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The Amazing Make-Ahead Baby Food Book: Make 3 Months of Homemade Purees in 3 Hours [A Cookbook] Hardcover – April 28, 2015

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LISA BARRANGOU, PhD, is an experienced food scientist and culinary professional. After becoming a mother, she founded The Green Baby Chef, a homemade baby food company offering personal chef services for infants, as well as private cooking instruction and baby food-making workshops. She holds a BS in nutrition, food, and agriculture from Cornell University, and an MS and PhD in food science from North Carolina State University.

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Creating a well-balanced, diverse offering of meals that baby will enjoy can be the most challenging part of feeding your baby. This challenge is largely responsible for why so many parents leave it up to food companies to create and supply their baby’s food for them. While commercially processed jarred baby food does offer convenience, homemade baby food made from fresh whole foods is far superior, both in nutrient and flavor quality.
Whole foods are foods that are unprocessed and unrefined (or processed and refined as little as possible), and therefore maintain their natural flavor and nutrient integrity. Think of whole foods as those that can typically be found in nature, like whole fruits, vegetables, unrefined grains, and fresh cuts of meat. Processed jarred and pouched baby foods, while made mostly, but not entirely, from whole foods, are subject to very high temperature and pressure treatments, which allow them to remain shelf stable for literally years but result in substantial nutrient and flavor loss. The impact of this high heat can be clearly seen by comparing the color of processed jarred pea puree with homemade pea puree. The dramatic color change that results from excess heat directly indicates nutrient and flavor quality loss. In addition to extensive processing, jarred baby foods often include thickening agents, such as flours, starches, and gums, to increase stability (prevent them from separating during long-term storage), effectively diluting the nutrient density of the product.
Homemade baby food, on the other hand, can be prepared using gentle cooking methods, ensuring the maximum retention of nutrient and flavor integrity. Storing homemade baby food in the freezer is a gentle preservation method that locks in nutrients rather than destroying them, allowing this nutrient and flavor integrity to carry over until consumption. When babies are offered gently processed, flavorful whole food purees, they learn to accept and enjoy the natural, beautiful flavors that nature provides. This early acceptance, if cultivated, becomes a preference, and carries on with babies through life. Conversely, the bland flavors of jarred baby food purees often lead to an underdeveloped palate that is less accepting of the full flavors of healthy foods, and that, too, can be carried on through life.
Making homemade baby food provides an opportunity for you to prepare whole foods for your baby right from the start. Researchers have found that consumption patterns for fruits and vegetables often change adversely as babies transition from purees to a mature diet, primarily due to the introduction of processed foods. One study researched food consumption patterns of US infants and toddlers and found that, while deep yellow vegetables were consumed by 39 percent of babies at seven to eight months old, that percentage sharply declined to 13 percent at nineteen to twenty-four months old, when french fries became the most commonly consumed vegetable. This study also found that at nineteen to twenty-four months old, nearly one-third of babies consumed no fruit, while 60 percent consumed baked desserts, 20 percent consumed candy, and 44 percent consumed sweetened beverages on a given day.1 In our current Western food culture, many well-intentioned parents unwittingly fall into the processed food trap. And no matter how healthily you may have eaten before you had children, it can be even harder to find the time for fresh-food preparation once they come along. I hope this simple system will make it easier for you to quickly and confidently keep whole foods at the forefront of your child’s eating habits—even as life becomes increasingly more complex.
Preparing homemade baby food is very easy to do, but it does take time, the right cooking tools, and planning to provide a diverse, well-balanced offering of age-appropriate food. The Amazing Make-Ahead Baby Food Book does most of the planning for you, guiding you through a six-step process that will prepare you to make three months’ worth of baby food in just three one-hour blocks of time. After guiding you through preparing a large supply of individual whole food purees, this book shows you how to combine your individual purees into an endless variation of flavorful, nutritionally balanced meals, and then transitions you to preparing more advanced meals as your baby approaches readiness for a mature diet.
As you begin your baby food making adventure be sure to read chapter 2, which provides valuable information on feeding timelines, specific health concerns to be aware of, safe food preparation practices, and selection and preparation tips for whole foods. Please note that this book has been written as an informative guide to support your baby’s health and nutrition, but it is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of a physician. Always consult your baby’s pediatrician for health-related matters or concerns. Now, let’s get started!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press (April 28, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1607747146
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1607747147
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.62 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.83 x 0.75 x 9.11 inches

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Dr. Barrangou is an experienced mother, food professional, food enthusiast, and advocate for healthy living. She previously created a homemade baby food company, Green Baby Chef, offering personal chef services for infants, as well as private cooking instruction and baby food making workshops. She holds a B.S. in Nutrition, Food and Agriculture from Cornell University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Food Science from North Carolina State University.

