Feeding the Whole Family: Cooking with Whole Foods

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
• Published by: Sasquatch Books
• Edition: 3rd Edition January 28, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 157061525X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1570615252
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Product Review
A jewel of a cookbook. -- Marian Tompson, co-founder of La Leche League International

Delicious, totally doable recipes. What a fantastic starter book for people looking to incorporate more whole foods into the day to day diets of their entire families. -- Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking

Feeding the Whole Family is the perfect guidebook for families interested in whole, organic, natural foods. Essential for those who want to start solids naturally without a big fuss. -- Mothering

This book fills an important niche, and will be treasured by the cook who wants to prepare delicious, healthful fare that the whole family can enjoy. It will likely remain among a family's favorite cook books long after the toddlers have reached their teens. -- NAPRA ReView

This is a book that says - relax - here's how to use whole foods and feed your family from the same pot. You'll find common-sense support on how to eat when you're breastfeeding, start your baby on solids, and make homemade baby food. I'll bet this cook book will not end up sitting on your shelf. -- Barbara Mc Nally, A Real Life

Product Description
Feeding the Whole Family starts with the basics of creating a whole foods diet, from understanding grains and beans to determining what meats are acceptable to eat. Author Cynthia Lair then applies these lessons to cooking for young children and babies aged six months and older. She explains how to adapt each recipe separately for both children's and adults' palates. This updated edition includes the most current nutritional research along with 65 delicious new recipes, including meat dishes.

Reader Reviews
I love the ideas in this cookbook, which focuses on whole foods the entire family will enjoy. It's clear and sensible, and includes a couple hundred pages of recipes. What makes a whole food? Author Cynthia Lair writes that the best way to determine whether a food is whole or not is to ask these questions: * Can I imagine it growing? (It's tough to imagine a field of marshmallows.) * How many ingredients does it have? (It should have only one: apple, wild rice, salmon.) * What's been done to the food since it was harvested? (The less, the better.) * Is this product part of a food or the whole entity? (Only the juice? It's not whole.) * How long has this food been known to nourish human beings? (Probably centuries.) The recipes are helpful. Most include instructions on how to alter their dishes to make them appropriate for babies. The chapters are: 1) Wholesome Family Eating * What do we mean by wholesome? * Shopping for sustenance * Sharing a nourishing meal * Setting the table, setting the scene 2) Including Baby * Start with the best, the breast * Starting solids * Food allergies and intolerances * Expanding the diet of the older baby 3) Raising Healthy Eaters * Parents as role models * Setting boundaries * What should I give my child to drink? * Involving your children in the kitchen * Presenting food so it appeals to young children * "My child won't eat vegetables" 4) Basic Grain and Bean Cookery 5) Bustling Breakfasts 6) Lively Lunch Boxes 7) Soothing Soups 8) Substantial Suppers 9) Got Color? 10) Fresh-Baked Breads and Muffins 11) Refreshing Relishes, Convenient Condiments 11) Simple Sweet Desserts 12) Daily Drinks and Brews Lair also wrote Feeding the Young Athlete: Sports Nutrition Made Easy for Players and Parents. Other good books about eating whole foods include Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.