I love Annabel Karmel‘s cookbooks. They’re full of great tips for healthy eating and delicious recipes that the whole family can enjoy. My favorite thing about her cookbooks, however, are the photographs – bold, bright, colorful photographs of foods presented in exciting and interesting ways. On the cover of Superfoods for Babies and Children, for example, you’ll find a fish created with apple, mango, and orange slices. What kid wouldn’t love to swim right over and eat that? :)
Superfoods is a cookbook that takes parents on a journey of recipes through “stages.” Chapters are dedicated to 6 months, 7 to 9 months, 9 to 12 months, 1 to 2 years, 2 to3 years, and 3 years plus. There are also two special sections about food allergies and “foods for common ailments” (I love the idea of using food as a way to prevent or cure common illnesses).
If you’re just beginning to introduce solids, you’ll especially love Karmel’s pointers about identifying signs of readiness, how to make your own baby food, and what the “first week” looks like.
You can purchase Superfoods on Amazon.com right now for $16.47.
WIN IT! One mama will win a copy of Superfoods for Babies and Children by Annabel Karmel (Atria Books, 2006). To enter, simply leave a comment on this post (don’t forget to follow the rules) prior to Monday, Mar. 10, at midnight. The winner will be announced and contacted on Tuesday, Mar. 11. * Winner must provide a U.S. mailing address.
* UPDATE * The winner is #23 carica. Congratulations!
This sounds like something great for my baby starting to eat more solids.
this sounds great! I am trying to always sneak in veggies where I can!
wow this realy looks like a good book i would like this
My daughter is starting to ease into table foods. I am looking for different things for her to try. This book sounds great for that! Plus, I heard toddlers get picky, so anyway that I can make the food more tempting would be wonderful! :) thanks!
katebeth45 at gmail dot com
My daughter just turned 4 and is horribly picky. I’m hoping that she’ll start to try everything again now that her brother is starting solids.
I’d love to win. My 9 month old is refusing to let me feed him, so he is totally self-feeding. I hope there is some good self-feeding ideas
Sounds like a great book!
O my God, I would love this book!
Although I’ll never make something different for my kids just because they don’t want what I made, I would like to add fun things to the repertoire and have some more exciting snacks on my table. This looks fun! Thanks, Steph! gumbi1313@msn.com
I love the fact it has a chapter dedicated to food allergies and how to prevent illnesses. That would be sure handy!
I made all of my first son’s food as an infant. He is now 3 y/o and getting pickier by the day. I know that this book would be a great help in encouraging him to try new things. Also, now that we have a new little guy (3 mos old), I could certainly use a refresher making his food too. It is fantastic that this book is so comprehensive. Thanks for the chance to win, Lee
lee_fillmore (at) comcast (dot) net
I’m a big fan of fun kids cookbooks! Look like this one has lots of great pictures, too.
I would love to start off on the right foot with this fun cookbook. I’m especially interested in the food allergies section – you can never be too prepared.
Great book! Thanks for the awesome giveaway Steph! hellomary018 AT yahoo DOT com
This book sounds like something I could use for my 2 & 4yo. With kid-friendly recipes and nutritious tips, it sounds like a great book!
This is something i could use, my son is on a GF diet and it helps for new ideas.
This would be great! I’m food-impaired, so this would be a total blessing! Thanks! (Please email me at: sarahmarie dot pemberton at gmail dot com )
This will be perfect – right now my son is on his way to the olympics of food throwing :(
Love her books, but don’t have this one yet!
Just started solids this week! This would be a great book to have as a reference!
Being a dietitian, I’m always on the search for something new to help my kids eat healthy but enjoy it at the same time! :)
sounds like a good book.
Looks like a useful book – with a 6, 4 and 6 month old, one of whom is so picky, I’m sure I could use it!
sanna1999 {at} verizon {dot} net
This would be wonderful. :)
sounds like a good book
I’m not good at cooking, and it always a mess when I tried to cook something healthy and tasty for the little ones. Hopefully this book will save me!
Chang
chocc (at) umich (dot) edu
I’d love this book. We just started finger foods, so we could use all the help we can get!
