The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food: A Quick and Easy Cookbook to Feed the Whole Family
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The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food: A Quick and Easy Cookbook to Feed the Whole Family

Paperback – August 21, 2018

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Price
$7.31
Format
Paperback
Pages
238
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1641521130
Dimensions
8 x 0.65 x 8 inches
Weight
1.25 pounds

Description

"If you have young children (let alone picky young children) you know just how challenging it can be to feed them. You are probably worried about meeting nutrient needs, serving appropriate portions, and satisfying developing taste buds…and doing so under a time and financial budget—not once, twice, but three times a day. Parenting is hard work! Fortunately, The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food offers practical, useful, and invaluable information in addition to easy-to-make and mouthwatering recipes to help moms and dads cut through the confusion and nourish growing bodies. As author Stephanie Middleberg aptly points out, (healthy) food is love and this lesson is best learned at an early age." —Joy Bauer, nutrition and health expert for the TODAY show " The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food is a dream come true! As a yoga teacher and fitness professional, I’ve always been interested in feeding my boys healthy wholesome organic foods. Stephanie has made it so accessible and easy for all moms to choose organic and get their toddlers interested in eating a rainbow of colors! From finger foods to dinners, she has you covered and it’s not as hard as you think. I have 3 boys and as picky as they are I’ve been able to keep them eating healthy foods; thank you, Stephanie! I highly recommend this book to all moms!" —Kristin McGee, celebrity yoga and Pilates instructor “Over the past 30 years of practice as a holistic pediatrician I have managed many challenging conditions with families, but nothing is perhaps more stressful, frustrating, and confusing for parents than the struggle to provide a healthy diet for their toddler. How can such a little person be such a challenge? Stephanie Middleberg has brought her vast expertise as a dietician to meet this challenge. In The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food she provides a feast of facts, tips, and recipes that will set your child on the right path of making healthy choices for the rest of his or her life. From smoothies to snacks and all the meals in between, she will help you navigate the conflicting information out there about food choices and show you how to open your child’s heart to a more joyful, loving experience of eating that will benefit the whole family.” —Dr. Steven Cowan, Author of Fire Child Water Child STEPHANIE MIDDLEBERG, MS, RD, CDN is the author of the bestselling cookbook The Big Book of Organic Baby Food and one of New York City’s most sought-after health experts. The founder and owner of Middleberg Nutrition, she and her team of registered dietitians offer nutritional counseling, consulting, and cooking classes to individuals and families. Stephanie has been featured in top tier media publications including Harper's Bazaar , Elle , Fitness , Glamour , Shape , Self , Cosmopolitan , Women's Health , Marie Claire , Redbook , Good Housekeeping , Women's Day , and MSNBC.com. When she isn't working with her clients or media outlets, you can find Stephanie jogging with her husband and son, traveling, or concocting recipes in the Middleberg Nutrition Test Kitchen.

Features & Highlights

  • Organic, yummy, fast and family-friendly recipes your toddler foodie will love.
  • Toddlers have a lot of opinions, especially when it comes to food. With
  • The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food
  • , you’ll create simple, delicious meals that satisfy your toddler’s changing nutritional needs and the taste buds of everyone in the household, even the little picky one.In
  • The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food
  • , Stephanie Middleberg draws on her nutritional expertise as a certified nutritionist and founder of Middleberg Nutrition, as well as her hard-earned wisdom as the mom of two, to bring you the ultimate guide to nourishing your little one with delicious organic foods
  • without
  • a meltdown!Your ultimate toddler cookbook,
  • The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food
  • includes:
  • 125+ simple, healthy recipes that will appeal equally to your toddler and all other family members, saving you time and money
  • 125+ simple, healthy recipes
  • that will appeal equally to your toddler and all other family members, saving you time and money
  • An overview of toddlerhood including signs of readiness for toddler-specific foods, food allergen and safety guidance, bottle weaning and milk introduction, baby tableware buying guidance, and more
  • An overview of toddlerhood
  • including signs of readiness for toddler-specific foods, food allergen and safety guidance, bottle weaning and milk introduction, baby tableware buying guidance, and more
  • Organic food fundamentals that cover food labels, pantry prep, seasonal eating, and convenience food guidance
  • Organic food fundamentals
  • that cover food labels, pantry prep, seasonal eating, and convenience food guidance
  • From yummy breakfast recipes like Chocolate Chip Oat Banana Blender Muffins to family-ready dinners like Zucchini Noodles with Slow Cooker Turkey Meatball Marinara,
  • The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food
  • will not only ensure your toddler is eating nutritious, delicious food, but that you aren’t spending all your waking hours in the kitchen.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Nothing New

I was so excited to receive this and am a big fan of the author and first book on baby food but this was disappointing. Several recipes are repeated between the two books, maybe with a small tweak at most. New recipes aren’t inventive or any different than what you find online. For instance one recipe calls for baking pear plain with some cinnamon. When many recipes are repeats and others are this obvious, I didn't really feel like the purchase was worth it. So bummed.
27 people found this helpful
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I can hardly cook for myself, and now I need to cook for a toddler?

