Feeding the Whole Family Cookbook Review

Feeding the Whole Family: Cooking with Whole Foods is a fantastic cookbook by Cynthia Lair. We moms often become interested in a whole foods diet once we get pregnant. Whereas before we might be mostly interested in maintaining our weight, once we’re responsible for another life, it becomes more important to maintain our (and baby’s) health.

But once the little one starts eating solid foods, we’re thrown a curve ball. How do you prepare meals for baby, you, and a hungry husband too? And what about your older kids? It’s all a bit too much some nights. But fear not.

Thankfully there are many awesome cookbooks available that make the job of preparing and cooking food for your family a little easier.

Feeding the Whole Family is one such cookbook. It’s not strictly vegetarian nor does it advocate any kind of strict eating regimen. It’s just what it says – a whole foods recipe book. You won’t find fake foods or boxed stuff, yet the recipes are simple and easy to prepare, are tasty and appeal to everyone in the family – even the toothless wonder baby!

What makes this cookbook unique is that each recipe has a recommendation for feeding a baby who is just starting solids. This cookbook has simple instructions for preparing solids for your baby without making separate meals.

The first section of the book provides an overview of what whole foods eating actually means, provides suggestions for alternative ingredients (such as healthier fats and sweeteners) to healthy up your existing recipes, and other tips for pregnant and nursing moms who may have questions about their diet. It gives instructions on how to prepare whole grains including some that may be unknown to someone new to whole foods eating.

Feeding the Whole Family: Cooking with Whole Foods is available on Amazon.com