Baby’s First Foods, A Mother’s Guide to Nourishment
Baby’s First Foods, a Mother’s Guide to Nourishment is the perfect companion for those who want to provide the best nutrition for their families. Focused on whole grains, fresh fruits, and vegetables, this book introduces a simple, inexpensive, nourishing approach to whole foods. You’ll discover the benefits of whole grains, how to mill grains to flour, and the advantages of pressure cooking, with plenty of recipes to help start.
I wrote this book when I had several children under 8 years old. I wanted to feed our family healthier, and many store-bought whole-grain foods were simply too expensive. That’s when I discovered grain mills for home use. I started milling every type of grain, and even dried beans and peas to flour.
This book is written from the perspective of a non-allergic family of 12—only you know what will be nourishment to your own family. With us, we thrived on grains, beans, and other whole foods without issue.
Table of Contents
From scratch baking and meal preparation tips will help you avoid pre-packaged foods, ensuring your baby—and your entire family—enjoys wholesome, nutrient-rich foods.
Whole Foods for Family Nourishment
Whole foods are foods that are not processed. Raw vegetables, fruits, and grains are whole foods. For example, shelf flour at the store has the germ removed to prevent spoilage. The germ oil is what we want, we want the ‘whole’ grain in our diet. A home grain mill benefits in producing healthy, whole-grain flour. We use the Nutrimill home grain mill.
Once you master the basics, the techniques and equipment used will become a natural part of your baking and cooking.
A Few Pages from Inside!
Recipes for the Bosch mixer, Nutrimill, and Kuhn Rikon Pressure Cookers
Wheat bread is something we mastered first in our journey to whole-grain baking. Then we started making whole grain cookies (half at least), and homemade crackers. My book has several recipes using different types of grains. If you can’t have wheat, Spelt may be your answer. We include terms to learn like spring wheat, hard wheat, white wheat, what grains are low gluten, which grains are best for bread, and more.
I’ve been sharing some of our best creations in the community forum. Wheat bread, pizza crust, and french bread are always a hit and my house. I’ve also been testing Einkorn in our pizza and bread. Look up Einkorn grain.
Here, I’m making homemade baby food using milled dried peas. Always make sure you purchase quality, clean grains and beans.
The pressure cooker has been an invaluable kitchen item. We use the Kuhn Rikon cookers daily. They are superior in cooking vegetables for homemade baby food, chicken, beef, and of course, beans. You can even make a cheesecake in a pressure cooker! I have a post on how to pressure cook beans in the community forum.
Pressure cooking eggs for making hard boiled eggs is incredible! This is the only method I use now. The egg shells come off in a snap, and the eggs are perfect. There is a lot of information inside the book to get started on a great track to making whole-grain cooking easier.
Making homemade baby food is only one of the many techniques you’ll learn in Baby’s First Foods. I strived to give you a foundation to start your whole grain cooking and baking and a little beyond.
Theresa
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