Feeding Littles and Beyond: 100 Baby-Led-Weaning-Friendly Recipes the Whole Family Will Love: A Cookbook

We LOVE FeedingLittles at our house, and we love this book! People are always in awe at how my toddler loves eating food and is open to trying new things, and it’s all thanks to FL! Their book is amazing! I am excited for the baby led weaning section for our new baby. Love the plating visuals for littles. And let me mention how I LOVE the simplicity of the recipes! Small prep times, short cook times. Then there are these beautiful, genius tips, the “I can’t even” tips where when your day has just been super crazy they give you a fantastic tip that simplifies and makes meal time EASIER! Megan, Judy and Ali are genius masterminds that have given me peace of mind feeding my children! BUY THIS BOOK NOW!

I got so many go-to recipes from this book. I read a lot of mixed reviews and I’m not really sure why. The recipes are all great. My husband and I both enjoy them so even if our toddler decides not to eat, the meal doesn’t go to waste. This book makes it feel so easy getting back into cooking after postpartum and then starting work again. I love the options to make a recipe from scratch or incorporate store bought items. And they are all pretty healthy. I even got another copy to give to my friend.

I was recently recommended to follow @feedinglittles on Instagram by a dear friend of 25 years. We grew up together & now we’re raising babies together! She’s a mama of 3 and also a Rock -Star Nurse Practitioner not to mention her dad was my pediatrician. So naturally, I pick her brain about everything! Since following FL online, I’ve learned so about BLW do’s and don’ts. This account has helped me gain confidence as I start out on this journey with my first born who is currently 4 months. When I learned they had a cook book coming out, I quickly preordered it without any hesitation. When it arrived in the mail I was really impressed by the quality and presentation! It has beautiful and helpful pictures along with easy and simple directions to follow. I also really appreciate all the extra tips along the way to make your dinner a success for the busiest of mamas. There is also a lot of good education on BLW and safety knowledge. Most recipes only take about 20 min which is the perfect amount of time I have for putting a meal on the table for baby and the rest of the family. This cookbook was thoughtfully put together by some amazing professionals who you can trust and it truly shows!

I am one who is NOT a cook at all. Actually, my husband does all the cooking haha but with having a new baby who grew into a toddler eating toddler food instead of baby, I had to do something! Seen a lot about this book and decided to give it a go. I’m so glad I did! I’m a picky eater, so a lot I wouldn’t eat, but there’s a WIDE variety of foods to make that I LOVE for my girl! I want her to try different things! But the recipes are super versatile, easy, and from what I’ve tasted so far, super tasty! But the important thing was, it being easy for someone like me who doesn’t cook to follow! Which, it is!

I've followed Feeding Littles on Instagram for a year and a half, since my younger son started solids. Their approach to feeding kids, providing exposure to new foods in an approachable and low-pressure way and focus on family meals everyone can enjoy together really resonated with me - and I have always been pleased to see the realness of incorporating partially-prepared foods and making easy meals during the week. I pre-ordered the cookbook with those things in mind. My older son was diagnosed with celiac disease last week - after I ordered the cookbook. I thought for sure I wouldn't be able to use it. When it finally arrived I was so thrilled - and in fact, moved to tears - to see recipe after recipe naturally gluten-free or with easy wheat-free swaps included in the notes. This is going to be game-changing for me and my family as we navigate our new reality - real food, quick and simple preparation, highly nutritious and safe for my son. It's a great cookbook and I highly recommend it.

I really appreciate what this book is trying to do. It does succeed in the sense that the recipes are indeed baby led weaning friendly, and there are some great healthy snack recipes. I haven’t tried a lot of the recipes, but there are some really good ones that I like, such as the salmon cake recipe. Very tasty! All of the recipes are pretty easy and mostly allergy friendly, or adaptable. The cons: The design is not well thought out. Most recipe books have a table of contents that show you where to find meats, vegetables, desserts, and so forth. This does not. It’s table of contents has titles like “less is more”, “mostly home made “, and so forth. That makes is really really hard to remember where a specific recipe is located and I end up dog earring pages so that I can find recipes. There is an index, so of course you can use that. But let’s be honest. Indexes can be hard to use unless you use them all of the time and remember how they work. I confess I don’t. Also, to be perfectly honest, many of the recipes are simply not appealing to me and certainly wouldn’t be appealing to my extremely over the top picky children. Another con: I understand where the authors are coming from in their child/food philosophy and they are not entirely wrong. I have their course that they put together and it is certainly helpful. The problem is, it doesn’t matter how food is presented: if a child has made up his mind that he doesn’t like something, he’s not going to want to eat it. Even if it’s shaped like a dinosaur. Children are really smart, but not very wise. They do NOT know what is best for them, but their parents do because we are adults. We have to be willing to admit that sometimes teaching kids to eat new foods is a discipline issue and not simply due to the newness of the food.

I’ve followed Feeding Littles for a long time now and was thrilled when I heard they were doing this cookbook. The book has surpassed my expectations. Excellent advice on BLW (with awesome photos that show examples of baby’s plate) and delicious recipes. I received the book about 2 weeks ago and have already made 7 different recipes. I can’t thank them enough for easy, delicious meals. Get this book!

Nice but my little fussy eater still doesn’t like the recipes

If you’re looking for BLW inspiration that can be integrated in everyday family life- this is your book. I follow Ali for a while and she never disappoints. This one comes with a guide to BLW and will help your baby to experience a variety of foods to learn to love eating. Thank you for that. There are variations and I love the „I can’t even“ tips for days that are just too much to handle.

This book is great for starting out feeding and has clear simple pictures on how to serve babies safely. So many recipes for toddlers that use real ingredients and are vegan or allergy friendly. I am beyond impressed with this book and is a must have for any parent. If you like the feeding littles Instagram account, you will love this book!

It is really good, ingrediants you can find in local shop, nothing extravagant. Lot of things can be premade and ingredients can be easily replaced if you don't like something. I saw in reviews down side of the cookbook is that there are no pictures of all recipes, It is not problem at all and for me it does not make any difference.

Folge der truppe schon lang auf insta, buch hat viele tolle rezepte (zwar manche mit zutaten die bei uns nicht häufig sind, aber alles leicht mit was bekanntem zu ersetzen). Auch gute ideen und bilder von servierfertigen tellern sind drin (wichtig wegen portionsgröße). Macht gut sinn, man kocht etwas für sich und nimmt halt vorm würzen entsprechend fürs baby was davon.