Ella’s Kitchen: The First Foods Book: The Purple One
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Covering every step of the weaning journey, from six months to a year, The First Foods Book includes more than 130 recipes – from single-veg purees to exciting combinations and full meals. Every one has been rigorously tested to ensure it meets with Ella’s Kitchen nutritional standards.
There is also lots of practical advice to give every parent confidence at this key stage of their baby’s development. Top tips and insider advice from nutritionists, baby experts and real mums, dads and carers make weaning easy and stress-free – introducing solids becomes as much of an adventure for parents as it is for the little one whose taste exploration has only just begun. Weekly meal planners show you just what to expect, and there is a pull-out chart included in the book that you can stick on your fridge or wall.
The third in the hugely successful Ella’s Kitchen Cook Book series, The First Foods Book brims with recipes guaranteed to set tiny taste buds alight. With every recipe specifically developed for its nutritional content, as well as for its yummy flavour, and with the Ella’s Kitchen stamp of approval on every page, this is set to become every parent’s must-have guide to weaning.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Hamlyn (9 April 2015) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 192 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0600629252 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0600629252 |
| Dimensions | 20 x 2 x 26.4 cm |
by Amazon Customer
Great book for getting to grips with weaning and beyond.
by Debora
Very interesting. There is plenty of recipes and a lot to learn on how to start solids.
by Amazon Customer
I find this book very useful. It gives me a very clear guidance on how to start solid food for my baby. I like the solid food planner interleaf.
by Steph
I am keen to make sure my baby doesn’t develop a sweet tooth early on, this book has some really good recipe ideas and useful tips for weaning, but a lot of the recipes add fruit to vegetable combinations which I’m not a fan of because it gets baby used to sweetness, when it’s a good idea for them to develop a savoury palate. Good for inspiration though.
by Clare Davidson
The presentation of this book is lovely. Every page is set out in bright colours, with different coloured section labels, so it’s easy to get to the weaning stage you’re up to. It’s got lots of advice, from what equipment you need to information on allergies. In the centre, there are two pull outs. One is a quick reference weaning guide in the form of a map and the other is for keeping a record of your little one’s weaning journey. I haven’t actually used either of them, but they do look fun.
We started off on a two week taste exploration where he got a different single vegetable/fruit puree every day. Tastes included potatoes, broccoli, avocado (a firm favourite), butternut squash and green beans (which he hated). After that there’s twenty combination purees to choose from until baby reaches 7 months old. Most of these recipes make multiple portions (pears and avocado being the notable exception as avocado does not keep).
I haven’t made every recipe, but every recipe I’ve tried has turned out well. One or two have been a bit on the watery side, but I suspect that was my fault! There’s only one Alec hasn’t really liked (swede, carrots and cinnamon), but I’ve kept the extra portions anyway to try him again. I like that there’s a mixture of fruit and vegetable purees. I tend to make him one of each, so he effectively has a main meal and a pudding. The extra portions are handy for lunch times, too.
The recipes are grouped by age: 6 months, 7 months+, 10 months+ and one year and beyond. At 12 months, the recipes are all big enough to feed big mouths as well as little mouths. I love that every recipe tells you how many portions it makes (number of ice cubes for the purees up to how many adults and kids a meal serves). There’s also finger food recipes, which I’m looking forward to trying.
All the recipes are fairly quick to cook, so I do them whilst I’m cooking everyone else’s dinner! And if there’s an evening where I can’t be bothered, or haven’t been to the supermarket to get fresh ingredients, I have a variety of pots in the fridge that I can turn to.
So far, I think this book is wonderful. In a couple of weeks I’ll be moving on to the seven month recipes (it’s scary how fast time is flying!), which start to introduce meat and fish. (There’s still a good selection of purely vegetarian recipes!) I’ve already bookmarked the recipes I’d like to start with.
by Domaria
This has been amazing in helping me wean my baby. It has loads of helpful information and delicious, nutritious recipes. It’s inspired me to eat healthier too!
by Alina
Here’s a list of all the recipes from this book:
Super soft oats, apples and seeds
Cheeky bean and baked eggs
Shake it up scrambled eggs
Buttery leek and chicken pie
Pop out mini tortilla muffins
Shooting star sardine pasta
Super scrummy salmon risotto
Veggie feast mac and cheese
Lovely lamb with mint and pine nuts
Little explorers bulgar wheat salad
Haddock and pesto pasta bake
Lemony chicken with sunny Thai noodles
Jammin jamaican fish curry
Fruity funtime porridge
Seaside salmon and avocado couscous
Wriggly noodels, sweetcorn and sardines
Mushroom, pea and tomato pilaf
Golden shepherds pie
Groovy greens and beef noodels
Mega meatballs with mango sauce
Baked potato filling recipes x3
Stacked and packed veggie moussaka
Chilly cherry pudding pots
Wakey wakey cranberry muesli
Just for me creamy eggs
Chunky monkey pancakes
Jumping bean burgers
Really special rice and prawns
Tuck in turkey and fennel pasta bake
Pizza tata
Big smiles cheesy pie
Seaside carbonara
Sticky fingers bbq chicken
Softly spiced chicken and sultana curry
Baked and bursting butternut squash
Sunshine chicken with mushy minty peas
Perfect pair apple and pork ragu
Lovely little mackerel salad
Go green lamb stew
Chicken paella ella ella
Speedy spiced lentil soup
Slowly does it beef stew and dumplings
Catch of the day spag bol
Big veg chunky chilli
All for me apple crumbles
Delicious sticky date squares
Stripy berry puds
Easy cheesy eggy bread
Apple and sardine soldiers
Squishy tuna fishcake and mushy pea dip
Pick up porridge bars
Really raisiny soda bread
Ruby red mini muffins
Dunk me satay chicken
Dippy pea guacamole
Hummus recipes x3
Dinky courgette fritters
Crunchy munchy polenta fish fingers
Slurpy smoothie lollies
Chomp chomp cookies
Crispy veggie fingers
Crumbly creamy salmon parcels
Ham and egg bakies
Terrific tortilla parcels
Round and round rice bites
Big and strong muffins
Rainbow veg and chicken kebabs
Mighty fine falafels with mega minty dip
Banana and ricotta puffs
Hidden gems polenta loaf
Super seeds fridge bars
+ Many many more baby purée ideas and recipes.
+ So much info about finger foods, weaning, allergies, safety, portion sizes etc. Literally everything you need to know about baby food!:)
by Dorota Kleczka
this book really useful for a clueless parents, especially a new parents. It give you a good information, easy to read and well organised book too! very recommended