Annabel Karmel is practically a celebrity in Great Britain. She is a bestselling author, a TV personality, and the mother of three. Her fame comes from her cookbooks that focus on nutrition for families and cooking for babies and toddlers.
I recently had the pleasure of reviewing Karmel’s Favorite Family Meals, a cookbook originally published in 1999 and re-published in 2005. FFM promises “recipes that are quick and easy to prepare, healthy, and, of course, tasty.” Plus, “most of them can be prepared in less than 30 minutes.”
If I were to judge the book soley on its cover and appearance, I would give it a solid A+. The pages are glossy and smooth, and feature fun illustrations and enticing photographs. The font is easy-to-read and fun, with enough white space to allow the eyes to “rest.”
Oh, and the recipes are plentiful…and delicious…and healthy. The “Marinated Beef Skewers” have already made it into my “all-time favorites” recipe box. And I can’t wait to try the “Perfect Pancakes”, the “Savory Breakfast Muffins,” and the “Penne with Chicken, Tomatoes, and Basil.”
This cookbook will be especially treasured by parents of elementary age children because Karmel is an expert when it comes to fun food presentation (you should see the photos in the book…”smiles” made with apple slices and mini marshmallows, teddy bear-shaped sandwiches, and funny face breakfast pizzas). I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a kid who wouldn’t be captivated by Karmel’s creative dishes.
If you’d like to get a “taste” (literally!) of what the book is like, you can find a fine selection of recipes based on your baby’s age or your food preferences (healthy eating, vegetarian, breastfeeding “mums,” etc.) on Karmel’s site.
While you’re on the site, you can learn about Karmel’s eat fussy line of food products for infants and toddlers. I am SO checking to see if my CostCo carries it next time I’m there! Has anyone seen/tried these?
Finally, you’re invited to join Annabel’s Club. Members will receive a newsletter “full of helpful tips on nutrition and feeding your baby and child.” You’ll also receive “first access to new recipes, special offers, and all sorts of wonderful prizes to be won.”
WIN IT! One mama will win Favorite Family Meals by Annabel Karmel. To enter, simply leave a comment and your e-mail address on this post prior to Thursday, Feb. 7, at midnight. The winner will be announced and contacted on Friday, Feb. 8. * Winner must provide a U.S. mailing address.
* UPDATE * The winner is #156 anonymous. Congratulations!
I would love to try this!!!
I am always looking for something new to cook. I hate to get in the same routine of meals week after week.
I could really use this cookbook!
Oh boy I need this. I need to move on from the Shake and Bake!
Sounds great! Hope it tastes great, too. gumbi1313@msn.com
what a great cookbook
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I just checked out one of her books from the library. It’s great and I’d love to have one of my own!
amyruthwebb at gmail dot com
I have heard about this cookbook!
What a wonderful giveaway. Please enter me in your drawing. I appreciate it. Thanks,Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
Sounds yummy! I have seen her books before and she has some fabulous recipes. My kids would love this!
I researched this cookbook author when I was starting my baby on solids and making all her food from scratch…but opted for more puree based books then. I need to expand my repertoire now that my daughter is nearly 20 months (no, she is not just eating purees still! ;) so this would be super handy. Thanks for entering me!
sharibrownfield(at)gmail(dot)com
Sounds like something I could use! My husband and kids are tired of the same things everynight for dinner.
aprilnorma@hotmail.com
This does sound like something we could use to break up the monotony of the same meals over and over again.
paschott [[at@]] gmail [dot] com
I would love to win this. I am so tired of always making the same things. We need new ideas in the kitchen.
I would love to win this, thank you so much!
with 7 kids the same old things comes in handy ..knowing what to do in your sleep . but there comes a time when you want and need a change and this is one of them .. i would like this book to begin this change.
thanks for the entry! hellomary018ATyahooDOTcom
Looks good!
Anything to get us out of our rut!
I’m in! I’m gonna learn this “cooking” thing if it kills me. ;)
Count me in!
THis would be great!!!
I would love to win this cookbook!
My friend has her Superfoods book and it looks so good! This one looks great too.
da [at] dawnalice [dot] com
I would love to try out this book!
241mama(@)gmail(.)com
I would love to try some of these great sounding recipes!!!
