Blender Baby Food: Over 125 Recipes for Healthy Homemade Meals

by Nicole Young, Nadine Day

This first edition has been replaced by the Revised and Expanded Second edition of Blender Baby Food (9780778802624) featuring over 175 recipes for healthy homemade meals. Making nutritious, homemade baby food has never been so easy! Baby food doesn't have to come in jars, and making your own at home is not difficult. Baby food is strained, puréed or mashed adult food - just a different version of the food you prepare for yourself. Here are three good reasons to make baby food at Whether choosing to make all baby's food at home, or just some of it, the blender is a great way to offer new flavors in a baby-friendly texture. Once a child begins to eat table food, there is always an occasion for a fruit smoothie or a nutritious blended dip. Here's a sampling of the deliciously easy All the recipes in Blender Baby Food are accompanied by suggested age guidelines. Also included are lots of great tips for making baby food, storage and freezing guidelines as well as the appropriate way to thaw and reheat food. Plus, none of the recipes calls for any of the salt, sugar, starches or fillers found in many commercially prepared baby foods. Blender Baby Food helps parents give their baby the best nutritional advantage.

Genres: Parenting, Food, Nonfiction, Cooking

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 2005

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Reviews

[Malinda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a help in making my own baby foods. My baby gave the purees five stars.

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

All I need now is time for a garden and you can call me Granola Lindsey

[Shay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great recipes

[Mimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find this book packed with great recipes not only for my baby, but also for my husband and I. Recipes such as blueberry apple crumble, spinach and tomato with ricotta, and carrots and dates that can be used as a spread for toast. Yummy!

These recipes are compiled by a registered dietician and they offer a great variety of things to build your baby's taste buds. She sections the book off by age, which is very helpful. My only complaint is that some things that are listed in the 6 months and older section are definitely for the older infant and she doesn't point that out on each one. Overall, I love it. Everything that I have made so far for my 7 month old has been quick and easy and a big hit with her.

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best book I've read so far about making your own baby food. I liked how many recipes it had, that it broke things up by age (in months), and it also had helpful tips like how a recipe could be adapted or used for the whole family (i.e. mix a berry concoction in to to oatmeal for breakfast, use some for vegetable dips for older kids). I don't own a baby food grinder, so I also appreciated that everything could be made in the blender. Much cheaper and healthier than commercial baby food, not to mention a better variety than bottled peas or pears, but simple enough to be doable even for a busy mom. I'd recommend this book to anyone with a baby!

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I purchased this book because I wanted to make my own baby food for Ian. I was surprised that this book gives recipes that include citrus and strawberries for a 6 month old. I have made 5 recipes from this book so far and found that the requirements for needed water in cooking have been insufficient. This book has some interesting ideas, but I'm going to use them as a starting off point for ideas.

[Mandi Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this book. It's easy to use as a quick reference for baby food recipes/ guidlines. However, Some of the time tables for intoducing food to your child are a little too rapid. If you read a lot about child development you may raise your eyebrows at some of the recommended 7 and 8 month recipes. . .that being said, this is an excellent recource for making healthy, vitamin rich baby food (there's actually a bit of an art to getting it jam packed with nutrients and yet pureed to perfection).

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This pretty much has the same review as Top 100. I loved the books and they gave me great ideas on what to make my little one. I tried a few of the recipes out of this book and then really broke off on my own. I tried what was the freshest in my store and what looked the best for my baby. Making food for our little one really saved us money and I felt much better about feeding my little girl food that I knew how it was prepared and that it was fresh.

[Sara ♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have this book checked out from the library. So far I've made puréed:

acorn squash
sweet potatoes
beets
peas
apples
pears
green beans
strawberries

Works really well so far! I've been freezing the food in some cheap ice cube trays I got 3 for $1. The cubes are 1 Tbsp each, so it's really easy to measure how much food Ava is eating. Good times!

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carrots turned out great
green beans (used frozen... didn't need so much water!!)
spinach was a bust!

[Jennifer]

This book is okay - better than the other option I brought home. As mentioned below, some of the food introductions are off. For example, the AAP suggests babies are introduced to corn after 12 months old, not between 6 and 8 months. Maybe these suggestions changed between this book being written and now. But it means I need to look at every recipe a second time.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had some good foods to use. I like how the foods are separated into how many months old the baby is.

I liked it a lot better than

"Super Baby Food." by Ruth Yaron. She had nuts listed in her book.

[Terra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great starter set of easy (seriously, peel, boil and blend) baby food recipes to make at home. For example: carrot, pear & sweet potato was a huge hit for us. At appropriate ages, introduces more texture like cooked rice and gradually meats.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great baby cook book, with a variety of recipes. What could be improved in my opinion would be to state freezing instructions for each recipe. I would also include more pictures of the recipes. I enjoy the meal plans in each section and wish they had a few more throughout each stage.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

My sitter let me borrow this after a failed attempt at squash. It has a lot of delish sounding recipes that I'm eager to try. Some of them I would like to make for myself... with salt. :) I really found the tips in the margins to be very informative and perhaps the best part of the book.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great ideas as we progress in the world of solids.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I came to this book too late, when my baby was already moving beyond blender foods. But I would recommend it for ages 6-9 months+.

[Cristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great advice & recipes on making baby food for my pumpkin!

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good. Turns out making your own baby food is super easy...if you have a blender! Easy recipes. Motivating to make your own food because of the benefits this book explains.

[Susiane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for easy baby food recipes. I read a lot of different baby food books and this was a good one, but not my favorite.

[Meagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good recipes, liked the menu suggestions, did not like the suggestion of boiling of the fruits and veggies before pureeing. Steaming keeps more flavor etc.

Overall, not too bad.

[Tisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of fun recipes for the littlest eaters.

[Heaether · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is a keeper! I will be purchasing this book to use with my babycook beaba for sure!

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most simple ideas - simple ingredient & preparation. Must-have for when baby starts solids.

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basic information, and some good recipes, but nothing that can be adapted past the first few months of eating- no real transition to table foods, or rather transitioning table foods to the baby.

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of simple recipes. Going to be trying some of these out. I think some of the recipes are too accelerated time wise though.