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

I bought this cookbook after a friend brought leftover Asian Noodle Salad (p. 104) for her lunch one day and it smelled sooooo good. Went home and made it myself that very day. My husband always told me he didn't like leafy greens, beets, most squash, etc., but he has greeted every dish I've made from this book with ENTHUSIASM!! I've been using this cookbook for over a year now, practically daily. I no longer shy away from the bulk-food section of the grocery store, I love learning how to use lots of different grains and beans in YUMMY ways, and best of all our two very young children enjoy the dishes as well. Three cheers for Cynthia Lair!! PS. I've given away many copies of this book, and buy it for every pregnant woman I know.

I was given this book as a gift when our first child was born. As older parents, my husband and I had already established some pretty stubborn eating habits, but this book is helping us out of those bad patterns. I was skeptical at first, because many "whole food" cookbooks have a strident, humorless tone. These recipes are delicious, easy to follow, and not too time consuming, the book is informative and encouraging, and most importantly, I felt that I was getting good advice from another mom. Our 1 year old loves his veggies and fruits, and this book is helping me to feed him healthfully. Thank you, Cynthia! We love this book.

Now in a newly revised and expanded edition, Cynthia Lair's Feeding The Whole Family: Whole Foods Recipes For Babies, Young Children And Their Parents continues to be one of the best "user friendly", family oriented guides to nutritious, delicious, meal-time cookbooks available today. From Whole Grain Baby Cereal, Sage and Rosemary Seitan Sandwiches, and Tempeh Tacos, to Mustard Green Salad with Tofu-Dill Dressing, Sweet Squash Corn Muffins, and Carrot Cake with Apricot Glaze, Feeding The Whole Family offers a wealth of recipes that are as fun to make in the kitchen as they are to consume at the family dining table!

This book has some excellent recipies made with whole foods. I was able to get rid of all the additives, preservatives, etc, and make meals with truly wholesome ingredients and the recipes taste great. My whole family loves it when I make something from this book. Even has a section that profiles the not so common ingredients. Would highly recommend to anyone trying to "clean up" their eating act! One of the best things I've done for my family and our health/eating habits. A+++++

In the 18 months I have been using this cookbook, it has always given me excellent meals and valuable cooking tips. It is the perfect cookbook for the experienced wholefood cook or for a person, especially a parent, wanting to begin experimenting with the health-sustaining wholefood diet. The author even includes at the bottom of each recipe ways to adapt the food for a 'new eater' so parents don't have to cook separate meals for each member of the family.Also, particularly helpful is her chapter on healthy lunches, which gives great ideas for packable wholefoods - usually a daunting task in these days of take-out/fastfood. The cooking tips throughout the book and her glossary at the back include extremely helpful and often hard to find information which helps make wholefoods less intimidating and much tastier. This cookbook and Annemarie Colbin's cookbooks (The Natural Gourmet and Book of Wholemeals) are my constant kitchen references