Lizzie Vann

I tried this book first of all from the library but because I wanted to type up every single recipe I decided to just buy it. I like the fact it acknowledges that many people start weaning earlier than 6 months and provides tasty recipes for you to try. Whilst I'd love every ingredient to be organic as the book suggests it isn't always possible but you can still do the recipes.

The flavours are great and my son (six months old) loves the potato and cheese dinner, the tomato and chicken casserole, vegetables with chicken and all of the porridges. We'll be trying the Christmas pudding recipe as well. I like the fact it tells you how much a 4 month will get from the recipe and how much a 7 month old will get so my little man gets somewhere in between.

All the recipes I've tried smell and taste delicious, so surely if I think it's nice it must be nice? My baby wolfs everything down from this book, it's been a real hit in this household! The only criticism I have is that you need to check at this early stage that all ingredients are suitable. For example, he shouldn't have really had cheese (as in the potato and cheese dinners) but when this is the only recipe he ever has had with dairy products in, then I know he'll be fine for the amount we're talking about.

I like the structure of the book with the first stage being 4-7 months, then 7-10 months etc. As he's now 6 months, I'm using the recipes still from the first stage but I don't need to blitz them up quite as much now.

A great buy and one I've recommended to loads of people!… (mehr)