I was turned on to cooking for my son by the owner of my son's day care who had been cooking for her own daughter and she gave me the book "First Meals - Recipes little kids can sink their teeth into." The book is filled with fast, healthy and fun foods to tempt infants and toddlers and needless to say, I was immediately hooked.
Annabel Karmel does a wonderful job to provide the reader with information about how to wean your baby and how to prepare meals for different baby/toddler ages. One of the most valuable lessons I learned is to cook in batches. I designated one day a week to cook all of the foods and then froze them. Ice cube trays are just the right size for each portion for the first 12 months. Another handy tool is of course some basic food processor or blender.
The book is well structured and divided in chapters based on age groups starting from 0 all the way up to 7 years.
One simple baby breakfast my son enjoys up until today is
Banana Yoghurt Muesli:
Mash 2/3 of one ripe banana, add 2 tablespoons of whole milk plain yoghurt and 2 tablespoons of baby rice powder (can be any grain powder for that matter).
And another one of my son's favorites is
Avocado with Cottage Cheese:
Mash 1/2 of a ripe avocado and mix with 1 tablespoon of small curd whole milk cottage cheese.
That's how simple it is. Well, other meals can be cooked in advance and frozen. Here are just a few of the most delicious recipes:
Fish with Carrots & Orange Juice
Annabel's Pasta Salad
Fruity Chicken with Carrots
California Chicken
Baby's Bolognese
A wonderful recipe book for the little ones!
Additional reading suggestions by the same author:
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