Editorial Review:

Fresh, wholesome meals that give little mouths something to smile about...
In The Petit Appetit Cookbook, mother and professional cook Lisa Barnes offers a healthy all-organic alternative to commercially processed, preservative-filled foods to help create delicious menus, nurture adventurous palates, and begin a lifetime of positive eating habits for children.
Includes:
- 150+ easy, fast, child-tested recipes for ages 4 months to 4 years
- Mealtime solutions for even the most finicky eaters
- Nutritional information for each recipe
- Time-saving cooking techniques
- The right age- and stage-appropriate food choices
- How and when to introduce solids to baby's diet
- Adapting family recipes for young children
- Recognizing signs of food allergies and intolerances

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

a comparison between Baby Blender Food and Petit Appetit:

i got this and baby blender foods from the local library before i purchased either one of them.
at first i liked the baby blender foods better. it seemed more down to earth, more what i would expect. i wasnt thrilled with the petit apetit. it seemed a little haughty toighty for me.
but when the time came to make a copy or two of recipes that i wanted to test drive, i found i was pulling more out of the PA than the other one. the recipe that especially impressed me was the egg free milk free... more info

Best Book I've Found:

This is the best baby cookbook I've found!
I love it, it has a couple options for cooking the baby food, making it easy for anyone to do.
It has A LOT of recipies from babies to toddlers, its great!
I highly recommend!

If you only buy one baby cook book:

This would be it! This book was exactly what I needed. I enjoy cooking, but needed the basic instructions of how to puree baby food. The best thing about this book is it focuses on integrating baby into the adult eating. Just tonight I made my 8 month daughter the chicken puree, mixed it with the black beans and rice. I was able to have the same -- not pureed, or course! It makes the experience feel more like a family meal than a chore.

You don't need this to cook for your baby:

If you are new to cooking this may be worthwhile. Otherwise you are wasting your money on "recipes" for pureeing single foods (seriously, she calls those recipes) and poorly researched advice on diet for children. You can easily puree foods on your own for the few months your child is eating them and by the time they are ready for more, you can teach yourself how to modify what you are eating to share with them. This book perpetuates the fear about feeding our own children, that somehow we have to have... more info

Similar Products:

Blender Baby Food: Over 125 Recipes for Healthy Homemade Meals by Nicole Young, Nadine Day (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby by Annabel Karmel (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

First Meals (New Expanded Edition) by Annabel Karmel (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Simply Natural Baby Food: Easy Recipes for Delicious Meals Your Infant and... by Cathe Olson (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Superfoods: For Babies and Children by Annabel Karmel (Hardcover) - Usually ships in 24 hours

The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Organic Baby & Toddler Cookbook (Organic) by Lizzie Vann, Daphne Razazan (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth (Paperback) - Usually ships in 24 hours