If you have made the decision to make your baby's food -- or even if you have a toddler and are looking for ways to offer a healthy diet without him throwing a fit -- this is the book for you. "Super Baby Food" will tell you how to shop for produce, when to introduce foods, how to cook and puree foods, how to store and freeze foods and even how to grow your own fruits and vegetables. Yaron even offers a section on homemade household products and cleansers, arts and crafts and party planning ideas.
Any parent wanting to get down to the nitty gritty in infant and toddler nutrition should look no further than "Super Baby Food" and its sections on the nutritional content of a wide variety of produce and food items as well as detailed explanations and recommended daily allowances of many vitamins and minerals.
"Super Baby Food" is centered around Yaron's recommended Super Baby Diet, which is chock full of whole grains, vegetables, fruits and healthy dairy choices such as yogurt and natural cheeses. In particular, she encourages making your own homemade baby cereals and offers suggestions on healthy supplements, such as kelp and dessicated liver. Starting at the age of six months, Yaron devotes a chapter for each month and describes what foods to introduce to your baby, the consistency appropriate for the age and a recommendation on how much food your baby should be eating.
Yaron offers a plethora of recipes that are probably too many to count. Most, however, are geared toward toddlers and those who are now enjoying finger foods, but the chapters on age recommendations as well as the chapters discussing each food group offers plenty of advice to get new parents through the puree-only foods and into the fun finger foods.
At times, Yaron's recommendations may seem "too healthy" for the average reader (especially the dessicated liver -- yuck!). And, meat eaters will find all of about three recipes for meals with meat in them -- Yaron is a big advocate of a vegetarian diet. As a result, "Super Baby Food" will seem a bit too "organic" for some readers. If this describes you, pick up the book anyway; it's worth the $19.95 list price.
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