The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook: The Very Best Baby and Toddler Food Recipe Book (America's Test Kitchen Kids)

I love this because peace of mind in regards to what I'm feeding my kid. And making food for them is so much cheaper than buying it pre-made at the store. I definitely needed this to learn how to prepare meats for a baby.

I’m reviewing this as a cookbook, as it’s not a guide to baby led weaning. That said, I found some of the recipes to be inappropriate (like hard corn tortilla taco shells) for the recommended age, our pediatrician told us to avoid corn chips for a few years. Some recipes we’ve needed to portion differently/cut smaller, like the tofu sticks, fritatas and muffins. So use your own judgement about what your babies can handle. Generally I’d say the book is good, but not perfect about this.With that out of the way, the recipes are fantastic. I’ve made dozens of them, from 6mo-1yr and only 1 has been a hard miss (beef puree haha). Sometimes the recipes are so good, I end up making versions for the parents as well. Freezing leftovers in ice-trays has been a game-changer. It’s reassuring to have lots of options available and has been saving us money. Highly recommend!

Tells you what recipes can be frozen, are quick age and for family.

I purchased this book before my son was born and he is now over one year old. I have really enjoyed that this book covers multiple stages for cooking, from first foods to family meals and snacks. As my son progressed in his eating abilities, I would often re-open this book to look at food ideas. This past week for instance, as I was looking for new food/snack ideas I made him both the savory Oatcakes recipe and Carrot Muffins (as replacement for the constant baby cereal as snack consumption). He enjoyed both and it was nice to get the ideas to add variety to his food as he is not a super adventurous eater.There is a lot of emphasis on feeding your baby whatever you the parent are eating and just putting it in a blender. I was initially very intimidated by this idea, and it was nice to have a section in this book called family meals, where they provided meals that could be blended up for baby but also consumed by his parents while we were learning what made sense to stick in a blender.That being said, each section was not very long, so I often found myself wishing there were more recipes in each section. What the book lacked in length though they made up for with a lot of flavor combinations and variety.I have also given this book as a gift to new parents and my sister and everyone has enjoyed it.

The media could not be loaded. This book is exactly what I needed! My son tends to get bored with meals and I am running out of ideas. Easy meals and less thinking..I just wish I found it sooner!

Clear, consistent, well organized book.

I had been struggling to get my baby to eat anything other than chicken nuggets and this book as helped us change that!

Most of my cookbooks sit in the cabinet and collect dust, but I’ve actually used this one quite a bit. It’s great, I love that every recipe has a picture. I also love the family meals section- only wish it were bigger. We have made quite a few of those and they all turned out great. I didn’t get much use out of the purée section (you don’t really need a recipe for one ingredient purées and my son wasn’t a fan of their combo ones), but I think it was worth it for finger foods and the family meals. I could see us using this cookbook more in the future.