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Loading... First Meals: Fast, Healthy, and Fun Foods to Tempt Infants and Toddlers (edition 1999)by Annabel Karmel
Work InformationFirst Meals by Annabel Karmel
![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. I loved this book when my daughter was little. Baby food menu planning. It appealed to the frustrated Martha Stewart in me, who was impatient for Bella to grow up. Lots of fun. This seems like a fun, basic book on cooking for older babies & toddlers. Packed with recipes and pictures, it is appealing and easy. I didn't find much useful information on feeding infants, but there was quite a bit for babies as soon as they start eating multiple ingrediants and non-pureed foods. My main complaint would be that she emphasizes turning most meals into "fun" shapes. While I adore my kid, it's unlikely I'm going to do fancy knifework on her sliced Cheddar except on special occasions. I'm thinking she needs to learn that cheese tastes good even when it's not shaped like a sailboat. no reviews | add a review
Presents over two hundred illustrated meal recipes for children four months to five years old, and provides detailed advice on cooking equipment, preparation, freezing and reheating, feeding, and meeting a baby's quickly changing needs. No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)641.5622Technology Home and family management Food And Drink Cooking, cookbooks Cooking, Specialized Situations Cooking for Children Children, ToddlersLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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The recipes are presented in section according to the child's palette growth and ability to eat various foods.
I really liked this book for it's many pictures and thoughtful layout of children's eating habits.
The breakfast recipes are GREAT! Quick, simple easy to prep in a few minutes.
Unfortunately, the author didn't really seem to test her dinner recipes. I found a lot of them to be a LARGE amount of prep and cook (what toddler waits 1.5 hours for a dinner? Really?) and would NOT recommend the dinner recipes, due to time, not taste.
I would like to encourage the author to create another cookbook for just breakfast recipes and drop the dinner recipes completely. (