As a food scientist who previously worked for three different Fortune 500 food companies, she knows first hand what processed food truly is. When she had her first child, she knew that homemade baby food, made from whole, real foods, with no additives or fillers, would be her baby’s primary food source. She has been making homemade baby food since 2005, for each of her 3 children, her friends’ children, and for clients.

Through her homemade baby food service company, Dr. Barrangou developed an efficient system to create 3 months worth of baby food within 3 hours, all safely made in her clients’ kitchen, conveniently packaged and compactly stored in their freezer, taking up no more space than a small basket. After realizing how many parents wanted to learn how to make baby food and use this efficient system for themselves, she integrated her knowledge and technique into a comprehensive baby food plan that became her first book, RealSmart Baby Food (2013). After much success, the first book was completely revamped and optimized, incorporating updated information, new and more advanced recipes, as well as all new vibrant photos, and turned into the current book The Amazing Make-Ahead Baby Food Book (2015).

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Quality and easy baby food

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024

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The recipes and food prep plan are easy to understand and follow. The information about different foods was useful. I was able to feed my baby quality food easily. I recommend this book to any parent/caregiver!

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Rena M.

A++++ for variety, best baby cookbook I ever owned

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2016

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This is my third baby food book, and by far the best. For your reference, the two others were Fast & Fresh Baby Food Cookbook: 120 Ridiculously Simple and Naturally Wholesome Baby Food Recipes and The Best Homemade Baby Food on the Planet: Know What Goes Into Every Bite with More Than 200 of the Most Deliciously Nutritious Homemade Baby Food Recipes . I was hesitant purchasing this at first, because I did not need to make ahead 3 months of baby food, but this book is amazing even if you don't need it.
I used the 'The Best Homemade Baby Food' book for my first child 5 years ago, and was pretty happy with it. However, when I got this one, I was shocked that baby foods can be so diverse. Cooking method is mostly the same for all baby food books. Cut, steam and blend. What makes this book so unique, is that it introduces so many variety of vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes. Some of them I didn't even notice they existed. I love the fact that I can introduce all kinds of food out there to my 6 month old, and hopefully he'll develop a habit of trying a variety of healthy foods later in life too. My 5 year old daughter is still a very picky eater and she has a hard time trying new food. Sometimes I wonder if that could have been changed at least a little if I had this book when she was a baby. Probably not, but still...
On top of variety, this book also has 'Food Compatibility Chart'. You can pair and mix your cubes of babyfood to give them thousands of variety for their palate. This will be especially good when the baby rejects one flavor but you still want to give it to him. Mix it with something he likes in the chart, and he'll like it better than one flavor alone (such as kale or broccoli). (I haven't tried this myself though, as I only had this book for 4-5 weeks. My son liked everything I made so far, except sweet peas. I am planning to mix it with something else and try again soon.)
The only downside is, when to introduce which is not specified by month. If you are starting solids at 6 months, I think you can just follow sample schedule in the book (which is also amazing by the way). But because I started solids at 5 months, I referenced 'The Best Homemade Baby Food' book for introducing which food when. (I actually lost my copy but found that it was only $2.99 in kindle, so I bought it again.) I do recommend supplementing with another book if you are confused with the timing of introduction. Or maybe you can google when to introduce what.
This book is made beautifully, and I really recommend it. I read it everyday just because the book is so pretty, and it has very good information in picking and purchasing the right food. Although I didn't follow the make ahead schedule, I'm sure it would come in very handy for those who need it too. Recommended cooking tools is also helpful, as I love the silicone trays described here, opposed to expensive baby food freezing trays.

