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The Instant Pot Toddler Food Cookbook: Wholesome Recipes That Cook Up Fast - in Any Brand of Electric Pressure Cooker
Fresh and flavorful, safe and natural homemade foods for your toddler—cooked up quickly and conveniently in your Instant Pot or other electric pressure cooker!
Parents of toddlers everywhere want to ensure that the food they feed their children is all-natural and free of additives, and that is why they prefer to make it fresh themselves rather than buying processed foods. They also seek variety, because in recent years pediatricians and dietitians have been recommending that a toddler's diet feature a wide variety of ingredients, well beyond what you can buy in the "kid-friendly" aisle at the supermarket. And, nothing to sneeze at, they do it to save money—sometimes lots of money.
How do they find the time? It isn't always easy. Enter the wildly popular Instant Pot, along with other brands of electric pressure cooker, the perfect solution for time-crunched moms and dads. Pressure cooking is skyrocketing in popularity in large part because of its speed. You can cook up a batch of toddler cereals, spoon foods, or finger foods in a matter of minutes. Pressure cooking is the ideal method for making baby and toddler foods.
No less an expert than Barbara Schieving, the world's most widely read blogger on pressure cooking (her blog is called Pressure Cooking Today), author of the best-selling The Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook, and a mom and recent grandmother herself, delivers here 100 tasty and good-looking recipes that will make you feel good about how you are feeding your kids—and will make them smile with delight at mealtime.
Here are cereals of all kinds and finger foods and spoon foods for all tastes, no matter how picky. With take-it-to-the-bank guidance on how to get the most from your cooker, plus loads of ideas on how to make and store big batches that will freeze for later use, this is a trustworthy kitchen companion parents will turn to again and again.
Parents of toddlers everywhere want to ensure that the food they feed their children is all-natural and free of additives, and that is why they prefer to make it fresh themselves rather than buying processed foods. They also seek variety, because in recent years pediatricians and dietitians have been recommending that a toddler's diet feature a wide variety of ingredients, well beyond what you can buy in the "kid-friendly" aisle at the supermarket. And, nothing to sneeze at, they do it to save money—sometimes lots of money.
How do they find the time? It isn't always easy. Enter the wildly popular Instant Pot, along with other brands of electric pressure cooker, the perfect solution for time-crunched moms and dads. Pressure cooking is skyrocketing in popularity in large part because of its speed. You can cook up a batch of toddler cereals, spoon foods, or finger foods in a matter of minutes. Pressure cooking is the ideal method for making baby and toddler foods.
No less an expert than Barbara Schieving, the world's most widely read blogger on pressure cooking (her blog is called Pressure Cooking Today), author of the best-selling The Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook, and a mom and recent grandmother herself, delivers here 100 tasty and good-looking recipes that will make you feel good about how you are feeding your kids—and will make them smile with delight at mealtime.
Here are cereals of all kinds and finger foods and spoon foods for all tastes, no matter how picky. With take-it-to-the-bank guidance on how to get the most from your cooker, plus loads of ideas on how to make and store big batches that will freeze for later use, this is a trustworthy kitchen companion parents will turn to again and again.
112 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 8, 2019
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March 7, 2019
Instant pots are all the rage! We have one and have had two for a while before I realized I was a bit overboard. I used it today to make Mac and cheese and put riced cauliflower in there with it ;).
I really enjoy the recipes in this book. They are easy and the instructions are good. However, I am a very visual person and photos help me a lot! That would be the biggest issue with this book for me. I found the recipes to be good, though. I am skeptical of risotto for breakfast but am willing to try. The rest of the recipes look great! The few I have tried have been good. I also did notice there was a lot of sautéing and then using the pressure cooker as a pressure cooker. In my head I was seeing meals I could put in the pot and walk away from, but I haven’t found many IP recipes that are like that anyway.
I received an eARC copy of this book via Netgalley but my opinions are entirely my own.
I really enjoy the recipes in this book. They are easy and the instructions are good. However, I am a very visual person and photos help me a lot! That would be the biggest issue with this book for me. I found the recipes to be good, though. I am skeptical of risotto for breakfast but am willing to try. The rest of the recipes look great! The few I have tried have been good. I also did notice there was a lot of sautéing and then using the pressure cooker as a pressure cooker. In my head I was seeing meals I could put in the pot and walk away from, but I haven’t found many IP recipes that are like that anyway.
I received an eARC copy of this book via Netgalley but my opinions are entirely my own.
February 27, 2019
This books contains recipes that are quick and easy and are definitely going to be huge hits with our 5 year old and 2 year old. The lasagna, the mac and cheese with veggies and the pesto pasta will all be winners. The instructions are simple to follow. We have been making heavy use of our instant pot because it makes dinner prep and clean up simple when we are on the go and busy.
I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review. My personal belief is that the book would benefit from use of photographs (none are included), but the recipes alone are gems and should not be missed. With images, this would be a must have instant pot book for a household with young children. 4.5 stars, but I'm rounding up because the recipes are worth it...
I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review. My personal belief is that the book would benefit from use of photographs (none are included), but the recipes alone are gems and should not be missed. With images, this would be a must have instant pot book for a household with young children. 4.5 stars, but I'm rounding up because the recipes are worth it...
March 18, 2019
I really liked the intro on this cookbook, with all the tips/ tricks. We tried a few recipes that went over well, and have a few more as marked to definitely try. The layout/ directions all worked well. We tried the “banana bread bites” and “blueberry muffin bites” so far, and I am looking forward to attempting the rainbow fruit yogurt parfaits!
November 13, 2019
Not too many good recipes
October 17, 2020
I didn't find a single recipe in here that I wanted to try, but it does have some good tips about how to get toddlers to eat more.
March 20, 2019
The reason I am giving this 3 stars is because of the lack of photographs. Because of that it, it didn't draw me in.
The recipes are good to try though!
I recommend if you don't mind not having a aesthetically pleasing cookbook and more just nitty grittu recipes.
I received this via Netgally in an exchange for an honest opinion.
The recipes are good to try though!
I recommend if you don't mind not having a aesthetically pleasing cookbook and more just nitty grittu recipes.
I received this via Netgally in an exchange for an honest opinion.
April 12, 2019
We don't have kids ourselves, though we do have nieces and nephews of baby and toddler age that we sometimes get to cook for. While most of the recipes in this looked awesome and like things I would cook not just when they are around, but also when we want to eat, I was super bummed that this book has no photos (if I, at 37, can't always eat foods that look a certain way, I'm not exactly shocked when I can't convince my three-year-old nephew to eat it either.). Also, no calorie breakdown, so no real guides on how much sodium, etc., is in any of the meals.
April 6, 2019
I am reviewing this book for Barbara Schieving, Jennifer Schieving McDaniel, and Quarto Publishing and NetGalley who gave me a copy of their book for an honest review.
I liked some of the recipes but lack of photos put me off. I like seeing what the finished recipe should look like. Plus I don't think there was the inclusion of the nutritional values of each, which many people look at nowadays.
I liked some of the recipes but lack of photos put me off. I like seeing what the finished recipe should look like. Plus I don't think there was the inclusion of the nutritional values of each, which many people look at nowadays.
May 1, 2019
I did not get a chance to try out any of these recipes, but I will in the future. Some great ideas in this book! I love using an instant pot anyway, and to fix stuff for toddlers is a great idea!
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