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

Cathe Olson
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Jan 1 2003
When feeding babies, parents need to think outside the box—or the jar. Infants develop more rapidly in the first two years than they will in any other period of their lives. Over processed foods containing chemicals, preservatives, pesticide residue, and genetically engineered ingredients cannot nourish a growing baby. Infants need fresh, natural foods just like the rest of us.

Eating well can be easy, fun, and inexpensive. "Simply Natural Baby Food" gives you practical recipes to prepare whole foods that won’t tie you to the kitchen. Best of all, your children will learn good eating habits that will last a lifetime. There is a chapter for each stage of a baby’s eating development from first solid foods to fun recipes for toddlers. Tips are interspersed throughout the book to give the reader advice on cutting preparation time, helping baby to gain feeding independence, and getting maximum nutrition into baby’s meals.

The book contains detailed recipes for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, desserts, and beverages, including infant cereals, whole-grain crackers, sugar-free sweets, and non-diary nut and seed milks. Parents will appreciate the imaginative ways vegetables are incorporated into meals. For the child with allergies, many wheat-free, diary-free, and egg-free recipes have been included. "Simply Natural Baby Food" promotes a plant-based diet. Fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, sea vegetables, nuts and seeds are emphasized. There are recipes containing dairy products, fish, and poultry because, eaten in moderation, these foods contain important nutrients, but vegetarian and vegan alternatives are provided for virtually every recipe.

Find out how easy it is to prepare your own baby food. You'll save money and give your child the best possible start.


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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" is packed with all you need to introduce your child to nutritious foods and establish good eating habits that will last a lifetime. Find out how easy it is to prepare your own baby food. You’ll save money and give your baby the best possible start. Both experienced and beginning cooks benefit from the easy, detailed instructions.

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

"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." - Monica Dixon, Ph.D., R.D., author of "Love the Body You Were Born With: A Ten Step Workbook for Women"


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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, Delicious and loaded with Great Tips!! Jun 15 2003
Format:Paperback
I just love this little recipe book!! I think I use it at least once a day. The recipes are so easy to make, yet very healthy and very, very YUMMY! The author Cathe Olson, has included loads of great tips that are easy to follow and very helpful. Thank-you Cathe for helping me to give my baby baby a healthy start in life.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars What a Disappointment Feb 20 2004
Format:Paperback
I bought this and Mommy Made because of all the great reviews. I missed one towards the end that said don't buy this, several of the recipes call for ingredients such as sea kelp, sea vegetables (I didn't know there was any such thing), or things like tahini, millet and quinoa. I don't even know what those are. I should be able to buy the ingredients in a regular grocery store. It also goes to the other extreme (also noted in a previous review)and actually gives recipes for juice pops (pour juice into an ice cube tray). I mean really. There are very few actually usable recipes in this book, and it is a very thin and small book to begin with. For the most part this book will be under the Mommy Made book. Buy that one, its much thicker, has much more recipes and uses regular every day ingredients. This one was a waste of money.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Oustanding Baby Book Excellent For Adults Oct 12 2003
Format:Paperback
Simple Natural Baby Food contains simple, easy to follow recipes. I picked the book up expecting soft, mushy, baby food, and found healthy delicious recipes enjoyable for the whole famioly. Check out the Banana-Oatmeal Cookies - YUM!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Book
I love this little book. I know a past reviewer criticised the book for being too thin but that's one of the things I like about it. Read more
Published on Jun 29 2004 by Lisa Brady
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book!
I loved this book!! So many great ideas for feeding my year old. She just started eating solids a couple weeks ago! I especially love the Oatmeal Banana Cookies (No sugar! Read more
Published on May 5 2004 by Heather
5.0 out of 5 stars great recipes for your little one :)
This is a great book for moms who feed their children whole and organic foods. The recipes range from first cereals to desserts to toddler meals. Read more
Published on Mar 24 2004 by amanda
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a healthy cook book!!
Finally a heathy cookbook for kids. All the other books have refined sugar or milk etc, ingredients that my baby can't have or I don't want her to have. Read more
Published on Feb 29 2004 by Mary
2.0 out of 5 stars EsMummy
I was disappointed with this book due to a) the lack of suggestions for first foods (and I have enough to do without making rice cereal myself), and b) some of the ingredients I... Read more
Published on Feb 27 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars simply wonderful
Get your freezer space ready. Many of these recipes make large quanties, but it all freezes well. I found myself cooking a lot for several days, but since I can store the food in... Read more
Published on Feb 22 2004 by "tracie42"
3.0 out of 5 stars A good collection but many aren't really recipes.
I bought this book based largely on the great reviews, and while it does have a few recipes my son has enjoyed, it is a very slim book. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Great find!
This book has so many great recipes and I am learning a lot more about cooking whole foods and even sea vegetables. Read more
Published on Dec 29 2003
3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but problems
I personally love this book. I don't follow it to key, like buying organic veggies, I buy just the regular ones, for example, but it is a good book. Read more
Published on Oct 26 2003 by Lise
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the whole family
What an attractive and well-done book. I read Simply Natural Baby Food from cover to cover. Great education and inspiration! Read more
Published on Oct 22 2003 by E. Doherty
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