Blender Baby Food or Food Wine Cocktails 2008

Blender Baby Food: Over 125 Recipes for Healthy, Homemade Meals

Author: Nicole Young

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 home:

1. Knowing what's in it, therefore ensuring healthy and wholesome meals.


2. Tailoring the texture to your baby's preferences.


3. Shaping baby's tastes and helping him/her learn what fresh foods taste like.

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 recipes:

• Six Months and Older: Peach and Pear Bananarama, Melon Madness, Zucchini and Nectarines, Roasted Vegetable Purée


• Eight Months and Older: Vegetable Paella, Humus for Beginners, Chicken with Red Peppers and Corn, Beefy Broccoli


• Nine Months and Older: Lemon Raspberry Yogurt, Over the Top Applesauce, Spinach and Tomatoes with Ricotta, Fisherman's Pie


• Twelve Months and Older: Orange Banana Smoothie, Very Berry Pears, Broccoli and Cauliflower Melt, Veggie Cream Sauce

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 asthe 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.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements


Introduction

• When to Starts Solids


• What Foods to Start When


• Age Appropriateness


• Safety Concerns


• Food Allergies


• Making Your Own Baby Food


• Twelve to Twenty-four Months: Learning Healthy Eating


• Dealing with a Picky Eater

Food for Babies 6 Months and Older

• Meal Plans


• 62 recipes

Food for Babies 7 Months and Older

• Meal Plans


• 10 recipes

Food for Babies 8 Months and Older

• Meal Plans


• 40 recipes

Food for Babies 9 Months and Older

• Meal Plans


• 22 recipes

Food for Babies 12 Months and Older

• Meal Plans


• 17 recipes

Index

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Food & Wine Cocktails 2008

Author: Kate Krader

As a scene-scoping, style-setting, modern magazine, Food & Wine always keeps tabs on the trendiest nightlife. These 150 cocktails are the ones making a sensation in the hippest eateries and bars throughout the nation, the drinks bartenders get asked for again and again. And mix-masters won’t find better recipes for traditional favorites. Each chapter focuses on a particular spirit type, and every page highlights one or two special cocktails, along with a description of the establishment that provided the recipe and behind-the-scenes anecdotes. A “Cocktail Clinic” offers tips on stocking the bar with essential glassware and tools, as well as a list of the country’s best resources for bar staples, and an index in the back has the names, addresses and phone numbers of the top clubs showcased. That adds up to a comprehensive nightlife guide to major cities nationwide. Plus, there’s lots of exciting new material, including a whole chapter on the finest, most classic cocktails; a directory of the best liquor stores in the country, so readers can source all the ingredients for these amazing drinks; an expanded spirits lexicon; and even more delicious bar food recipes!