Simply Natural Baby Food: Easy Recipes for Delicious Meals Your Infant and Toddler Will Love - Softcover

Olson, Cathe

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9780972469036: Simply Natural Baby Food: Easy Recipes for Delicious Meals Your Infant and Toddler Will Love

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972469036 ISBN 13: 9780972469036

Publisher: Goco Pub, 2003

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"Simply Natural Baby Food teaches even the busiest parent how to prepare whole, natural foods for young children. There is a chapter for each stage of a baby’s eating development from first solid foods to fun recipes for toddlers. Also included are tips for cutting preparation time, helping baby to gain feeding independence, and getting maximum nutrition into baby’s meals."

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From the Author:

After the birth of our first daughter, I decided to stay at home to rear our children and develop our organic vegetable/herb garden and fruit orchard.

Cooking continued to be a creative outlet for me. As I had primarily been cooking adult food for many years, preparing baby food was a new undertaking. The cookbooks available contained recipes calling for white flour, refined sugar, and processed foods. Most dishes required dairy products, eggs, or meat. No alternatives were provided for the vegetarian child. As I researched infant nutritional needs, I learned how important it is to give babies healthful food from the start and to establish good eating habits early.

I combined my knowledge of natural, whole foods cooking with what I had learned about infant nutrition to develop the recipes in this book. Since I understand that our lives are busy, I keep actual preparation time to a minimum. The cooking time for some meals is lengthy (i.e. grains and legumes) but since you don’t have to be in the kitchen monitoring the meal, you are free to do other things. These recipes are all dishes that I prepare regularly. With two small children to care for, a garden and orchard to maintain, animals to tend, and books and articles to write, I don’t want to spend my free time in the kitchen.

My daughters are enthusiastic, healthy eaters and have rarely been sick. I hope you find this book helpful with your children.

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Simply Natural Baby Food teaches even the busiest parent how to prepare whole, natural foods for young children. There is a chapter for each stage of a baby’s eating development from first solid foods to fun recipes for toddlers. Also included are tips for cutting preparation time, helping baby to gain feeding independence, and getting maximum nutrition into baby’s meals.

This book contains:

Over 150 wholesome recipes for infants and toddlers

Fun recipes for crackers, pretzels, and sugar-free treats

Imaginative ways to get your child to eat vegetables

Vegetarian and vegan alternatives for almost every recipe

Wheat-free, dairy-free, and egg-free dishes.

Recipes for non-dairy nut and seed milks

Dishes the whole family will enjoy

Timesaving tips and nutritional advice

and much more

“This priceless, precious recipe book gives natural, health-building foods for babies, children, and adults.”- Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D., daughter of Paul C. Bragg, Originator of Health Food Stores

“An enticing and inspiring book of recipes for children. A very accessible and tasty collection.” - Sharon K. Yntema, author of New Vegetarian Baby

“In an era of epidemic obesity and diabetes in our children, Olson offers harried parents and providers fresh, wholesome and simple recipe ideas for giving kids a healthy start.”

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