 months and 12 months is great.

I highly recommend this. I think I might buy a couple more trays!

This is an excellent kit. I bought one for myself and was able to make baby food while working full time and being pregnant. It really takes no time at all, it is much cheapier then buying baby food and you are open to a wide range of foods to introduce your baby to. I now by this for all my baby shower gifts!

I toyed with the idea of making homemade baby food, and then I met the creator of this product at a seminar and she convinced me to give it a try. There are so many benefits to doing it -- from greater nutrition to greater variety to saving money. Not to mention modeling your baby's palatte to include fresh and healthy foods as opposed to the processed taste of bottled baby foods.

The book and DVD are super helpful and the system couldn't be easier. You are given instructions on how to pick out the given produce item at the market, how much to buy to create the number of servings, how to store it, how to cook it, and various ways to serve it to your baby at different stages. You will be amazed -- you will be licking the spoon after you scoop it into the provided trays. Speaking of which, I love that they are made in the USA with all the scary things you read about products made in China these days.

Definitely give it a try.

I liked the kit however, for less money you can buy just the hardcover book. You're not really getting anything extra by buying the kit except a dvd thats not all that helpful (same info in book) and ice cube like trays (you can just use regular trays). Very easy recipes and easy to get started. Overall good product

I had so many questions in regard to making and feeding my baby home made fresh baby food. This kit was soo helpful. I dont eat veggies nor do I know how to pick out what's fresh or in good shape. The Cworkbook made it soo easy. It tells you everything you need to know from picking the right vegetables & fruit, Prep, cooking, grinding and storing. It also gives you background on so much more in regard to your childs nutrition and health.

The food trays are great too. They are the perfect size. If you tend to make bigger batches as I do, the two trays wont be enough. You cant either buy more of these trays, which the lid is really helpful. Or use regualr ice cube trays and sliding them into a ziploc bag for a fresh freeze.

All in all this was an awesome kit nad I reccomend it to all of my friends. Have fun making your baby's food. It is such a rewarding treat for your child. It is also rewarding for you, you control the ingrediants and the cost. It is so much more cost effective than buying bottles. Good luck and have fun!

The cookbook is simple and easy to read. It is marked out well w/markings on the side of the page for easy reference. The "recipes" are arranged by age group which is nice.

Now the "recipes" simply tell you how to cook, puree, and freeze the baby food. (I don't really need a cookbook to tell me that) But the book is arranged for easy reference. I can look up and see how many apples I will need to make two trays of apple puree. There are charts and tips for traveling w/your baby in reference to feeding. Etc. There is nothing out of the ordinary that I probably couldn't find on-line but I enjoy having everything in one place. The cookbook also has spaces to write in to personalize it for your baby. When he/she stared each food and whether he/she liked it. And it provides variations for each puree and when each item can be introduced. It's a very basic entry level cookbook but I am glad I got it.

The video is kind of cheesy and it just highlights the book. If you enjoy a summary, that's what the video is. I don't plan on watching it again. I will refer to the book.

The trays seem nice. I just began using them but they worked out well. The lids went on easy and seem firm.

I think this product is worth it for the cookbook and the trays. Especially if you can get it on sale.

Also, I had a few questions for the authors so I went to their website. My question was answered by them by the next day so that was very helpful as well.

I am so glad I got this set. I am still learning how to cook in general, and really didn't know anything about making baby food. I have a much older child, and at that time it was just natural to buy jar baby food. I wanted to do better with my new little son, especially since I am really into healthy and organic food.

Although I was still intimidated at first, and used organic jar baby food during the first few weeks while my son got used to eating (and mostly wasted his food), I now make all of his baby food (except carrots, which my baby's doctor said it's better to buy for various reasons). It does not take long at all -in most cases, you are just cutting fruit or veggies, microwaving it for 3 to 5 minutes, letting it cool, blending, and scooping into trays to freeze. This book will give you an easy system to get it done. If you add a couple trays of new food to your freezer every week, before long you will have a nice selection of fruit and veggies for your baby. Mine is 8 months old now, and it makes me feel really good to know that as a mother who works full time I am still able to give my baby homemade baby food -I don't worry about what's in it, and it's true that compared to jar food it tastes so much better.

I usually mix fruit with a rice, oatmeal, or grain cereal for morning and night meal, and do a warm veggie "soup" for my baby's lunch, and he loves everything. I've found the cooking times for the food in the book to be accurate, if you go too long it might bubble over, so that is nice. And I am very confident in making baby's food now. Finding a food in the book is also a nice reassurance that it is appropriate for baby, though I am not introducing foods in the exact order listed in this book.

I bought 2 other books of baby purees, but so far this book has been all I needed...sice you only want to introduce one new food at a time, this simple book is enough to keep you busy with a new baby. I like the suggested combinations for mixes, as well. Before long, I may start using the other baby puree books, but honestly it probably won't matter to baby, the food I'm giving him now, though simple combinations, is keeping him healthy and happy. Now I don't know why I thought making my baby's food would be hard...but clearly I needed a little help since like a lot of busy people these days cooking just isn't my area of expertise, and it's been a long time since I had a baby.

Finally, for soft fruits I like to blend with the Kidco electric baby food blender, the size is nice and mixes very well, and is easy to clean. For more chunky fruits or veggies, especially potatos, I am VERY glad I have a Vitamix, which gets it nice and smooth. Also better for large batches. My son has a major gag reflex, so I still have to keep his food VERY smooth/watery/soupy, so this is important. For freezing, I have trays with ice cube size and slightly larger size holes, and both are nice, I like being able to choose larger or smaller portions. I also absolutely love the small 4 oz rubbermaid containers with lids, great for a small portion that you can thaw and mix right in the container for serving, or for when you have enough food left for just one or two containers, don't want another tray in your freezer.

Good luck! If you are worried making baby food is hard or too time consuming, this will show you otherwise, highly recommended. Even if you have just a little time, you can buy some jar food, and make your own food when you have the time, and then slowly transition to all homemade baby food as you get the hang of it, that's what I did.

I bought this set just after my baby turned 6 months. He's my first, and I knew absolutely nothing about making baby food. The book is particularly useful and gives easy-to-follow instructions, categorizing the "recipes" by age so that you have an idea about when to introduce different foods. My child is now almost 11 months, so after using the set for a while, I have some suggestions.

1. You might consider just buying the book. If you have a child who eats a lot (as mine does) you probably don't need the trays at all. It wasn't long after starting solid food that I ditched the trays altogether and just refrigerated or froze the food in larger containers. It got to the point where he was eating 6 cubes at a meal -- at only 4 servings per recipe there wasn't much point in messing with making and storing cubes. The video only restates the information in the book.

2. Making the food from fresh produce works great and the instructions are great, but a much more cost-effective option is using frozen fruits and vegetables. The investment of prep time and money is significantly less when using bags of frozen food.

In all, as a introduction to making baby food, I can't imagine a much better option than this book.