First Meals

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I LOVED This book. from directions on making, storing, and using basic purees, to making 2 and 3 step foods and snacks all the way up to toddlers and young children. This was the ONLY book that I owned or needed when I made food for my daughter, and now I am starting to use it again with my son. I LOVED this book. it was an excellent reference and I loved the recipes. I had people commenting all the time that my daughter would eat ANYTHING and that her food smelled wonderful, and better than any babyfood they had ever seen. I loved making delicious and fresh meals for her, and we really saved money. It is amazing how much puree you can get from a $1 bunch of carrots and other veggies as well! Great for allowing you to control your own ingredients and your own textures and thicknesses. I love this book! Many colorful and inspiring photos!

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If you want to make tasty, healthy meals for your little one, get this book. The recipes are easy to follow and delicious.

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These recipes are not loved by all kids - even though she professes that they are. I've made the recipes for 2 kiddos (18 mos and 24 mos) and neither one will eat any of them. They do not take only the time stated to prepare - they will take at least double. I love to cook and know how to follow a recipe. I'm like to follow Rachel Ray and Wolfgang Puck recipes, but Anabel Karmel's recipes - as in this book - are incomplete. One recipe in particular, vegetable fritters, lists an onion as an ingredient. It tells you to saute it - that's it. Not if you need to dice it, slice or quarter it. It doesn't tell you when, how or even if to add it to the recipe - only to saute it! This is not the only recipe in which this happens. The recipes might be tasty enough for a toddler, but are much too bland for an adult to enjoy. So when your little one refuses to eat, don't count on enjoying this as your meal - the portions are too small anyway - as expected.

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My son is 6 months old and got the green light from the ped to start solids at 4 months. I ordered this book months ago due to the terrific reviews. Another book, Super Baby Food, was highly recommended (which I also bought). I also received Cooking for Baby (from [...]) as a gift. Of these three books, the First Meals book is the most concise and clear. The illustrations are terrific and the recipes are simple yet provide a varied menu for my son. I felt that the Super Baby Food book had more detail about timing of foods, order of introduction, food handling, etc., but now I almost feel that I know too much. Going forward, if I were to recommend one of the three, I would absolutely recommend THIS book as a MUST HAVE. I have been making my son's food for 2 1/2 months now with a lot of success!

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This book does a great job at introducing interesting foods and different flavors to kids. Though I understand cleanliness is important, I thought it was a bit over the top with sterilizing everything for introducing solids.

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I've been making my baby's food since he started eating solids and this book has been a wonderful resource. It asnwered all of the questions I had about preparation and storage before I got started and has delicious recipes that my soe loves.

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The recipes in this book are great, and easy to make. So far my girls have loved everything I've made, and it's saving us money over baby jar food. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to make food for their little ones. I've doubled the recipes to have enough food for several weeks.

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This book has TONS of recipes. I wish I had have gotten it before I gave my daughter jarred baby food because she is having a rought ime transitioning to "table food". I suggest getting this book at the start and using it before you give your child jarred food. the recipes are creative and have simple ingrdients. I can see myself uing them for years to come. The book even has a charts to plan a sample weekiy menu. I love that.

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This has some fun way to get children to eat different foods. It has worked for my daughter as picky of an eater as she is.

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After looking at so many books for simple first meals i decided to giv this one a try! Good thing i did! this book tells you step by step ways to prepare meals. Very easy to understand.

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i found the book very helpful in coming up with creative and nutritious meals and snacks for the babies.

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I love this book. The best thing about this book for our family, is that it has reminded me not to narrow my childs choices of foods. There are several things that I have exposed my son to that otherwise I wouldn't have becuase they are things I don't like. Also it's nice to have a resource to go to about which foods would be good for what age.

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I gave this cookbook 5 stars because it really is good. I decided to make my baby's food with my second child so it was a new experience for me. This cook book really helped me to know the best foods and the best way to cook them for my baby. It also provides recipes for toddlers, preschoolers and families. I found this helpful because I have a preschooler as well. I can make food for my baby and the rest of the family from one cookbook...Genius! My only complaint is I wish there were more recipes for all groups.

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Mommy loves the food, but baby is not sure. I have tried 3 recipes and everybody thinks the food tastes great. I will continue to try the same and different recipes in the book for baby.

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This book has much more than I expected in it. Not only does it thoroughly cover all of the first recipes but it also covers tasty kid meals for children up to age 7! It even shows pictures to include serving suggestions on making food look more fun to eat by adding smiley faces and even eatible hair. The book also shares details about exactly when to start feeding your infant and exactly what to feed her (and what NOT to feed her). The book also talks about what kind of water to give your child and why yyou shouldn't give her bottled water...ever! I was hesitant tp purchase this because it seemed expensive but it's well worth twice what I paid for it.