Thermomix Cooking for Your Baby and Toddler by Louise Fulton Keats

[cecilia]

First Vegetables - Six months
Carrot Puree
Sweet Potato Puree
Roasted Parsnip and Pumpkin Puree
Sweet Potato and Broccoli Puree

First Fruits - Six months
Apple Puree
Strawberry and Apple Puree
Pear Puree
Peach Puree
Apple, Blueberry and Cinnamon Puree

No-Cook Fruit Purees - Six months
Papaya Puree
Mango Puree

Mixing Things Up - Six months
First Chicken Puree
Fish, Potato and Broccoli Puree
Beef and Three-Vegetable Puree
Avocado and Sweet Potato Puree
Carrot and Pear Puree
Banana and Strawberry Quinoa
Baby Rice Cereal

More Tastes and Textures - Six to nine months
Vanilla Fruit Compote
Three-Grain Baby Porridge
Carrot, Pumpkin and Giner
Egg and Avocado
Creamy Chicken Bolognese with Pasta Stars
Sweetcorn and Chicken Risotto
Chicken and Broccoli in Cheese Sauce
Coconut Fish and Vegetables
Springtime Navarin
Lamb and Prune Couscous
Red Lentils and Vegetables
Roasted Beetroot and Sweet Potato with Yoghurt

A well-rounded diet - Ten to twelve months
Frozen Berry Puree
Quick Super Porridge
Wholemeal Crepes
Mini Crustless Quiches
Broccoli Nuggets
Chicken Liver Pate
Salmon Cakes
Carrot, Potato and Zucchini Frittata Fingers
Chicken and Pumpkin Couscous
Beef, Eggplant and Mushroom Ragu
Tuna Mornay Pasta Bake
Cheesy Bechamel Sauce
Apple, ALmond and Maple Muffins

Toddlers

Breakfast Time
Fruit Smoothie
Bircher Muesli
Coconut and Raspberry Porridge
Berry and Peach Quinoa Porridge
Apple and Cinnamon Porridge
LSA Mix
Hazelnut Raspberry Pikelets
Ricotta Pancakes
Multicoloured Hash Borwns
Homemade Baked Beans
Egg Foo Yung
Eggs in Ramekins

Lunchboxes and Picnics
Mized Nut Butter Sandwich
Cannellini Bean and Tuna Puree
Hummus
Toasted Sesame Tahini
Asian Chicken Bites
Tomato and Zucchini Bake
Sausage Rolls
Beef and Zucchini Meatballs
Crunchy Fish Fingers
Falafel with Tzatziki
Banana, Hazelnut and Honey Bread
Fruit Muesli Squares
Apple, Banana and Macadamia Nut Cookies
Apricot and Coconut Balls
Apple Cinnamon Turnovers

In the Kitchen with your Toddler
Drink Your Greens Frappe
Pesto
Wholemeal Pesto Pikelets
Tuna and Carrot Pinwheels
Cheesy Vegetable Muffins
Homemade Pasta Dough
Prawn and Fish Wontons
Ricotta and Spinach Ravioli
Prosciutto and Mushroom Pizza
Carrot cupcakes with lemon cream cheese icing
Blueberry Eton Mess
Berry Swirly Iceblocks
Watermelon Strawberry Sorbet
Blueberry Sauce
Playdough

Family Meals for all ages
Chicken Stock
Vegetable Stock
Sneaky Macaroni Cheese
Roast Capsicum and Tomato Soup
Cream of Corn and Cauliflower Soup with Prawns
Pumpkin and Pea Risotto
Vegetable Pasta Sauce
Chilli Con Carne
Red lentil, Pumpkin and Coconut Dal
Pesce Puttanesca
Chicken Schnitzel with Bean Salad
Fish and Risoni Stew
Beef and Sweet Potato Cottage Pie
Parmesan-crumber Lamb Cutlets with Three Vegetable Mash
Creamy Corn and Leek Puree
Mushy Peas
Apple and Berry Crumble
Banana Ice cream
Creamy Couscous Pudding
Mango Coconut Tapioca Puddings
Vanilla Risotto Pudding



Above are all of the recipes but there is a lot more in this book than just the recipes.

