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Veggie Food for Kids Sara Lewis

Veggie Food for Kids By Sara Lewis

Veggie Food for Kids by Sara Lewis


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Summary

Essential information that ensures a vegetarian child achieves a balanced diet with sufficient iron and protein to maintain good health; Ideal for families with children who are totally vegetarian or simply trying to cut down on the amount of red meat in their diet; Comprehensive introduction on feeding a vegetarian baby, toddler and young child;

Veggie Food for Kids Summary

Veggie Food for Kids by Sara Lewis

Delicious meat-free meals that are quick and easy to prepare; Essential information that ensures a vegetarian child achieves a balanced diet with sufficient iron and protein to maintain good health; Ideal for families with children who are totally vegetarian or simply trying to cut down on the amount of red meat in their diet; Comprehensive introduction on feeding a vegetarian baby, toddler and young child; Recipes for children to enjoy at a vegetarian party, or for packed lunch ideas

About Sara Lewis

Sara Lewis has been the Cookery Editor of Practical Parenting Magazine for the last 11 years. She has a daughter aged 11 and a son aged 6 who is a vegetarian and is so fully aware of the joys and frustrations of cooking for two small children with very different tastes.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6; Tips for new vegetarians; Laying the foundations for a healthy diet; Choosing the right foods from the different food groups; Foods to watch out for (surprising foods that contain meat derivatives); A 3 day menu planner for; a 5 month baby (weaning already underway); a child 9-12 months (child just learning to feed itself); a child of 2; a child just starting school with a packed lunch. Tips on how to make everyday breakfast healthier; The importance of snacking, why young children need to top up their nutritional needs between meals; Nutritional know how: helpful section to describe which nutrients we need and the foods that provide them; Introducing A Baby to A Vegetarian Diet; When to begin weaning, signs to look for, advice from your health visitor What foods to begin with. Getting the texture right. Basic hygiene. Introducing new flavours. Batch cooking - tips for freezing in ice cube trays then small containers as your baby's appetite increases. Importance of milk - moving on from breast milk and the other options Food allergies and family history, asthma, eczema, gluten intolerance, lactose intolerance etc. First Foods - From 4 Months Recipes include purees made with just one fruit or vegetable. Broadening the Menu - 5-6 Months The slight change in texture and introduction of simple flavour blends. 6-9 Months How the texture of the food is changing and reminders on what new foods may now be introduced. 9-12 Months Texture, new foods, finger foods and helping your baby to begin feeding himself. Toddlers The changing needs of a toddler and how to cope with food fads. Recipes; Quick Teas 32; To include: tofu/halloumi skewers with mixed veggies, oodles of noodles and plantain pancakes. Home and Hungry 44; Mini meals that can be prepared earlier in the day so that they are ready to cook or reheat in a matter of minutes when a child comes in from nursery school or a trip out. To include: lentil thatch, Glamorgan sausages and cowboy beans. Storecupboard Quickies 56; Raid the fridge, kitchen cupboard and freezer and surprise your children. To include: spotty rice with omelette spirals, chick pea burgers and lentil bolognese. Lunchbox Specials 78; Even if you can't be with your toddler when they first go off the nursery school or a child minder, it's heartening to know that you've packed up a healthy lunch. To include: mini pasta salad, building bricks and take away tortilla. Lets Get Fruity 98; Fresh fruity puds. To include: mini banana sponge puddings with raspberry sauce, apple strudel tarts and fruit smoothies. Also Includes puddings that can be made in 5 minutes. Cakes and Bakes to Make Together 106; To include: pizza spirals, muffins - carrot and orange, chocolate and banana, blackcurrant and banana cherry drizzle cake; Food for All the Family 128; One basic meal with something taken out for the baby, a meal for a toddler and how to jazz up the rest for Mum and Dad. To include: lentil dahl, roasted winter vegetables and potato and celeriac gratin; Index 144

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GOR001321747
9780600602118
0600602117
Veggie Food for Kids by Sara Lewis
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Octopus Publishing Group
2001-05-01
144
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