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Kate

It really is amazing!

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023

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I love this book! It shows you how to make a 3 month supply of 18 different purees in 3 one hour sessions. We timed them and they do take roughly one hour. We did not find that we could manage the grains - the food processor did not really chop up the rice, for example - but these we just purchased.

It also includes recipes for several additional purees and it has a section on what purees you can mix together that would taste good.

Without this I think making our own baby food would be pretty intimidating and time consuming but with it, it was pretty easy and did not take long.

The equipment you need:
-Steamer (could get away with steamer bags if you had a lot of them but it would take longer)
-food processor
-one ounce ice cube trays (they say 6 trays that fit 15 cubes but we had an 8 pack and used them all and more)
-things to cut and peel vegetables with
-freezer storage
-spoon and spatula to fill ice cube trays

That's it!

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Jennifer C

More time then stated for each cooking session but worth it.

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021

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I thought the book was very well laid out, however it was not complete in that it did not provide a measure of how many trays you would need to make each food item to freeze this made the process way longer for me it took days to complete. I found the savings in food adequate but it took a long time to do the sections even the first 3 months worth of food. All the prepping and blending and pouring does not fit into a 3 hour block as the book states. However it is filled with nutritionl content and valuable information on the foods you prepare for your baby. The graphs and grocery lists were fabulous and I appreciated the simplicity of the layout.

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Adam Young

Amazing book for learning how to make baby food

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2015

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I can't say enough good things about this book! I have 8 month old twins and I work full time and I have been making their baby food from whole foods since they started solids at 6 months. One of the things I love most about this book is that the author describes each fruit and vegetable and what you should look for when picking them from the produce section at the store. Also, I love that she highlights ways to save time with certain foods. With twins I am all about that! If I'm short on time, but need to make some food quick, I have a go-to list of foods that require little to no prep (frozen peas, avocados, etc.). I love having an inventory of baby food in the freezer to use every day. When I take my box full of baby food out of the freezer and people see the Ziplock bags full of colorful baby food, they always say "You're so organized!" which is funny because I'm really not. The strategies in the books are flexible too...I don't normally make months worth of food at one time. I usually go shopping and then make 2-3 fruits/veggies per day and get it done in smaller chunks instead of one longer session. I've definitely gotten more efficient as time has gone on too, so don't get overwhelmed if your first cooking session doesn't go as smoothly as you want it to. One last great thing about the book is it recommends fruits/veggies that can be paired together. For example, one of my twins did NOT like black beans the first time I tried it with her. So I waited a few days and the book said that black beans could be paired with apples. So I mixed a cube of black beans with a cube of apples and tried feeding that to her the second time. She took it the second time! Who would have thought those two things could go together. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to make their own baby food!
~Jen

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Dianna C

Highly Recommend!

Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2023

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I purchased this book as it was recommended to me by a family friend and I honestly LOVE how thorough it is and how detailed it is when it comes to starting your baby on solids. I have finished reading the book and I am now excited to start this journey with my 6-month-old daughter. Before reading this book I was unsure of where and how to start this journey, but now I am feeling more confident with this book's guidelines. I HIGHLY recommend purchasing this book!

Claudia Miller

Realmente completo

Reviewed in Mexico on July 30, 2018

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Revise varias referencias antes de comprarlo y no me equivoque. El libro trae cosas muy interesantes como menú para 3 meses y varias recetas para combinar sabores, tips de compra y guía para preparación de alimentos. Me parece muy sencillo y práctico. De seguro lo recomendaría.

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Dina

Very informative. Would recommend

Reviewed in Canada on January 6, 2023

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Had lots of content and good summary pages. Definitely a good buy and great for parents new to introducing solids. Useful for a long time

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Awesome book to have!

Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2022

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Bought it for my daughter. She loves it!

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This book is excellent! The author is very well versed in baby ...

Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2018

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This book is excellent! The author is very well versed in baby food preparation and offers step-by-step instructions on how to prepare homemade baby food that is free of unmessasary preservatives and chemical additives. There is a bit of page-flippimg required as some instructions require you to gather information from various pages but overall very much worth the extra bit of effort.

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