Authors: Annabel Karmel
ISBN-13: 9780756603656, ISBN-10: 075660365X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: Revised Edition
Completely revised, First Meals bursts with dozens of new color photographs and more than 200 recipes to entice even the fussiest baby or toddler. This classic cookbook covers the essentials-from flavorful first purées, winning lunchbox combos and easy-to-make family 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 tricky eaters.
Author Biography: Annabel Karmel's experience with her own children inspired her to research the interaction of food, diet, and young children. A trained Cordon Bleu chef and the author of several bestselling books, including Superfoods for Babies and Children, Karmel contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and appears regularly on television.
Introduction | 6 | |
Early nutrition | 8 | |
Healthy eating | 14 | |
Food allergies | 16 | |
Kitchen basics | 18 | |
Weaning your baby | ||
Starting solids | 26 | |
Exploring tastes | 30 | |
First tastes: recipes | 34 | |
New tastes & textures: recipes | 40 | |
9 to 12 months | ||
Growing appetites | 56 | |
A varied menu: recipes | 60 | |
12 to 18 months | ||
Changing needs | 70 | |
Food for the senses: recipes | 74 | |
18 months to 2 years | ||
The active toddler | 88 | |
Fast food for toddlers: recipes | 92 | |
The picky eater: recipes | 104 | |
2 to 3 years | ||
Early childhood | 116 | |
Fun foods: recipes | 118 | |
3 to 7 years | ||
Preschool & beyond | 134 | |
Healthy snacks: recipes | 140 | |
Family meals: recipes | 150 | |
Menu planners | 180 | |
Index | 188 | |
Acknowledgments & useful addresses | 192 |