Top 100 Baby Purees - Annabel Karmel

I'm no Delia in the Kitchen - cooking doesn't seem to come naturally to me - and as I was back working full time just a few month after my 1st son was born - his baby meals mainly came from jars. But after *helpfully* being made redundant half way through the maternity leave of my 2nd son - and having more time - I thought I'd try my hand at making his meals from scratch. As I had no experience at doing this I needed to get something to guide me through the process, so I picked up the Top 100 Baby Purees by Annabel Karmel. This book appealed to me because the front cover declares the meals to be 'quick and easy' so I figured even my culinary skills should be ...  Read the complete review

'Top 100 baby purees' is a lovely helpful book written by Anabel Karmel who has written twelve other best selling cooking for children books including: Lunchboxes and Super foods. This book as stated has 100 quick and easy meals for a healthy and happy baby. You can buy the book from Amazon for £5.60 When my girls were babies I was struggling to think of different foods to make and buy them. I used to buy them a lot of tins and jars from shops such as Tesco. But they weren't really taking to them and they seemed to get bored of them. Not only that but I used to find it quite expensive as I was buying for two of them. Then my mum suggested making there meals ...  Read the complete review

Feeding solids for the first time I have discovered can be a minefield, what with always new research showing links to future illnesses and allergies. Then there is knowing what is safe for your child so as to prevent choking when introducing finger foods and making sure they get all the nutrients they need to grow strong and healthy. It's a complicated and worrying time as a parent, and I think I must have nearly cleared the NHS out with all my valium munching as I sat nervously waiting for something awful to happen with a child first aid book on my lap. The thing is, I swore to myself I would never feed my child jarred rubbish that is all but fresh. I promised to ...  Read the complete review

If you're anything like me, after feeding my little daughter (at my first baby) nothing but milk for the first 6 months and then faced with weaning, I looked for all the help and advice I could get. Suddenly having to think about and prepare 3 meals a day ensuring each meal was provided the nutrients and goodness needed by a growing baby was a little daunting. I first saw Annabel Karmel at the National Baby Show in London while my daughter was still tiny and I really liked her. Everything she said, although a lot of it was common sense, did make a lot of sense. The fact that jars of baby food can have a shelf life of 2 years or more, so cannot possibly ...  Read the complete review

Top 100 Baby purees by Annabel Carmel does exactly what it says on the tin - as the saying goes! Annabel identifies a 100 quick and easy recipes suitable initially from birth and then moving up giving approximate ages where the ideas and recipes become suitable. The introduction to teh book is detailed with information about starting solids, including sign sthat you baby is ready, your babies nutritional needs, the benefits of homemade baby food, the importance of milk in a babys diet, vitamin supplements, th ebest first foods, foods to avoid, cooking baby foods, pureeing, freezing foods, reheating food, food allergies, and weaning premature babies. All ...  Read the complete review