Fantastic book! Please enter me in your contest drawing. Thanks very much…..Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
This book looks great! I know it would be put to good use with my 5 month old son.
We’d love to have this book, it’s never too early to start good nutrition choices.
My friend just had a baby yesterday. I’d love it for her,
What a great book!! Thanks!!
stbaisch[at]yahoo[dot]com
this would really help me out with my picky 19 month old!
lkdeangelo at yahoo dot com
Ohhh I’ve been looking for a book like this and didn’t know where to start. I love that it has over 130 recipes. I want to make ‘good’ foods FUN for her. :) Great giveaway!
~melody~
melody [at] penniesinmypocket [dot] net
I really need to be better about what I eat. Baby girl is just starting solids and I could use some healthy guidelines! carter.katelyn(at)gmail.com
I am starting a childcare center and would love to step away from the typical chicken nuggets/mac n cheese you find in most centers.
i need some fresh ideas to get my boys to try some new foods that are more nutritious than hot dogs and chicken nuggets! jenbaileywade@gmail.com
I would love this. I’m still stumped on what to feed my baby – he doesn’t take to table foods very well yet. I’m sure this would be a big help!
maraco36(at)yahoo(dot)com
I have a 2 year old and a baby and this sounds right up my alley – thanks!
thank you for the great contest
enter me please
pethof (at) gmail (dot) com
Sounds yummy!
delandkristin@hotmail.com
I could really use this book right now – my son is leaving baby food behind and I’m racking my brain for good food to feed him!
I am so in need of a fresh, creative take on feeding my little guy now that table/finger foods are his new passion. And hallelujah for pictures! They help me choose the recipes I want to try as well as how to present the food once it’s prepared.
wakeyes AT yahoo DOT com
Oh goodness! I am right in the thick of the first weeks! I could sure use the advice and fun ideas–it has been a bit of a struggle!
Erin
tobefrank[at]tds[dot]net
I’m due in May, so I’d be planning ahead a bit, but maybe I would have time to actually READ it before we get there! :)
thanks for hosting!
nifferjeno at gmail dot com
I am trying to make my own baby food and have not had great success. Maybe this cookbook could help give me some pointers on what I am doing wrong, I checked it out on the internet and it looks great.
One of their recipes, Finger-Picking Chicken Balls, sounds so cool! Hope I win this!
Carolsue
digicat@sbcglobal.net
I could use this book!
thank you, please add me
I would LOVE this book for dear friend having her first baby. Thanks
I would love this because I’m a first time mom and I’d love to know what the book says I SHOULD be feeding my daughter. I would also pass this along to my friend. She’s due in May and I’m sure she’d want to look at it.
my sister just had a baby and this would be a help since she isn’t exactly a healthy eater
Looks like just the thing for a great healthy start
I have been wanting to make healthier snacks! Sounds like a great cookbook.
I’d love this book to find good things for my children to eat. I have 4 of them with 1 on the way!
this looks pretty handy – have a grandson just starting to eat real food
cool book :)
I love cookbooks with lots of pictures. This would be a great win!
In December, we found out that my dad had been molesting my daughter, who is 4. After all of this, and the change in her (which I couldn’t fully explain in here) needless to say she isn’t eating much. Of anything. I have been combing the Internet for fun foods that might her want to eat them, but am exhausted! I think that if I could find (w/out having to SEARCH) fun, artistic, colorful foods like this she might be apt to nibbling on one.
i want this!!!
Maybe this would be the key to getting my picky son to eat!
Thanks!
This looks like a great book! I have a daughter who not only can be a picky eater but also has egg allergies – this would be a great book to find something healthy for her to eat.
My 5 month old seems to be ready to eat solids soon, so it will be very helpful in making my own baby food for him. Thanks for the offer!!!
-jasmin
This is a great book for my children to feed my grandchildren
Oh as we have started baby foods with Tristan this would be nice to have!!
palmersf(at)comcast(dot)net
This book looks terrific. It seems like there is a lot of comflictign info out there, leaving us poor parents adrift when trying to decide what to feed and when. I would love to get more guiodace from our ped, but she is pretty hands off about it.
rap9r(at)hotmail(dot)com
We could really use some help with getting our child interested in different foods. We have a very picky eater who will not try anything.
jess
jcook888 at hotmail dot com
My son started cereal recently and we’re about ready to introduce some fruits and veggies. I would love to learn how to make his food.
