In the late 1920′s, canned fruits and vegetables were gaining popularity as they became more affordable and offered a break from the work of preparing fresh foods. It was around 1928 that Fremont, Michigan cannery owner Dan Gerber’s wife Dorothy had an idea. Straining peas was becoming tiresome and her husband’s company canned fruits and [...]
Check out these little stars; they can be superstars when it comes to food for babies. These stars are actually little pastina pastas – they look very cool don’t they. Pastina is a great pasta to offer babies and even toddlers because it can get so mushy that it is virtually choke free. You can [...]
Many parents are often confused about offering their little ones meat(s). They most first wonder when to introduce meats to their babies and then, they worry about what type of meat to introduce first. The appropriate age to introduce meats to babies tends to be just as confusing as introducing solids as a whole! It’s [...]
One of these things is not like the others One of these things just doesn’t belong Can you tell which thing is not like the others. By the time I finish my song? ( come on, sing along! Bonus points if you can tell me what song this is!) The image on the right shows [...]
So, it’s the Official Release Day for my new book The Wholesome Baby Food Guide. Kindle, Nook and IBook copies should be appearing now if you have pre-ordered a copy. I hope you will love the book! I’m posting the Acknowledgement page from the book. After running the WBF website for almost 9 years [...]
If you have ever looked in the baby food aisle, you might be a bit surprised by the lack of true variety to be had in jarred baby foods. The standard foods are there of course, foods such as squash, peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas and meats too. Some surprises are to be [...]
CONGRATULATIONS to Brandy L – comment #79! She is the lucky winner of the fabulous new products from Fit&Fresh – the Fresh Starts Baby Food Make & Take gadgets (love them!!) as well as a copy of my new book The Wholesome Baby Food Guide. It has been quite a long time [...]
A few days ago on the WBF Facebook page, we were discussing babies and their gas/wind/toots. In particular, someone asked if sweet potatoes made anyone’s little one gassy. There were several people who replied that sweet potatoes did indeed cause gas and for some, it seemed to be painful gas. I was curious about other [...]
Yes! It’s another winter squash post and I’m ok with the fact that you may be rolling your eyes a wee bit. Butternut squash is just such a nutritious and wonderful vegetable that I can’t help myself, especially during the Holidays. One of the best things about butternut squash is that it is a veggie [...]
From Fall right on through Winter, winter squash in all its many glorious varieties, makes its appearance on our dinner tables and the encores follow. Sweet potatoes also are a staple of the seasons and holidays. For babies, sweet potatoes and winter squash such as butternut and acorn are two of the first foods we [...]
One of the tastiest and most nutritious first foods that you can feed to your baby is winter squash. Just 1 cup of baked butternut winter squash has an average of 28mg of calcium and 22868 IU of Vitamin A – Now that’s a lotta nutrients! For my winter meals, the more squash the better [...]
In November of 2010, Dr. Alan Green, a widely respected and renowned pediatrician, began a campaign called “White Out ”. The goal of this campaign is to get white rice cereal out of the diets of infants and to “Let every child’s first food be a real food” Hooray to this! White rice cereal [...]
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