Diet-food

Editorial Reviews

Book Description:
All parents want the best for their children, to give them the perfect start in life, and that includes the food they eat. However, choosing the freshest foods and preparing them in the most beneficial and appealing ways is not always an easy task. In SuperFoods, bestselling author Annabel Karmel shows you how to combine creativity with delicious ingredients in order to provide your child with a healthy foundation. You’ll find recipes that not only taste great but also maximize the nutritional power of certain foods to boost your child’s health and well-being. And Annabel, a mother of three who has written fourteen bestselling books on healthy food for children, knows better than anyone not only what children should eat but what children will eat. From advice on steaming carrots to detailed weekly menus for every stage of development, Annabel’s unwavering expertise will teach parents how to provide the nutrition their children need.

SuperFoods is both a cookbook and a reference manual, helping parents recognize the varied nutritional value in even the simplest foods. Eating by color — Annabel’s advice for choosing produce — encourages parents to use foods in tempting combinations. With a focus on the basic components of your child’s diet — carbohydrates, proteins, and fats — Annabel provides easy instructions for crafting balanced meals.

SuperFoods will guide you through your child’s first five years — from first foods for your baby to tasty meals for fussy toddlers, from scrumptious lunch-box ideas for school-children to irresistible family suppers. Food is both nourishment and nutrition, and Annabel Karmel’s SuperFoods puts fun back in the equation.

In addition to a variety of delicious recipes and invaluable advice, SuperFoods also includes:

• More than 130 recipes suitable for children of all ages — from the best first foods to tasty family meals.
• Menu charts to help you plan ahead — most recipes are suitable for freezing.
• Information on how to avoid food allergies and common childhood complaints such as colic, constipation, and eczema. Suggestions for healthy convenience foods to keep in the pantry.
• Tasty recipes that harness the power of SuperFoods to promote growth and energy and boost immunity and brain power.

And much, much more!

Customer Reviews

Not appropriate for babies by V. Linnean
I just received this book, which I ordered because of the great reviews. After glancing through it, I’m very tempted to return it.

The recipes in this book are not appropriate for babies. For instance, she has you feeding red meat to 6 month old babies, saying that they need more iron and this is the best source. Red meat is more difficult to digest than fruits and vegetables, and due to the high protein which can put a strain on little kidneys, my pediatrician recommends waiting until 11-12 months. Better sources of iron are Swiss chard, spinach, broccoli, applesauce, etc.

In the 7-9 month section she has fish. Seafood is a major allergen for many children, and should not be given to children until 14-16 months of age. She also has many recipes in this section containing cheese…dairy is another major allergen that should not be introduced until at least 1 year. The same thing with tomatoes, which are not appropriate at this age.

In the 9-12 month section she ads in many recipes containing white rice, white bread crumbs and white pasta. Instead, these should have brown rice, whole grain breads and pastas (if your babies are eating wheat yet, which they shouldn’t be doing until 14-16 months of age). There are also recipes in this section containing sugar. One in particular contains raspberries, peaches, ice cream and sugar. There is no reason a baby of this age should have dairy foods (unless they are human milk, formula or goat yogurt), let alone ice cream. And refined sugar shouldn’t be fed to any child, let alone a baby.

I’m so disappointed in this book. I have several pregnant friends that I thought about giving this to, but I wouldn’t want them feeding their baby these foods! My 10 month old son is doing great eating his millet with raspberries for breakfast, avacado with rainbow chard for lunch and carrots with sweet potato for dinner (this was just today’s menu…he also gets homemade applesauce, green beans, lima beans, squash, pumpkin, banana, mango and many other healthy foods). I was just hoping for some more ideas and variety.

I hope this review keeps other people from making the same mistake. I much prefer “Simply Natural Baby Food: Easy Recipes for Delicious Meals Your Infant and Toddler Will Love” by Cathe Olson.

EXCELLENT IDEAS by Zooropa
Being a first time mother, I was desperate for ideas on what to feed my one year old that were interesting and nutritious. This book was a life saver. Not only did the book have excellent meal ideas, but they were simple and delicious. In fact, my husband and I enjoyed several of the meals ourselves!

Super baby food help! by Kathlene Sue Richards
Annabel really helps the mommy who wants to skip the storebought, bland, jarred foods and let baby eat fresher, tastier, and more nutritious foods. Her explanations help you understand what you’re feeding your little one, why, and how to go about it. There are simple recipes for single food purees and more involved recipes (though still easy!) for combination foods worthy of grownup consumption! In fact, from her other book (The Healthy Baby Meal Planner), I often make a soup for everybody out of one of her purees. Pick any of her books and you’ll be glad you did!

Not a good book for baby beginners by BDG Family
Beware if you are buying this book for an infant starter to solid foods! the first chapter starts off by giving a new solid food everyday of the first week, whereas most pediatricians recommend 1 new solid every 3-5 days to ensure there is no reaction from the child. The author starts by giving rice cereal on day 1 and moving onto apples day 2 and carrots day 3. Quickly jumping to the 7-9 months section of the book, she lists some “tooth friendly snacks” for our little ones teething and with new teeth…some of her suggestions are “cream cheese with mini bread sticks, mini sandwiches with peanut butter or egg salad, vegetable sticks on their own or with dip” just to list a few. some of these items are choking hazards, let alone peanut allergy issues with some pediatricians not recommending peanut foods until children are well into their toddler years.

the book is cute and has great recipes for older kids, as well as purees for the more experience solid food eating baby. This book is not nearly as good as some other baby “first” solids books available.

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