This sounds wonderful. I hope I win!
WE have one of her baby cookbooks and were impressed. Thanks for the chance jbubolz-miller@hotmail.com
I’d love this. We’re just gearing up to start Miss Baby on “people food.”
I’d love to try these recipes!
I am sick of eating the same ole’ stuff all the time. I would love new recipes. Thanks
i was just saying i need some new recipes!
Would love to win this!
I would love to win this.
This sounds like a wonderful cookbook. Please enter me. Thanks for the giveaway.
I am a cookbook junkie. This book sounds great.
I can always use new ideas for meals! Please count me in!
BreeniBooks[at]gmail[dot}com
Look great, thanks a lot.
cme8397@yahoo.com
awesome! Thank you
sounds like something we could definitely use here! thanks for the chance!
I love to cook for my family! I would love to have this book! Thank you!
sarahmarie[dot]pemberton[at]gmail[dot]com
This sounds like it is just what I’m looking for to find something my toddler will eat.
we love cookbooks and new things to try
mom2maria at hotmail dot com
i would love to have this. my kids are so picky, we need to try something new
bwalleshauser@yahoo.com
I’ve never heard of her, Annabel before, but her website and this cookbook sound great. I’ll have to go check our her suggestions for my daughter’s age group.
I would love to win this. I need some inspiration.
This sounds GREAT! I totally need some new kid-friendly ideas for dinner.
I can always use a little dinner inspiration.
Great Cookbook!!
I love to try out new recipes!!
Sounds delicous!
mmm sounds so yummy!! please enter me!
I’ll take a new cookbook anyday!
betskev at earthlink.net
You can never have too many cookbooks.
I have the baby and toddler cookbook from Annabel Karmel and it’s great, I’d really like to read the family one !
thanks for the giveaway !
miniloulous(at)yahoo(dot)com
Feeling like I seriously need to win this.
#1) Because I have the world’s pickiest toddler. She eats a little here and there, but oh boy, it’s a tough one getting her to eat a balanced meal!
#2) I need to eat healthier! I’m pooped by the time dinner comes around, and I make whatever is available. Buy better foods at the grocery, you say! Foiled once again, pooped while shopping so I toss the old favorites into the cart.
We use the Eating for Life cookbook some when we have energy for prep time. It is good (and healthy!) stuff, but my toddler won’t eat any of this stuff!
I’m really crossing my fingers for this one!
Count me in!
Always looking for new ideas for my growing family.
Love try new recipes this is great
Sounds like a great cookbook!
I would love to win this for my wife.
Sounds great! :)
Always looking for new things to try out, would love to win this!
I’m always looking for quick diner ideas, especially for a picky eater.
Please enter me too! Thanks :)
include me please
I love cookbooks, especially ones with easy, family-friendly meals!
digicat@sbcglobal.net
This book looks great. If I win, I’d love to give it to my daughter. She has 2 little ones, a 5 year old…very picky eater, and a 1 year old, and never seems to have time to cook!
I love to try new recipes
pamela.callahan@sbcglobal.net
enter me please:)
I love cookbooks and am always searching for new ones. Thanks for entering me!
This looks like a cookbook that would be put to use.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
Please add me! I love new cooking books!
I would love to win this prize.
i’m always trying to do new recipes to get the kids to eat different foods
I need to win this and use it! We always eat the same things – what a rut!
Sounds great! Please add me in :)
My dinner table could really use some spicing up! I am tired of the same old thing.
would love this!thanks ahdrad2932@msn.com
Send it on over! Fried Rice!
Thanks for the link to try some of these recipes. I always love new cookbooks!
i want to win!
This would be great – I can use all the help I can get with two little ones and a third on the way. Thank you.
I am so struggling with this. I need my own copy before I ruin my local library’s selection of cookbooks.
Looks like a fantastic book!
blueyed1303@yahoo.com
Looks great.Thank you
I make the same couple of meals over and over again, so this would be welcome in my kitchen!
The cookbook sounds terrific. Please enter me in your contest. Thanks.
amomspeaks at gmail dot com
plug me in for this one
Enter me, please.
Hey, I need cooking help too. Please enter me!!
