Baby Bowl: Home-Cooked Meals for Happy, Healthy Babies and Toddlers
By Kim McCosker
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About this ebook
Baby Bowl is the new baby food bible!
Mealtime is a fairly simple process during the first four to six months of a baby’s life. But making the transition from breast milk or formula to solid food can be a challenge for everyone, especially Mom and Dad! When do I introduce solid food to my baby? Which foods are the most appropriate for what age? How much food should I make for my baby? What do I feed to a sick child? Which foods are safe enough for my baby to eat in the car? Baby Bowl answers all these questions and offers parents a collection of healthy recipes designed to happily fill little bellies.
With three young boys of her own, bestselling cookbook author Kim McCosker has ensured that the home-tested recipes in Baby Bowl provide the love and nourishment needed for a lifetime of good eating habits. Readers will find fast, easy-to-prepare recipes, organized by age; superfoods to try and when to try them; essential advice on nutritional value; tips on how long to cook, how to serve, and whether to freeze; menu planners; and gluten-free and dairy-free recipes.
Covering a smorgasbord of delicious meals and snacks for babies from four months to a year, all the recipes in Baby Bowl are easy to follow and use only the freshest ingredients. So throw out those jars of goop and start cooking from scratch—with this book as your guide, it will be easier than you think!
Kim McCosker
Kim McCosker is the founder of 4 Ingredients, now a formidable Australian publishing house. 4 Ingredients has created 37 cookbooks, tens of thousands of recipes, images, vidoes, manuscripts and databases with the reach of millions. It is the publisher of cookbooks, ebooks, Apps and a developer of a various range of kitchenware. It has grown to become one of the most recognised and trusted food brands in Australia; with a reported one in seven homes owning a 4 Ingredients cookbook. In 2017, 4 Ingredients was the winner of the prestigious Best Selling Category at the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards in China. This award offered the opportunity in 2018 for Kim to cook onstage, underneath the Eiffel Tower, at the World Gourmand Cookbook Summit in Paris. With global sales nearing 9 million copies, two TV-series for Foxtel and another produced on the Sunshine Coast almost complete, more cookbooks in the works and national Ambassador roles for IGA, BETTA Home Living and Coeliac Australia, Kim and 4 Ingredients really do own the easy, everyday, cooking space in Australia. Committed to community, Kim sits on the Sunshine Coast Major Events Board, was part of the Sunshine Coast Council's Biosphere Nomination Community Reference Group, was awarded the Sunshine Coast's Most Outstanding Business Woman of the Year, 2011 and Griffith University's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017. But most of all, Kim's proudest achievements are her family, a wonderful husband and three beautiful boys who are the lights of her life and her biggest supporters. For more information visit https://www.4ingredients.com.au/.
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Reviews for Baby Bowl
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I read Baby Bowl, in exchange for honest review from Edelweiss. The book was written by Kim McCosker and published by Atria Books.Offers ways to cook and make homemade baby food. I have read the 4 ingredients series from McCosker and love her. Next, I love the food characters towards the beginning of the book. The characters have names, with a list of their benefits. For example, Avocado is a source of protein and Banana is a source of fiber. McCosker also provides a list of kitchen tools and preparation methods needed to make baby food with. The author also discusses storage methods for fridge and freezer, along with use within time frames. She also discusses food allergies, reflux, gerd, intolerance, and the right time to offer certain foods like nuts and honey. I enjoyed the information more than the recipes. One of the recipes I did like was the Apple Cream--made with Boobie Liquor, rice cereal, and an apple. I have made something similar but I used jarred baby food. The added boobie liquor also keeps people from eating the baby's food out the fridge :-). All of the recipes are easy to make and healthy for the baby. I loved this book.
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Baby Bowl - Kim McCosker
FOOD FOR LIFE
It’s an astonishing fact will triple its birth weight in the first year of his little life. This growth is only possible because of the milk he is drinking and the food he is eating. The milk and food you give him build a bigger baby.
The type and quality of food we offer our baby in his first year of life is vitally important. Research indicates that the best time to introduce solids is at about six months of age. Naturally, some babies and circumstances will dictate a different approach, but for the purpose of this book I have assumed that your little bundle of joy is about six months of age when you’re introducing solids.
This is an important turning point, because neither breast milk nor formula alone can provide your baby with enough nutrients, particularly iron, once he reaches six months. The iron stores your baby built up before birth will have diminished. So introducing your baby to solid foods at this age is a crucial part of his development.
Disclaimer
Every effort has been made to ensure that these recipes are as appropriate as possible for your precious baby. But each baby is different. If you have any concerns about diet or any other issue, talk to your family doctor, pediatrician, or