This cookbook has been really helpful to me. I see lots of reviews saying that this book has stuff you probably already know if you're a 'healthy eater', but I think that's unfair; I am a vegetarian who likes eating whole, healthy foods, but I only cook like 5 things and eat lots of 'raw' food (sliced fruit and vegetables b/c they don't require prep). For a mama who grew up eating food out of boxes or whatever I could make in the microwave, and who never had someone teach them how to cook, having a guide like this to give my own spawn a better start means a great deal.

I found the "Baby Food" book by this author helpful, also. I really like food, and to eat lots of different flavors, but I don't find it easy to be creative with flavor combinations-- that puree-centric volume and this one were immensely useful guides in that respect.

This book isn't made to facilitate adult-child cooperative cooking, but I've found that since the ingredients and recipes are so simple, there are lots of opportunities for my toddler to contribute (sprinkling cinnamon, stirring the ingredients together with a fork, spooning the batter onto the baking sheet, etc.).

PROS:
>simple recipes, not too many steps.
>simple combinations of ingredients.
>nothing takes too long!
>recipes don't call for the use of any expensive or specialty equipment.
>nothing too "exotic" that you might not be able to find at the average grocery store (at least in my experience), and suggestions for simple switches of an ingredient might be hard to find or seasonably unavailable, or for things you might already have in your kitchen that would do just as well.
>easy on the salt and sweetening, while still suggesting seasonings to compliment the main ingredients-- all of which I think is good, especially for young ones still developing their palates.
>suggestions for how to make recipes veg*, dairy-free, or gluten-free.

CONS:
>very few pictures, which would be helpful in knowing what to expect (but on the other hand, doesn't give me the false/high expectations that result from expertly-staged food photographs).

BOTTOM LINE: I purchased this book on my own, have no affiliation with the author or publisher, and I would definitely buy any other cookbooks this author published.
22 people found this helpful
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Useful Organic Toddler Cookbook!

I think this toddler cookbook is nice to have. It has very healthy recipe ideas in it. The layout is nice and all the information is useful. My only complaint is there isn’t any pictures for the recipes. It would help so much to be able to “see” for us visual learners. A recipe is more apt to be made from sight rather than a title!
6 people found this helpful
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Great content, poor quality printing/binding

I love the content of this book! The actual book however is a bit of a mess. My first copy had an issue with the printing - blurry words and pictures, blurry enough that I had trouble reading them. I was just reading my second copy (which I purchased at Whole Foods), and pages 79-82 just completely fell out! Not ripped or torn, just not properly bound! Yikes! I really would like a clear copy with all pages intact!
4 people found this helpful
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Not worth it

I've tried multiple recipes from this book and most have tasted terrible. And a lot of things in here aren't really "recipes." I do not consider sliced apples and peanut butter spread on them worthy of being in a cookbook. A lot of the baked items in here taste good when fresh, but then are terrible the next day. Not worth the money in my opinion, you can find better ideas for free online.
3 people found this helpful
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Not quick and easy

I had high hopes for this book but I am highly disappointed. I’d say that my toddler only liked maybe 1-2 recipes out of all the recipes in this book. I tasted them myself and even I didn’t like most of them. I also wish that each recipe has a picture of the finished product so I can confirm that I cook it right. You eat with your eyes first.
Some of the recipes have a lot of ingredients so I think it’s a bit misleading to call these quick recipes. Overall I would highly recommended against buying this cookbook for your picky toddlers
2 people found this helpful
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Toddler meal helper

I bought the organic baby foods and it help me so much with the process of preparing healthy baby foods. So, i didn’t hesitate to buy this one. I love this one too. It have a lot of ideas. The only thing is that the book dose include images of the final look of the meal that you are preparing, as the first book.
2 people found this helpful
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Great resource for parents!

Tasty, healthy recipes for kids (and parents!)
So much variety, but recipes are all fairly simple.
2 people found this helpful
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my go-to gift and inspiration for family meal prep

I've only just begun to dive into recipes in this book but love Stephanie's overall approach to cooking and variations of dishes that both kids and families will enjoy. My children are now 3 and 5 but this is resource I wish I had access too when they were younger. It's now my go-to gift for parents expecting their 2nd child. I'm excited to introduce them to these recipes as they're different from what I would typically cook and pack more healthful ingredients. I pay close attention to the recipes that you can freeze well as I love a make-ahead hack. Hoping this ups my kids' veggie intake and overall appreciation for flavorful and healthy food
2 people found this helpful
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Hands down, the best healthy toddler cookbook out there

The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food is everything you need for healthy and delicious meals and snacks from 1 year on.
As a first time mom and busy professional living a heathy and fit lifestyle, naturally I want feed my 18 month old girl wholesome organic foods. Stephanie has made it so accessible and easy for all moms to choose organic and get their toddlers interested in eating a rainbow of colors!
She is creative and this book is filled with education- things I never even think about as parent that is a super healthy eater. From finger foods to dinners, she has you covered and it’s not as hard as you think. I started with her book of organic baby food when my daughter used to eat everything- now she has become so picky and using recipes from this book, I’ve been able to keep her eating healthy foods; they are great for the whole family too. Thank you Stephanie! I highly recommend this book to all. - Amanda Mintz
2 people found this helpful

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