Anything that might convince my 4 year old to expand her meals beyond grilled cheese and Dora yogurt would get an A+ from me! Please enter me!
I would love this
I love trying new cookbooks, this one sounds great!
I would love to try some new recipes for my picky little boys!! Thanks!
We’d love to try a new cookbook!! Thanks a bunch!
stbaisch AT yahoo DOT com
this is great! i would love some inspiration in the kitchen.
This would be really helpful.
always can use a new cookbook
I enjoyed using her baby food book and would like to check this book out.
My family would love for me to have this.
This looks great, I’d love to win!
My cooking is less than inspiring. I could use some help. Thank you for the contest.
I could use some help with my cooking.. Ive gotten lazy and Im out of practice so I have no idea where to start anymore.
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I could use this! Thanks for the contest! I hope I’m the lucky winner :)
could use this
Sounds like this is the kind of cookbook that would get quite the workout in this house. Thanks for blogging about it…and giving one away!
I could always use some inspiration.
I could always use help in the kitchen. This book sounds great!
hanourse at gmail dot com
Sounds like a great book. I would love to try it.
njones127 at tampabay dot rr dot com
yummy! i’d love to win!
Wow, I totally could use some inspiration!
I’m totally addicted to new cookbooks, and this is one I could definitely use!
I could use some great ideas!
I love cookbooks. I always need a new one.
vickers@insightbb.com
I own and love her “First Meals” cookbook. This one sounds even better! ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )
This would be awesome! Good luck everyone.
Yes! Help me learn to cook for my family!
dansan826 at yahoo.com
Sounds like a great cookbook. thanks.
Love to cook and would love to win this cookbook. Looks like a great one.
Sounds terrific. I love cookbooks.
I love cookbooks! This would be so helpful to my family and probably save me some money!! cookiecutter72 AT hotmail DOT com
This looks like a great cookbook!
I love cookbooks and this one looks great.
sounds good, I hope I win!
I’ve looked at her books so often and never got one I would be excited to try it
I LOVE cookbooks and have been wanting to look at this one.
I am looking for new options when it comes to feeding my baby and so I would like this book.
Thanks
palmersf@comcast.net
Bet it tastes great
I am really tired of not knowing what to cook – this would be great!
Would love to win this–looks great and I love to cook!!
It would be nice to try her recipes!
This looks wonderful and would be great with my two little boys.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Count me in!
Karmel is a great cookbook author! Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m always in need of new recipes that the kids will like!
jandh@myfamilylovesit.com
excellent
please enter me thanks
I could really use some new ideas for dinner!
Count me in as someone else who could use some new ideas!
sanna1999(at)verizon(dot)net
Sounda like fun, enter me
I want to win
I could use some new dinner ideas
Yum! This looks great! I love cookbooks.
staceylea AT gmail DOT com
I need some new ideas. I love cookbooks!
I love cookbooks!
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
Sounds like a great cookbook!
I really need this! I have been so frustrated lately with my inability to cook food that’s wholesome and tastes good. Would love to check this out!
I would love to win this! deanna@count.com
A great win for me!
I really need to find some ways to make some heathy foods that my kids will eat.
I’m always ready for more quick and easy recipes
I love new cookbooks!
love to try this
tonyamcrain@aol.com
This looks like a really fun cookbook, I’d love to try some of these recipes
My wife is a cookbook addict.
Enter me please!
Clara.cable@gmail.com
Looks like great book to have for new kitchen ideas!
I’d love to try this cookbook! Please enter me.
Include me, please!
yadgirl (at) chartertn (dot) net
Hope to win!
I love this author!
dianna_ball(at)hotmail.com
You can never have too many cookbooks!
Yummy! Bobby and I love to cook together and he would totally get into the fun presentation! sassysandyj@aol.com
I’m always looking for new dinner ideas.
Looks like a great book.
I’m always looking for new family friendly dinner ideas.
I could really use this!
I love trying new recipes and that cookbook looks like it has some good ones!
Sounds fantastic & fun!
this would be great to have
i love cooking
What a great cookbook! I would love to try this one out.
I totally need this. Thanks.
I have one of Annabel Karmel’s other cookbooks! I’d love to add this one to my library!
