Mommy Made and Daddy Too! (Revised): Home Cooking for a Healthy Baby & Toddler 
asked by bricktop on November 25, 2006 5:13 PM
Everyone loves a home-cooked meal--even babies and toddlers! Experts agree that homemade baby food is the healthiest way to feed young children. By making their own baby food, parents can drastically reduce the sugar, salt, artificial colors, fillers, additives, and preservatives in their child's diet. And now making baby food from scratch has never been easier--with this practical, user-friendly cookbook by Martha and David Kimmel, founders of the phenomenally successful Mommy Made* line of baby and toddler food.
Updated for a special 10th anniversary edition, Mommy Made* is filled with 140 easy-to-make recipes that are perfect for introducing your baby to wholesome solid foods. These delicious, kid-tested dishes--which include finger foods, shakes and smoothies, snacks on the go, spoonable treats, and a variety of table dishes--were created with your baby's special nutritional needs in mind, and will help your child establish healthful eating habits that will last a lifetime.
Mommy Made* also includes:
Nutrition advice from birth to three years--incorporating guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics
A blueprint for when and how to get your baby started on solid food
Answers to parents' most frequently asked questions: from milk and protein needs to determining portion size, preventing "hunger strikes," and detecting food allergies
Tips on pureeing, straining, and mashing, as well as storage, thawing and reheating, and using the microwave
A handy nutrition glossary, food pyramid, and list of helpful websites
And much more!
Updated for a special 10th anniversary edition, Mommy Made* is filled with 140 easy-to-make recipes that are perfect for introducing your baby to wholesome solid foods. These delicious, kid-tested dishes--which include finger foods, shakes and smoothies, snacks on the go, spoonable treats, and a variety of table dishes--were created with your baby's special nutritional needs in mind, and will help your child establish healthful eating habits that will last a lifetime.
Mommy Made* also includes:
Nutrition advice from birth to three years--incorporating guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics
A blueprint for when and how to get your baby started on solid food
Answers to parents' most frequently asked questions: from milk and protein needs to determining portion size, preventing "hunger strikes," and detecting food allergies
Tips on pureeing, straining, and mashing, as well as storage, thawing and reheating, and using the microwave
A handy nutrition glossary, food pyramid, and list of helpful websites
And much more!
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This book is like Homemade Baby Food for Dummies, and when you are a sleep deprived, overwhelmed new mom, that is just what you need. I love love love that she gives microwave alternatives for every single recipe. The food is listed on its own page, so if you want to make Peaches, it is super easy to find the Peaches page. Other baby food books, you have to work to find what you need. Then each page says what age to introduce it, and gives step by step (ie, for Dummies) directions on how to do it. Quick, easy, brainless. Just what I needed when I was dealing with the shock of a new baby and already pregnant with number two!
The authors seem to get the reality of what new moms need, which is straight to the point, easy recipes without a lot of preaching and rambling (like Super Baby Food does.)
The authors seem to get the reality of what new moms need, which is straight to the point, easy recipes without a lot of preaching and rambling (like Super Baby Food does.)
reviewed by costa on November 29, 2006 8:52 AM
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This is a very good book w/simple recipes and solid advice. My now dog-eared book (getting ready to use it for my third child)has a few things I especially appreciated. I liked the Food Road Map for introducing foods to baby. It also has a Nutritional Glossary with different nutrients, what they provide, how much babies of different ages need, and foods that have them. With my first child I was actually able to avoid using "Iron" drops by heavily supplementing his diet w/recommended iron rich foods to help his anemia.
Some of the older baby/toddler recipes are great too. There's one recipe for making your own teething sticks (like Zwieback). I shaped mine into rings, that I could then attach to those ubiquitous "baby rings" and hook to the stroller/shopping cart. That way no food on the floor. I had moderate success making fruit leather (like fruit roll-ups) too.
I enjoyed this book so much that I've now given it as a baby shower gift (along with an inexpensive food processor) to several friends who like to cook.
A side note about making your own baby food: it's not hard and very economical. I generally take one evening a week to make several varieties, then freeze the extra for future weeks. The book has great advice for freezing your homemade food. I also recommend having a food processor. I owned only a mini-chopper for my first child, and it worked, but I had puree in smaller batches. When I had a food processor it made life so much easier!
Best of luck!
Some of the older baby/toddler recipes are great too. There's one recipe for making your own teething sticks (like Zwieback). I shaped mine into rings, that I could then attach to those ubiquitous "baby rings" and hook to the stroller/shopping cart. That way no food on the floor. I had moderate success making fruit leather (like fruit roll-ups) too.
I enjoyed this book so much that I've now given it as a baby shower gift (along with an inexpensive food processor) to several friends who like to cook.
A side note about making your own baby food: it's not hard and very economical. I generally take one evening a week to make several varieties, then freeze the extra for future weeks. The book has great advice for freezing your homemade food. I also recommend having a food processor. I owned only a mini-chopper for my first child, and it worked, but I had puree in smaller batches. When I had a food processor it made life so much easier!
Best of luck!
reviewed by allnet on November 29, 2006 10:01 AM
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This book was a lifesaver for me as a new mom several years ago and is now my sourcebook again for baby #2.
These are the things I like the most about the Kimmel's book:
The recipes are organized by type of food (apples, for example)
The timeline for introducing each food and tracking allergies makes sense
The book is neither preachy (doesn't necessarily advocate vegetarianism, for example) nor strict--just sticks to healthy nutritional, sensible foods
The language is straightforward and the recipes are easy to follow
My one complaint: there is not enough info for certain specific common foods like raspberries (am I supposed to cook them?) I have an older version, though, so maybe this has been addressed in the revised edition.
I would recommed this book to all parents and caretakers. It continues to be a valuable guide for us.
These are the things I like the most about the Kimmel's book:
The recipes are organized by type of food (apples, for example)
The timeline for introducing each food and tracking allergies makes sense
The book is neither preachy (doesn't necessarily advocate vegetarianism, for example) nor strict--just sticks to healthy nutritional, sensible foods
The language is straightforward and the recipes are easy to follow
My one complaint: there is not enough info for certain specific common foods like raspberries (am I supposed to cook them?) I have an older version, though, so maybe this has been addressed in the revised edition.
I would recommed this book to all parents and caretakers. It continues to be a valuable guide for us.
reviewed by kmf on November 29, 2006 6:34 PM
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I borrowed it from a friend when we were getting ready to introduce food to our baby. It was very informative and simple. It mentions which foods to introduce first and why.
My toddler is such a good eater now because we exposed him to a variety of fruits and vegetables as mentioned in the book.
I'm expecting No. 2 so I am going to order this book for myself.
My toddler is such a good eater now because we exposed him to a variety of fruits and vegetables as mentioned in the book.
I'm expecting No. 2 so I am going to order this book for myself.
reviewed by selena on November 29, 2006 7:30 PM
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I want to let everyone know how much I am enjoying this book. My son loves everything I have made him. Also my husband and older kids love the receipes for the family. The meat tomato sauce is yummy! Hope you enjoy this as much as me. Buy this book instead of super baby food(has way to much info).
reviewed by john316 on November 29, 2006 7:32 PM