I use and love the “First Meals” cookbook! The photographs are absolutely fabulous – and I’m reminded how important presentation can be to an enjoyable meal. Annabel Karmel’s foods are beautiful! I’m hoping to inspire better eating habits in the entire household with some of her suggestions.
Sarah
beezerly at yahoo dot com
I am desperate for some new ideas. My 11-month-old has recently started refusing anything that is eaten with a spoon, even if I let her hold the spoon. Everything has to be eaten with her fingers from her high chair tray. She needs more variety than string cheese, Cheerios, raisins and peas.
Looks like it makes eating more fun!!
I could really use some new ideas for my toddler- great giveaway!
I would love to win this book!
sheri8259 at yahoo dot com
Count me in!
Superfoods for Babies and Children sounds like a wonderful book! My youngest son (age 2) is becoming a very picky eater. My oldest two boys ate everything in sight, so I’m not quite sure how to handle this. I’m sure this book would provide more interesting ways of fixing food that might entice my picky eater!
I love to cook so I would love to win this. I am pregnant with my first and would love to use this when my little one starts eating :)
muellerlm@gmail.com
I have heard wonderful things about this book.
This sounds like a great prize! I’m really trying to expand my son’s horizon when it comes to food. He constantly surprises me by what he loves…and what he loves to hate. But my favorite part that you mentioned is “foods for common ailments”. I LOVE this idea.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I love her cookbooks as well! I have given them as shower gifts before and this would be an excellent one to give at one of the upcoming showers I must attend!
Enter me, please.
This sounds great – thanks!
I would love this. I did the whole Super Baby food thing, but it’s time to get him out of purees and I’m kind of terrified. He’s been eating so heathfully, and I want to keep it up, but I’m really intimidated.
As the mom of a 14 month old (who now knows how to throw his food on the floor!) I am always on the lookout for great tasting food to feed my little man that he wants to gobble up and not throw!
Being a health teacher, nutrition is my number one concern! My mom was amazing and made all my food from scratch- I would love to follow in her footsteps!
Its been so hard to find food that my 16 month old is willing to eat, I’d love to win this because I need help!
I could really use the help.. as I am baffled when it comes to starting my little guy on solids!
Thanks!
dansan826 at yahoo
thanks for the contest
Looks like fun & colorful, yet strategic ways to help my Gracie girl eat those good for you things.
new mom needs this…
I would love to win this one! I have a 6 month old that is just starting solids and a 2.5 year old that refuses everything. I need all the help I can get! Thanks!
workoutmommy at gmail dot com
We started solids last week! Not going well so far… I can use some pointers! Thanks for the giveaway. I hope I win!
katie at dekabyte dot com
My daughter is a pretty good eater but I could definitely use this to add a little variety to her diet!
Shannon B.
shan9452 (at) hotmail (dot) com
I would love to win this. I am the vegetarian freak out of all of my freinds and am always looking for new foods combinations for my kids.
another great giveaway…
P.S… I’m so happy your blog is doing well!
I would love to win this – I ‘m always looking for creative ways to feed and nurture my son!
This would be a great help in ending our dinner rut!
That book looks fun. We need more ideas at our house!
I don’t know if my comment was saved or not so if I am commenting twice sorry about that.
I have a newborn and I would love to make her baby food when she starts eating it in 5 months. Superfoods for Babies and Children sounds excellent for this.
oconnellhouse@msn.com
How fun! I would love to win this book. It looks chock ful of great ideas.
I would love to have a book that makes serving healthy meals look like so much fun!
barbara_guerra2000 at yahoo dot com
My boss’s wife had a baby on Wed and I really need some brownie points.
how nice!
I am soon going to begin feeding my baby food and it would be good to start off right. I love the idea of making food creative and fun. It may make food more inticing if it has a fun apperance.
rshetterly@gmail.com
This looks like a great book! We just started solids and I am enjoying making my son’s baby food. This would be a big help!