I love cookbooks, thanks for the giveaway!
Sounds like a great book.
I’d love some family favorites for my recipe/cookbook shelf!
Camille
http://www.snaphappymama.com
wiredwilsons AT gmail DOT com
I could sure use some new recipes for my picky toddler to try out.
Hi. My name is Brionne and I will be 17 in 16 days! I love to cook meals for my family so that my parents can have a treat after a long day at work. I love pouring over recipe books to find delicious new meals.
BrionneV@msn.com
Quick, healthy & tasty! What more could you ask for!
elaineneal389@hotmail.com
NICE,,,,,,,,,
This cookbook looks great. I’ve been stuck in a cooking rut and would love some new great ideas!
This cook book looks great! I could probably get some new ideas from this one!
I love to cook but am always looking for new ideas so this would be wonderful!
btnash@comcast.net
I would love this! I am beginning to cook again, after cooking for a picky teenager.
sounds like a great cookbook
I’ve been cooking with nutrition as my main concern for the last 6-9 months so I would LOVE this cookbook!
Would love to win this
This would be wonderful to win!!
I think my family is tired of the same ol’ meals, so this would be great! Thanks! ksrutledge at hotmail.com
thank you for the great contest
enter me please
pethof (at) gmail (dot) com
I am always looking for fun, new meal ideas for my two picky little guys (and my picky husband)! This book looks great!
This looks great!!!
Thanks
hianded[at]earthlink[dot]net
Thank you for the chance!
Thank you for hosting this!
I need some new meal ideas. I run a foster home for disabled adults and I like to surprise them with something new and tasty!
Thsi looks wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win
Would love to try it – please count me in
Seriously…my fiancee has been cooking us dinner for 5 years now!! I don’t know how to cook, well, except for cereal and toast!!! Pick me! I NEED THIS!!
I would love to have this! Please count me in, what a great give away!
I love to try new cookbooks. aewalls425@hotmail.com
I sure could use this cookbook. I need it. thanks for the sweeps. wonderful if I win. thanks.
Fun prize!
I would love this! It sounds like something I could use for my family and my class. Thanks for the chance to win.
Enter me, please!
Count me in! This sounds wonderful!
My baby is just at the age where he needs to be eating our food, and I can never figure out what to cook! This looks like a great book. Thanks!
I hope I win! I need all the help I can get!
I’d like to test your recipes.
sounds like a fab cookbook, please enter me,
sherri
beachcombermom2004@yahoo.com
sounds fabulous! would love to try it.
superxpeach@gmail.com
would like to win this – thanks
cool beans!
nice!!
i love trying new recipes
klp1965@verizon.net
Yippee, this is something you could use with your family, too. My son loves helping me in the kitchen.
Sounds like a great cookbook.
Sounds great!
ooo i love cooking new things!
Hoping to win this
I have a picky eater and this would really help!
I’d love to win this… thanks!
Great giveaway!! Thank you!! Let’s start cooking!!
Would love to win this! I need some new ideas.
Would love to win this! I have checked some of her books out from her local library. Great info on learning to fix food for my 10 month old!
I would love to win this!!!!
sounds great can’t wai to check it out!
angie K
tisaynababae@yahoo.com
This looks like a fun cookbook! I would love to win it!
Love healthy, happy recipes!
I agree with the comment of not getting into the same rut. That is why I love trying out new cookbooks.
Looks like a great cookbook. I hope I win so I can get cooking!!
I am in a cooking slump. They say variety is the spice of life and this cookbook would probably add a lot of spice to my cooking routine. Thank you for this giveaway. Please enter me to win!
Nice giveaway! Thank you!
I’d love to have a cookbook that has real food and not just a gourmet’s idea of what is good.
I would love to try this!!!
Please enter me!! keithandstacey@gmail.com
I would love to win this giveaway…I need some new inspiration in the kitchen!
I would Love to try this
Pick me! Pick me! I’d LOVE to win this cookbook!
oooooh good choice
This book looks awesome! I am always looking for new recipes to try out!
Our favorite meal is rich in calories. I have to back off from it.
I would love to have some new recipes to cook for my family.
I would love to win this great cookbook. Please enter me in the contest. Thanks.
Good luck!
I would love it.