Organic baby and toddler cook book

Lizzie Vann
Dorling Kindersley, paperback, 144 pages, £9.99

You can’t get much better than a cookbook by the woman who founded Baby Organix, the groundbreaking organic babyfood company. Lizzie Vann has pulled together the recipes for some of the company’s very best-selling babyfood jars, plus loads more, including a chicken casserole her own mum used to make for her and her sister when they were small.

The book talks about why you should choose organic food for your baby and small child and offers tips on how to avoid pesticides, additives and genetically-modified ingredients by deciphering food labels. She also offers advice on where to get organic produce and what your store cupboard will need if you want to go organic – and all that before you even consider the recipes.

The book is broken down into the different stages of a child’s development, from very first weaning to a confident pre-schooler, always looking for food choices the whole family could enjoy.

As founder of an organic food company, Lizzie Vann isn’t daft when it comes to food and knows there will be times when your child screams for chicken dippers or fish fingers, so there’s healthy recipes for these too.

Packed with 53 recipes, hundreds of tips and a useful guide with every recipe that tells you not only how long it will take to make but also how many child or adult portions it will make, this cookbook has everything you need to found an organic diet for your child. You can read a few of the recipes from Lizzie Vann’s book, with one from each of the five age stages covered in the book. Click here to learn more.