Parents need to eat too : nap-friendly cooking, one-handed meals, and time-saving kitchen tricks for new parents

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Parents need to eat too : nap-friendly cooking, one-handed meals, and time-saving kitchen tricks for new parents

Author:

Koenig, Debbie

ISBN:

9780062005946

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : William Morrow, c2012.

Physical Description:

xiv, 386 p. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

"More that 150 recipes!"

"Inside you'll find: meals you can eat with one hand; recipes for the new parents' best friend: the slow cooker; recipes broken down into simple stages to prepare while baby naps; "un-recipes" for parents who can't cook but still want to learn the basics; recipes that support breastfeeding; advice from expert, including a pediatric dietitian and a lactation consultant."

Contents:

The new mom's pantry -- Nap-friendly cooking -- Quick suppers -- Mom's new best friend: the slow cooker -- Big batch bonanza -- One-handed meals -- Lunchtime pumping and last-minute dinners : a chapter for WOHMs -- Un-recipes for partners who can't cook -- Galacta-what? : recipes to support breastfeeding -- Nutritious nibbles -- Easy indulgences.

Subject Term:

Quick and easy cooking.

Parenting -- Miscellanea.

Parenthood -- Miscellanea.

Infants -- Nutrition.

Breastfeeding.

Genre:

Cookbooks.

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It is an undeniable truth: Parents Need to Eat Too! Food and parenting writer Debbie Koenig addresses the dilemma faced by so many parents coping with the demands of a new baby by offering simple, healthy, and delicious recipes for moms and dads who are too sleep-deprived, too frazzled, or simply too busy to cook nutritious meals for themselves.

From dinners that can be eaten with one hand (while you hold baby in the other) to slow cooker culinary masterpieces and full courses to prepare while baby naps, Parents Need to Eat Too is filled with tasty, easy-to-make recipes, helpful kitchen tips, and real solutions to the problems faced by hungry parents.

Parents Need to Eat Too has been named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2012 by Leite's Culinaria, whose Editor-in-Chief Renee Schettler Rossi called it the "What to Expect After You're Expecting" and said that the book "savvily and sassily helps you extend the efficiency of any time spent in the kitchen." A must-read for new parents!

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Booklist Review

This blogger is clever. Koenig deliberately segments the types of issues a new mom or dad might have in the kitchen, from what to put in the pantry or how to maneuver around a sleeping cherub to the fixing of quick suppers and batch cooking. Almost every scenario is covered. Got a spouse who's a klutz in the kitchen? There is a good handful of unrecipes that translate into microwavable convenience, such as baked potatoes with add-on proteins. Not enough time to truly eat well, but need to stop snacking on evil foods? Koenig has great suggestions, including how to freeze grapes and compile a nursing snack-basket. The 150 recipes represent merely a start; the true bonus in this book is her wealth of tips and pragmatic suggestions, including shopping with a baby, best foods for a pantry, cooking in stages, basic safety items, and nutritional needs while nursing. To round out her array of good foods and even better recommendations, each recipe features at least one kudo from a reader/mom/dad as well as how well the particular dish would translate into the makings of baby food. It's smart eating, no matter what your child status.--Jacobs, Barbara Copyright 2010 Booklist

Library Journal Review

Reassuring is the first word that comes to mind when reading food writer Koenig's first cookbook, in which she provides doable, affordable meal solutions for new parents. The chapters are practical and original: "Nap-Time Cooking" divides recipes into stages to be completed while a child is napping, and "One-Handed Meals" consists entirely of tidy dishes (e.g., turnovers, empanadas, and hand pies) for spill-free eating. At the end of each recipe, you'll find encouraging notes from parents who tested the recipes, as well as instructions for making baby food. The book also includes tips for stocking the pantry and freezer, infant feeding guidelines, and a food-focused third-trimester time line. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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