Brain Food for Your Baby: An Organic Baby Food Cookbook and Nutrition Guide for Gut Health

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Boost your baby’s brain health and microbiome with healthy, delicious, homemade first foods! Complete nutrition guide and organic baby food cookbook made explicitly for baby’s gut health.

As parents, you possess great powers to help foster the growth of a healthy baby, starting with nourishing foods. In Brain Food for Your Baby, holistic health coach and registered nurse Leah Bodenbach offers a step-by-step nutritional guide to baby’s first foods along with 125 easy, brain-boosting, gut-healthy recipes for every age and stage. And the biggest perk of all is that you’ll be making your own homemade baby food, so you’ll know each and every ingredient your baby is eating.

More than just a cookbook, this book has parents covered with:
125 yummy, nutrient-dense recipes: Easy and tasty recipes, from bone broth and single-ingredient purées to toddler snacks and family meals everyone can enjoy Foods for each age and stage: Nutritional and developmental guidance that follows your baby’s growing needs, including which foods to introduce and when Gut-friendly food prep for baby: How to safely prepare fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood, as well as grains, beans, legumes, and nuts for easy digestion and nutrient absorption Intro to an infant’s microbiome: Learn how to maintain your baby’s microbiome to help their brain development as well as reduce their risk for allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases Food allergies and intolerances: Information on which foods to avoid during the first year as well as advice on introducing new foods and common allergens Organic food 101: How to shop organic on a budget, decipher the labels, and other low-toxin living tipsHybrid feeding approach: Includes baby-led weaning recipes to develop baby’s motor skills, regulate their appetite, and encourage self-feedingTips to expand your baby’s palate: Advice for introducing superfoods as well as new flavors to help your baby develop an adventurous palate and a healthy relationship with food

From the Publisher

Foods for each age and stage

Find nutritional & developmental guidance that follows your baby’s growing needs, including which foods to introduce and when

Allergies and intolerances

Learn which foods to avoid during your baby’s first year, as well as advice on common allergens and how to introduce new foods

Expand your baby’s palate

Get advice for introducing new flavors & superfoods to help your baby develop a diverse palate and healthy relationship with food

Creamy Fudge Pops

Ingredients 1 (15-ounce) can full-fat coconut milk 1/2 cup unsweetened, dark cocoa powder 1/3 cup maple syrup 1 tablespoon alcohol-free vanilla extract

Fudge pops should be part of every kid’s (and parent’s!) life. After all, what’s summertime without them—they’re the perfect ending to a day in the sun. Now you can make a healthy, creamy version at home that offers healthy fats and antioxidant-rich cocoa. MAKES 6 FUDGE POPS

In a blender, combine the coconut milk, cocoa powder, maple syrup, and vanilla.Blend on high speed until smooth. Pour into ice pop molds or paper cups (inserted with small ice pop sticks).Freeze for at least 4 hours or up to overnight.

Storage: Keep in an airtight glass container in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Tip: Try using cacao, a less processed form of cocoa, if it’s available.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zeitgeist (Nov. 21 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593690184
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593690185
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 635 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.15 x 1.83 x 22.89 cm