Homemade Baby Food Pure and Simple: Your Complete Guide to Preparing Easy, Nutritious, and Delicious Meals for Your Baby and Toddler

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Summary: Do not trust this book
Review: Do not buy this book! There are many recipes that introduce foods in too early compared to the information in other baby cook books. I was shocked to see recipes which included eggs and yogurt for four month olds! (both of which should not be introduced until after six months) Check out "The Healthy Baby Meal PLanner" or "First Foods" they are much easier to read and in my opinion safer choices.

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Summary: I don't trust this book...
Review: I agree with everything the reviewer below says, and want to highlight my biggest disappointment. For baby's first birthday cake, the author provides a recipe for a peanut butter and honey cake. Honey can be deadly for babies, and peanut butter is such a common allergen - why would you put these two dangerous ingredients together in a cake for your baby and his/her little friends?

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Summary: There are better baby food books out there
Review: I echo the thoughts of another reviewer who said she would not feed these meals to her child. Many of the recipes contain age-inappropriate ingredients, and the most important thing seems to be that the recipes appeal to the adult palate rather than meet the child's needs. According to the book, the author became interested in writing a baby food book before she had children and when she was working in a completely unrelated field - sounds a bit suspicious to me. Perhaps she just thought it would be fun and didn't take the time to do the proper research. Choose one of many other excellent baby food books rather than wasting your money on this one.

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Summary: Poor information
Review: I just want to say that I found this book to contradict itself in many sections. I was also very dissapointed to find that it did not even start into a description of how to prepare your own baby food until chapter 5. Half the book has information on breastfeeding and formula feeding. I also was dissapointed with the recipes that were included, the recipes do not include detailed preparation information and asume that you know exactly how to prepare it already.

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Summary: Poor information
Review: I just want to say that I found this book to contradict itself in many sections. I was also very dissapointed to find that it did not even start into a description of how to prepare your own baby food until chapter 5. Half the book has information on breastfeeding and formula feeding. I also was dissapointed with the recipes that were included, the recipes do not include detailed preparation information and asume that you know exactly how to prepare it already.

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Summary: There are better baby food books out there
Review: I so appreciate the information in this book. I knew that I wanted to make homemade baby food; however, I was intimidated by the process until I read this book. I feel confident in my abilities to do this now. I can't wait to start this next stage in a couple of weeks. The information is easy to follow and extremely practical. Making homemade baby food is no longer intimidating!

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Summary: Practical
Review: I so appreciate the information in this book. I knew that I wanted to make homemade baby food; however, I was intimidated by the process until I read this book. I feel confident in my abilities to do this now. I can't wait to start this next stage in a couple of weeks. The information is easy to follow and extremely practical. Making homemade baby food is no longer intimidating!

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Summary: Not the Best
Review: I was disapointed with this book. While it did include some good information, such as the reccommended age to start baby with at many foods, I could've thought the recipes up myself. For example the carrot recipe took up a third of a page and was basically: Boil the carrots until soft, then blend until smooth. The recipe for rice cereal is to go buy a box at the store and add water. I make rice cereal for my baby by boiling brown rice in distilled water until it is very soft, then putting it in the blender with more distilled water. It tastes much better than the boxed crap at the store and if needed formula can be added to improve the iron content. THis book is also not for the nutritionist. Many of the recipes for toddlers have sugar and butter added to them. I don't even eat butter or sugar, why give it to a baby? I make my baby's dinner every night when I make my own. Only takes a minute to blend. These recipes are meant to make in advance and freeze

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Summary: Not worth the money
Review: I've read the book cover to cover, but I can't say that it gave me any cooking ideas I didn't already have. Also, the recipes are simply listed sequentially, without being organized in any meaningful way.

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Summary: too simple, poorly organized
Review: I've read the book cover to cover, but I can't say that it gave me any cooking ideas I didn't already have. Also, the recipes are simply listed sequentially, without being organized in any meaningful way.