First Meals
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- ISBN13: 9780756603656
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Product Description
Completely revised, First Meals bursts with dozens of new color photographs and more than 200 recipes to entice even the fussiest baby or kid. This classic cookbook covers the essentials-from flavorful first purées, winning lunchbox combos and simple-to-make family tree meals to finger-licking picnic and party noshes-while delighting the eye and providing hardworking information on nutrition, preparation and cooking times, freezing instructions, and tips on how to handle food allergies, additives, and tough eaters.
“For help from an practiced, try First Meals, a perfectly illustrated, simple -to-follow guide to cooking for kids up to the age of 5.” NEWSWEEK
“Annabel Karmel’s First Meals may be the perfect new-mom gift…” TIMEAmazon.com Review
There’s a well loved game at baby showers in which the new mom-to-be has to taste jarred baby food and guess its contents. Inevitably, the first comment is “Yuk! How do they eat this stuff?” The answer, of course, is that babies don’t know there’s an alternative–fresh, tasty, wholesome food made at home. In the perfectly and extensively illustrated First Meals, Annabel Karmel clarifies how simple and satisfying it is to make baby’s food yourself–from the earliest mashed banana and steamed carrot purees to Singapore Noodles for 3- to 5-year-olds.
Karmel starts with an wide section on early nutrition, pointing out that while grownups are regularly encouraged to follow a high-fiber, low-stout diet, “the under 5s need significantly more stout and concentrated sources of calories and nutrients to fuel their rapid growth during the early years.” Continuing her “Basics” chapter are sections on keeping a well-stocked pantry; the equipment you’ll need; illustrated, step-by-step instructions on preparing your first purees; and notes on freezing and reheating food. Close-up views of spoonfuls of puree are especially helpful for nervous first-time chefs. Chapters of recipes and feeding information are then broken down by age–4-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months, 18 months-2 years, 2-3 years, and 3-5 years, with each chapter addressing the particularities of the agreed age (questions about starting solids are answered for parents of 4-6-month-olds, while maintaining a healthy and varied diet and packing lunches are the concerns for the preschool child), along with 20 or more recipes appropriate to the child’s level.
First published in England, the book has been “translated” well–ingredients are measured both in cups and in grams, and while there might be more parsnips called for than one normally sees in a North American diet, nearly every ingredient is obtainable at your regular supermarket. Karmel is up-to-date on the most recently accepted food recommendations as of 1999–she advises families with food allergies to avoid peanuts until a child is 3 years ancient, and while she cooks with cow’s milk after 9 months, she doesn’t recommend offering it in a cup until baby has reached his first birthday. Most importantly, she preaches a gospel of variety and of fun at mealtime. Cheesy Pasta Stars are made with tiny “stelline” pasta, and homemade Chicken Nuggets (made with grated apple and sage in the breading) are formed in the shape of hearts–enough to break down the barriers of any picky eater. Stuffed Baked Potatoes become sailboats with cheese triangle sails and red pepper flags, and “Mock Fried Egg” looks just like the real thing–except it’s vanilla yogurt with half an apricot on top! So trust your taste buds and place persons jars at the store–Annabel Karmel’s First Meals will inspire you in the kitchen and place your kids pounding the table for more. –Rebecca A. Staffel
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The Hard take in layout of this book makes it impractical to use in the kitchen where you need to.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
First of all, I bought the book Superfoods as well ( that one has the same basic recipes, but with gorgeous illustrations) and my review for that book will be the same.
The plus side to both books is that Annabel Karmel is very creative. I mean very. She makes food so presentable to children ( esp toddlers)and very fun to make ( if you have the time). She even gives some accurate nutritional info about the importance of garlic, ginger, and additional herbs/spices in a person’s diet ( but, she fails to mention that some children have stomach problems after ingesting garlic).
Where she goes WAY off is with her all-purpose nutritional information. For example, she recommends microwaving foods ad says it is not harmful. FALSE It depletes anything that it cooks of all nutrients. She goes on to mention the importance of including beef, pork, and poultry in a infants diet. In the China Study, which is the most comprehensive study ever done on nutrition in both America and abroad, it was learned over 27 years of research that all meat ( excluding fish) and dairy are the main ( yes MAIN) contributers to cancer and a host of additional problems that are distressing society. On top of that, most meat ( even if it says ‘free range’) has horrific hormones added to it, and the cattle/pigs/poultry eat poor quality, genetically modified ( on cheap farms) grass and corn. As far as providing adequate protein, calcium, and iron for our small ones, there are plenty of fortified cereals for infants, and veggies such as broccoli have lots of absorbable protein and calcium ( and spinach is a fantastic source of iron).
Even if you could care less about the impact that our consumption of meat and animal biproducts has on the environment, reflect about your child eating meat that came from an unhealthy, abused and hormone laden animal that has been eating ground animal waste ( no joke). It is not a pretty or healthy picture.
Please do your research before giving your children meat and dairy, and be sure to find out if your child has any allergies to soy or wheat.
Books I recommend for you start your research:
The China Study
Vegetarian Mother and Baby
Super Baby Food
The Petit Appetit Cookbook
Quick Food Nation
Quantum Wellness
Emaciated Bitch ( a humorous book for moms that has brilliant and well researched health info)
Simply Natural Baby Food
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This is a fantastic book. We have used this heavily and have NEVER bought prepackaged, odd-colored, jarred or additional food for our child. Get this book and make the food. It is simple. Your baby will thrive.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I try some of the receipts for my twins. They don’t like it. I know that you should not feed baby under 12 months, leeks, onion, heavy butter cooking. If you follow the book, your baby may endup with choking hazard. Please watch out. Don’t buy this book. The receipt is not excellent for the baby. They are not suppose to eat persons food.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I agree with “A reader from Boston” for the same reasons. Ms. Karmel is living in a fantasy world. My kid eats fruits, vegetables, and grains, but she won’t touch this stuff. She’s just over two years ancient and she won’t come near the stuff Karmel expects a one-year ancient to eat. I was pretty dubious about it just reading the recipes but gave them a try. So anyone who wants my copy cheap please drop me a line.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5