[judydawn]

Thanks Cecilia.

[astarra]

Thanx Cecilia, will try out some recipes to get some reviews for you when my book arrives! 
(How is that for setting myself a goal?  )

[cookie1]

A new baby and a new book. 

[Tasty]

I am considering this book but also considering baby led weaning so would like to hear some reviews before making a decision.

Like....how likely I am to use the recipes suggested.....are they easy to make....do the kids like them?

[jakodai]

I'm very interested in this book - apparently it's based on another one of Louise Fulton Keats' book, but this one is adapted for the thermomix. I'm going to reserve it at the library and see what I think before I buy this one. DS is going from 3 days of kinder/childcare to 1 day in a few weeks now that I'm not working, and at home all he normally eats is sandwiches for lunch, so I need all the help I can get.

[*suzanne*]

tasty I would save your money and do the baby led weaning much easier not having to cook separately from what you are having I think that there are plenty of recipes on here that are great for doing BLS none of my kids did purees etc

[Tasty]

Thanks Suzanne. You reminded me to order the babyled weaning cookbook and it's only $14 from book depository. I agree it is easier when they eat what you eat, which is usually the case with my 20 month old.

[jo_nz]

Tasty, I'm another advocate of baby led weaning - I did it with my 2nd child, and loved it.  TMX would certainly make the whole puree thing easy, but I really enjoyed just having my little one join in the family meals.  The Baby Led Weaning book has some great info, especially if like me you have extended family who don't get the idea and think they will choke etc. 
My BLW baby was (and still is) a lot better at managing her own foods and I never had any gagging/choking worries - unlike with my first who I did the mashed food with.

I have to say though - some of the family meals and lunchbox foods in this list sound good and would be a hit in this house! 

[astarra]

We tried BLW with miss3 but she had (we found out later) sensory issues especially in her mouth and HAD to have purees, she actually started refusing to eat after a few days, apparently she just couldn't handle the texture so decided it was easier to not eat at all. As you can imagine the whole food thing was a big stress, she was going to speech pathologists etc at 7mths of age (she was also losing weight as she refused even her milk - anything in her mouth was a big no-no. ).  Even now the texture of something makes a huge difference to what she eats - or even touches. (Hates touching anything like cotton wool, shaving cream, finger paint etc) But she doesn't have purees now either!!!  We do still have to give her a variety of textures to broaden her sensory awareness even now.
But miss2 had whatever we were eating from the day she started solids!

Still like the sound of the book, and am waiting (very impatiently) for it to be delivered!!
I love recipe books, and some of these recipes do sound delicious!! 

[beyondbeeton]

We did baby led weaning with our son and are not there yet with our second (still cooking!)

It does sound like there are some nice snack and family meal ideas in the book though.

There is one hazard of baby led weaning though, which rarely gets mentioned...your kids will very very quickly start eating all the good stuff. Nobody else has a chance at olives, smoked salmon, gooey cheeses etc while Mr 2 is around

[goldfish]

There is one hazard of baby led weaning though, which rarely gets mentioned...your kids will very very quickly start eating all the good stuff. Nobody else has a chance at olives, smoked salmon, gooey cheeses etc while Mr 2 is around

 

[astarra]

LOL beyondbeeton!!!
When is your next one due? (Congratulations!!  )


............. Well, just got home and my book was waiting at the door for me! 
Now to get miss3 to sleep so I can have a good look thru it in peace! (Miss2 already asleep!)

[jo_nz]

Hahaha Beyondbeeton, so true. 

Yay, Astarra, I'll look forward to the recipe reviews then... 

[astarra]

Yep, there is alot I want to try - problem is figuring out what to try first!
And there is ALOT more in the book than just recipes - even a section on ....... BLW!!!!!!