Feeding the Whole Family: Cooking with Whole Foods: More than 200 Recipes for Feeding Babies, Young Children, and Their Parents

In addition to enticing recipes and practical tips such as which cooking technique will coax the most flavor from a particular vegetable, Cynthia Lair’s 4th edition of Feeding the Whole Family features beautiful photos to help cooks visualize the end product. For those who already have their favorite tried-and-true Lair recipes, you’ll find them here, plus 45 new ones. The beauty of them is they’re adaptable for eaters of all ages and easy to make. The emphasis on eating whole, delicious foods in the company of loved ones, encourages good health on many levels. Always mindful of busy schedules, many of the recipes can be on the table in less than 30 minutes. If you’re a new, “healthy eater,” spend time in the Wholesome Family Eating chapter to familiarize yourself with the concept of whole foods and why they matter. And then, close your eyes, flip to a recipe and have fun cooking!

Working full-time and having a one-year-old at home, I want to cook meals for our whole family that are not too challenging, relatively quick to make, and healthy. I found the recipe names incredibly intimidating--and then I tried them, and I was so pleasantly surprised! These were not too tricky to make, as the instructions are clear and pictures are helpful. (I have tried about ten of them so far.) More importantly, it's making it easy for me to feed my family whole foods, teach my son to eat veggies and fruits, and even trick my husband into eating healthy, too. I have many cookbooks in this "feeding babies and adults simultaneously" genre, and this is the only one I would buy for a friend.

I've struggled to eat healthily, but the recipes in this are full of spices and delicious. I've branched out of my normal comfort zone.Only drawback: I wish the book would lay flat or there were a binder version.

I purchased this book for a cooking class that I recently took. I have to say, had I not been in the class this cookbook would not have caught my eye. It is, however, one of my favorite cookbooks now. Not all of the recipes have pictures, but every recipe that I have tried so far (in class or at home) has been delicious and I am eager to continue to make more recipes from this cookbook. Recipes can be easily tweaked if vegan, which I am, or if gluten-free, as a couple of classmates were. All-in-all, this is a beautiful cookbook with healthy and delicious recipes that will help you learn how to make amazing real whole-food meals.

I was a nutrition student at Bastyr University in WA state. Cynthia Lair was one of my teachers in our whole food cooking classes. I had her original cookbook from the late 90’s. As a former picky eater, I tried EVERY SINGLE recipe in her book and LOVED it.You don’t need children to cook with this book. I was delighted to get the updated version. It’s amazing!!!A beautiful entry to Whole Foods cooking. I’ve graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition. It’s still my favorite cookbook to recommend for beginners looking for a transition into Whole Food cooking. Yay Cynthia!

I was hoping this book would have some different recipes for my 9 mo. baby. Was very disappointed with the tips for baby. The recipes for adults look good but I was hoping for some variation for baby. For example the suggestion to mash avocado for baby when making a meal with avocado is not exactly groundbreaking. Didn’t need a cookbook to help me figure that out. Guess I’ll have to look elsewhere to get better ideas of what to serve my baby.

This cookbook is exactly what I had hoped it would be! It starts out talking about nutrition for the family, specifically for children of different ages. The explainations of different types of foods are really helpful. It has a good variety of healthy recipes. I love that there are notes for the recipes on how to customize it for different ages. I wish I had had this book when my children were babies, but I know it will be great to give to my own children when they start their own families. There are options for a variety of diets-vegan, vegetarian, or omnivore. My favorite recipe ever is in this book, too-chicken tikka masala. I highly recommend this book.

'Feeding the Whole Family' has been my favorite cookbook for years, but this revised edition is an AWESOME upgrade! My copy is destined to be as dog-eared and well-loved as the last. The photos in this edition make my mouth water and are art in and of themselves.Cynthia's model for healthy eating is as sensible as it is simple. I am honored to have had her as my professor.I made Maple Butter Nut Granola again tonight; my family can't get enough. My son's favorite dish of all time came from this cookbook (Golden Spice Rice). Nori-Wrapped Salmon, Vietnamese Pho, and Thai Coconut Chicken Soup are some of my other favorites.