First Meals and More: Your Questions Answered
Do you know what younger kids will and won’t eat? How about what’s good for them and what isn’t?
Best-selling author Annabel Karmel gives parents the tools they need to establish healthy eating habits that last a lifetime. An amazing collection of quick, easy, and delicious recipes, First Meals and More: Your Questions Answered is partnered with Q&A’s, handy hints, tips, and solid advice on how to awaken your child's interest in a variety of foods.
The only Q&A recipe book around that addresses all feeding challenges and issues, First Meals and More: Your Questions Answered contains 500 themed Q & A’s, designed to help parents solve feeding problems, and features 50 delicious recipes, from breastfeeding to dishes the whole family can enjoy.
Try this clever and time-saving recipe, perfect for children 18-36 months.
Hidden Vegetable Tomato Sauce
Tomato sauce is so versatile and perfect to keep a stash in the freezer to use with pasta, chicken, fish, or on pizzas. And since it’s pureed, no one will ever know that vegetables are hidden in it.
Preparation time 10 minutes – cooking time 26 minutes – makes 8 child portions
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 1 small carrot, grated
- ½ small zucchini, grated
- ¼ small red bell pepper, chopped
- ¼ sweet apple, cored and grated
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- ¼ tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp sugar
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and gently cook the onion, carrot, zucchini, red pepper, and apple until softened, but not browned, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute longer.
- Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, partially cover, and simmer gently until thick and all the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir from time to time.
- Puree the sauce in a blender or food processor. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cool and refrigerate, or freeze in individual portions; when needed, thaw at room temperature. Reheat until piping hot, and then cool slightly before serving.
About Annabel Karmel
Annabel Karmel is the best-selling author of seventeen books on baby and children’s food and nutrition. She is an expert in devising tasty and nutritious meals for children without spending long hours in the kitchen. A mother of three, Karmel has become a cookbook phenomenon. Her books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide, and have been perennial bestsellers in the US, including DK’s First Meals, Mom & Me Cookbook, and The Toddler Cookbook. For more Annabel Karmel books, visit the Annabel Karmel boutique.
*More from Annabel this spring: I Can Eat a Rainbow and Cook it Together (June 2009).