Feeding the Whole Family: Cooking with Whole Foods: More than 200 Recipes for Feeding Babies, Young Children, and Their Parents

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"It feels good to nurture your family with a homecooked meal, and the new, revised edition of Feeding the Whole Family from Cynthia Lair is full of recipes to inspire you." -Colorado Parent Perfect for parents, this classic cookbook will show you how to cook one healthy meal to feed everyone in the family, from babies to young children, and teens to adults. For over fifteen years, Cynthia Lair's classic cookbook has been the best source for parents who want to cook one healthy meal for the entire family. With more than 200 recipes, this revised fourth edition teaches the basics of introducing a balanced whole foods diet-from grains and beans to meat, dairy, fruits, and vegetables-to your home.Each recipe comes with instructions on how to adapt meals so that babies who are just starting solids-as well as older babies-can enjoy the dish, while children and adults eat a more complex version to satisfy their palates. Parents will also find simple solutions for packing healthy lunch boxes and involving kids in the meal preparation process. Feeding the Whole Family also includes information on breastfeeding, beginning babies on solid foods, food allergies and intolerances, raising healthy eaters, and the importance of sharing nourishing meals as a family.Informative and full of practical advice, Feeding the Whole Family will help take the stress out of finding healthy recipes everyone will like-so you can sit down, relax, and enjoy mealtime with your loved ones.

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This fully revised update of a classic title is an excellent primer for whole-foods cooking at home.
Booklist

A classic family favoritesatisfyingeven the pickiest of eaters.
ParentMap

It feels good to nurture your family with a homecooked meal, and the new, revised edition of Feeding the Whole Family from Cynthia Lair is full of recipes to inspire you.
Colorado Parent

A must-have for the family kitchen.
425 Magazine

This book is a great educational resource for a unique approach on cooking for your family. Lair, once a nutrition counselor, walks you through her simple recipes that every member of your family will enjoy, as well, provides nutritional information for healthy eating. In every recipe, she offers suggestions on how to prepare the dish so that younger children can enjoy the meal with a quick alternative to the parents more sophisticated version.The recipes are creatively written, with beautiful illustrations.
Local Haven

[A]great additional resources for cooking whole foods.
The Whole U, University of Washington

Enormously helpful in the kitchen.
Soule Mama

A spectacular chef.
Art Zone with Nancy Guppy

Those interested in cooking healthy food for their family and trying new and perhaps unusual recipeswill want this in their cookbook collection.
Library Journal

The best of the best.
Rebecca Katz

"Feeding the Whole Family is a necessary staple for all families.
Cut Out + Keep

Now in her newly revised edition [of Feeding the Whole Family] -which contains 45 NEW recipes -even more mums and dads will be able to cook good, healthy food, and learnthe basics of understanding a balanced diet.
Mummy Pages

Abreath of fresh air in a culture of convenience and special diets.
Living Upp (podcast)

An awesome book for those of us who actually want to eat the same food as our kids instead of making separate meals.
Sandhurst Co-op blog

One of the first books I ever bought on nutrition.
Health Food Detective

The heart of [Lair's] message is becoming widely accepted: 'Everything always seems to come back to moderation ' she says. 'Just cook your own food. Use as many real ingredients as you can. The end.'
The Seattle Times

Author Bio

Cynthia Lair is the author of several books, includingSourdough on the RiseandFeeding the Young Athlete.Herwork has appeared in national magazines includingMothering. Formerly on the faculty at Bastyr University, Cynthia is apopular teacher of cooking classes at Sur Le Table and elsewhere. She lives in Seattle.