Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby by Annabel Karmel

Very help full to understand baby food.

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I bought this book when my baby was old enough to wean, as I thought it would give me some ideas what to feed to my little one. Initially I used a few recipes to prepare homemade purees, but my daughter wasn't really keen on them at all, but every baby is different and others might love the purees. At some point I stopped using the book at all and fed my baby the food we'd have.The recipes are described nicely step by step and are really easy to prepare. The book has a lot of photos and also some good advise re freezing and when to introduce certain foods/fruit to the baby. I don't think I would recommend the book though, as with a bit of common sense you can easily create your own purees, when they've just started to be on solids, or baby dinners, when they are a bit older.

I have only started using this book and so far I find it great. It gives simple, easy to follow instructions to make the purees. The book has given me a real confidence in preparing food for my little one and has made weaning a fun and enjoyable experience. I have bought all the different fruits and vegs and our fridge is already full of little bags of ice cubes. This book was recommended to me by several mums and I have already been recommending it to any mums I meet who are nervous about starting solids.However, if you aren't big into food preparation and prefer ready meals, you may find it time consuming and prefer to buy ready made baby foods, but if you enjoy cooking and preparing fresh foods, it is great. The book offers some advice on foods to avoid etc but as the title suggests it is mainly a recipe book and does not give much info on the actual weaning process.

It was introduced to me by my sister and as your LO approaches 6 months and is ready to taste their first foods beyond Ready Brek, simply start at recipe 1 and followed the easy instructions to make and freeze each puree, page by page. It is a staple new baby gift for my friends and family.

Really enjoying weaning with this book. Lots of recipes for each stage. We are now at 7 and a half months. Favourites are the porridge with apricot and pear, potato, courgette and pea, vegetables with tomato and cheese... I could go on. He also are the salmon! Great from first tastes to 12 months. Only thing I found a bit off were portion sizes - just go by what your particular baby will eat at each stage.

I was lent a copy of this book when my son was tiny - I liked it so much I bought my own copy, and I now have a happy healthy (hungry!) 1 year old who eats just about anything and everything - fruit, veg, chicken, beef, fish, lamb ...Its just such an easy book to follow, from first flavours to 12 months. The recipes are dead easy, you only need a hand blender or a basic food processor, and my little boy still enjoys so many of the recipes (I just chop them now instead of pureeing). In fact a couple of the dishes are so delicious (especially My First Beef Casserole) I make them for me and hubby as well as my son!We're about ready to move on to Toddler foods now, but if you're about to start weaning and want to cook your own baby foods, I can't recommend this book enough.