The Slow Cooker Baby Food Cookbook: 125 Recipes for Low-Fuss, High-Nutrition, and All-Natural Purees, Cereals, and Finger Foods

by Maggie Meade

Overview

You don't eat all of your food out of jars, so why should your baby? The Slow Cooker Baby Food Cookbook shows you how to make your own baby food from natural, safe ingredients with flavors you know your baby will love.

Not everyone has time to make fresh meals after work or adhere to unpredictable feeding schedules, though. This is where the slow cooker comes in! Cook up a big batch and toss it in the fridge or freezer for easy access.

Author Maggie Meade, creator of WholesomeBabyFood.com, showcases 60 purees and fruit sauces for your beautiful baby, as well as recipes for cereals, spoon foods, and finger foods. The Slow Cooker Baby Food Cookbook also includes information on safely storing, freezing, and reheating all of its recipes, so there's no chance of hidden bacteria in your baby's meals.
From your baby's first spoonfuls of cereal to your toddler's favorite finger foods, save money and time making delicious, wholesome food with The Slow Cooker Baby Food Cookbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558329089
Publisher:	Harvard Common Press, The
Publication date:	11/06/2018
Edition description:	New
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	974,704
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Maggie Meade created the website WholesomeBabyFood.com in 2003, which is now part of the Momtastic network of sites (wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com). She has contributed to SheKnows.com, Babble.com, TheBump, CafeMom, and Baby Talk magazine, among other outlets. She is the author of The Wholesome Baby Food Guide (Grand Central 2012). She lives in New Hampshire, with her husband and three children.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Part 1 Why Make Homemade Baby Food? And Why Use a Slow Cooker? 9

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Preparing Homemade Baby Food 10

Chapter 2 Slow Cooker Basics 15

Chapter 3 Choosing Your Ingredients-and Serving Them Safely 20

Chapter 4 Feeding Your Baby Solid Foods at Every Stage 30

Part 2 Let's Get Slow Cooking! 45

Chapter 5 First Foods: Great Single-Ingredient Dishes 46

Chapter 6 Second Foods: Fruit and Vegetable Combinations 86

Chapter 7 Fifteen "Beyond Applesauce" Recipes 120

Chapter 8 Twenty Grain-Based Cereals for Any Time of Day 139

Chapter 9 Third Foods: Recipes for Fingers, Spoons, and Plates to Please Your Entire Family 163

Sample Meal Plans 199

Resources 204

Acknowledgments 206

About the Author 206

Index 207