My son has battled with allergies and eczema since he was about 9 months old. Finally going on 2 years we are seeing an allergist via referral from ENT. Wish I had understood food allergies so much sooner.
carriecavender@yahoo.com
How nice to have a cookbook divided into age categories. The photos look fun, and I’m intrigued by the idea of a section especially on using food for healing properties.
ohhh, I need this :-) hope I win
4meggs@gmail.com
The age divisions in this book would be a real help. Just when I think we have our 21 month old figured out, he decides foods he’s loved for months no longer cut it. It would be nice to have some insight on why, and what makes foods appealing/unappealing to our younger eaters who can’t exactly put it into words….
Linda_warner at juno dot com
I just love her other book titles. This would be a great addition to my cookbook/food book shelf! Thanks! ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )
I’m not sure if my last comment went through, but I’d love this.
Mommie
http://www.mommieshome.net
Perfect for my daughter who is due inn June
this book looks really good because im bad my girls eat alot of junkfood
kerri69@gmail.com
I don’t just, WANT to win… I NEED this book. Thanks for the giveaway. txterri[at]aol[dot]com
I would love to not only feed my kids healthy snacks, but to make them fun and creative! This books seems to help us do both, so I hope I win!
I would love to win this book, I can always use some help…
ann dot guns at mac dot com
I could totally use this with my four kids.
phathui5 @ hotmail.com
I can really use this!!
I love experimenting in the kitchen. Would love to use this book for ideas to make for Brea and with Brea. I’m so looking forward to the huge kitchen messes. It will be so much fun. Thank you.
sounds like a great book please count me in
This looks like an amazing book. It would be great to use with my boys.
Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.
Looks like a great cookbook for moms.
dolls123 (at) gmail (dot) com
Great book!
I’m going to be a first time mom. I really could use this!
This sounds great!
Seeing as I always feel a bit lost when it comes to feeding Connor Id love to have a copy!!
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I love cooking healthy. This would be great!
What a great book!
In this day and age, healthy food choices for our children are the most important decisions mothers can make, In my opinion ;)
Nikki B.
ninnynikki@gmail.com
Love it!
What a great book! Thanks for the opportunity to win it.
ty 4 the contest!!
Would love to read this!
this sounds like a great book
Looks like a great book!
My 2 1/2 year old son just started to be “picky” about what he eats so I can use any help I can get.
penguinchick@comcast.net
Renee
ooooh! Please pick me!
please enter me
klp1965@verizon.net
Please enter me and thank you! We take our daughter’s diet (and our own) very seriously.
My granddaughter would enjoy this cookbook.
I think we could all use more “superfoods”.
This looks like such a fun cookbook! I love to cook both for and with my kids and we’re always looking for healthy recipes and ideas!
This sounds like a wonderful book. I love the way it breaks it down and helps us to raise our kids in a healthy & fun way. Awesome giveaway.
Thanks for entering me too. This sounds like it would be a useful book for us.
I’m glad someone has done the “work” for me with the recipes for babies. I worry about what my son is eating and it would be nice to make our own food for him at home.
jenlaser2015@yahoo.com
I love to cook but it is a challenge to wade through everything out there and try to find creative, healthy, and easy was to please everyone. I have a 16 mo. old son and a husband. I am really into the Sneaky Chef, but this book looks like one I should have for the library.
I would love to get this for my sisters!
Would love to win especially with the help for nutrition/hydration which makes a wonderful healthy child/infant/baby. Thanks
We sure do need this in our home with the picky eater we have.
KRisti
medleyfamily3 at yahoo dot com
As a mom with a 9mo old daughter, I am trying my best to make all of her foods…this book would really be so useful! It looks wonderful!janmyers4958(at)gmail.com
My little superhero needs superfoods!
great book!
Would love to have this for my daughter in law.
Like her other book you featured, this looks like a great book about feeding babies! It looks like it has great-looking, tasty, and healthy food ideas and would be much appreciated by me and my baby. Thanks for the opportunity!
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!