Weaning : the essential guide to baby's first foods

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Title:

Weaning : the essential guide to baby's first foods

Author:

Karmel, Annabel.

Uniform Title:

Starting solids

ISBN:

9780756698867

Publication Information:

New York : DK Publishing, 2012.

Physical Description:

128 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

General Note:

"Previously published as Starting solids."

Subject Term:

Infants -- Weaning.

Baby foods.

Genre:

Cookbooks

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Summary

From the world's leading expert and bestselling author on baby and children's food and nutrition Annabel Karmel, comes the ultimate guide to starting children on solids.

With basic but crucial details, such as types of spoons, portion size, and best feeding time, to larger issues, such as when to begin and allergy advice, Weaning provides all the fundamentals parents need and includes thirty new healthy, delicious recipes with twenty simple puree recipes to get started.

Author Notes

Annabel Karmel is a bestselling author on baby and children's food and nutrition, and her aim is to instill healthy eating habits in children to last a lifetime -- with an emphasis on fun. She is the author of nineteen books, including First Meals and Mom and Me Cookbook , and is the mother of three children. For more information, visit www.annabelkarmel.com

Foreword	p. 6
Understanding weaning
What weaning's all about	p. 10
Weaning truths and myths	p. 12
Creating a healthy diet	p. 14
Special diets	p. 18
Allergy concerns	p. 20
Is your baby ready for weaning?	p. 22
Offering new foods	p. 23
First tastes: Stage One -around 6 months
Getting started: what you'll need	p. 26
Which foods should I choose?	p. 29
Best first foods	p. 30
Preparing your baby's meals	p. 34
The very first spoonful	p. 36
The next few weeks	p. 40
Your baby's response -	p. 42
Introducing finger foods	p. 44
First vegetable purée	p. 46
Roasted butternut squash or pumpkin	p. 47
Baked sweet potato	p. 48
Trio of root vegetables	p. 49
Carrot, sweet potato, and apple	p. 50
Butternut squash and apple	p. 51
Butternut squash and pear	p. 51
Apple purée	p. 52
Pear purée	p. 52
No cook purées	p. 54
Mango purées	p. 55
Menu planners	p. 56
Exploring new tastes and textures: Stage Two - 6 to 9 months
Getting it right from the beginning: introducing new foods	p. 60
The best new foods	p. 62
Foods to avoid	p. 64
Lumps, chunks, and learning to chew	p. 66
Foods for little fingers	p. 68
Annabel's top 10 weaning tips	p. 72
Sweet potato with broccoli and peas	p. 74
Pumpkin and pea purée	p. 74
Potato, carrot, and corn	p. 75
Cheesy leek, sweet potato, and cauliflower	p. 76
Lentil puree with sweet potato	p. 77
Tomato and butternut squash pasta	p. 78
Salmon and corn chowder	p. 80
Poached salmon with carrots and peas	p. 81
Annabel's tasty salmon	p. 82
Cod with butternut squash and cheese sauce	p. 83
Spinach and cod puree	p. 84
Chicken and parsnip puree	p. 86
Mild chicken and apricot curry	p. 87
Chicken with sweet potato, peas, and basil	p. 88
Beginner's beef ragout	p. 90
Beef ragout with sweet potato and apple	p. 92
Apple, apricot, and banana purée	p. 93
Apple and pear with apricots	p. 94
Apple, pear, and prune purée	p. 94
Pear and plum compôte	p. 96
Menu planner	p. 97
Creating a varied diet: Stage Three - 10 to 12 months
A balanced diet at 10 to 12 months	p. 100
Moving on to new textures	p. 102
Successful self-feeding	p. 104
Family food	p. 106
Out and about	p. 107
Tomato and basil pasta sauce	p. 108
Cherub's couscous	p. 109
Pasta "Risotto"	p. 110
Chicken bolognese	p. 111
Annabel's tasty bolognese	p. 112
Cheesy rice balls	p. 114
Annabel's chicken burgers	p. 115
Mini meatballs	p. 116
Fish fingers	p. 117
Mini sandwiches to share	p. 118
French bread mini pizza	p. 119
Cheese and apple quesadilla	p. 119
Tropical banana popsicle	p. 120
Blueberry and banana popsicle	p. 120
Banana muffins	p. 122
Oat cookies	p. 123
Menu planner	p. 124
Resources	p. 125
Index	p. 125
Acknowledgments	p. 128

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