Feed Yourself, Feed Your Family: Good Nutrition and Healthy Cooking for New Moms and Growing Families

Random House Publishing Group, 2012 - Cooking - 266 pages

A BLUEPRINT FOR A LIFETIME OF HEALTHY MEALS

From pregnancy to breastfeeding through weaning and beyond, the comprehensive one-stop nutrition and cooking guide for mothers eager to nourish the whole growing family with healthy and delicious meals
 
Your approach to eating changes when you become pregnant, give birth, and become responsible for feeding an infant, toddler, or growing child. Featuring more than seventy-five easy-to-make and delicious recipes, sanity-saving, mom-tested advice, and vital information about your nutritional needs when pregnant, nursing, or weaning,Feed Yourself, Feed Your Familyhelps you set your family on a course for a lifetime of healthy eating. Focusing on the five basic nutritional stages between birth and the time when your baby takes a seat at the family table, and with an emphasis on organic, unprocessed foods, this invaluable resource offers
 
• nutrition-packed, kid-pleasing recipes—including make-ahead, no-cook, one-handed (while nursing), on the run, or sit down meals—many of which are all-time La Leche League International member favorites
• facts on how a mother’s diet affects her milk (and baby’s tastes)
• perfect energizing foods to support busy new parents learning a new way of life
• pantry- and fridge-stocking suggestions for simple meals in minutes
• the best organic and shortcut foods in every grocery aisle, from fresh to frozen
• tips and nutritional information for safely shedding pounds while breastfeeding
• fun ways to get children involved in the kitchen and invested in the food they eat
• candid, reassuring stories from mothers like you
 
La Leche League International is the most trusted name in breastfeeding information, support, and advocacy. Founded in 1956 by seven intrepid women, the League now has more than 7,000 accredited leaders in sixty-eight countries, and offers phone, online, and in-person consultation to breastfeeding mothers. Visit www.llli.org for more information.

What people are saying

Review: Feed Yourself, Feed Your Family: Good Nutrition and Healthy Cooking for New Moms and Growing Families

User Review  - Valerie Valentine - Goodreads

Didn't need all the pregnancy nutrition advice nor the pseudo-scolding about forming healthy habits... ugh I get it, just say No to Mom Guilt, La Leche League! The photos were cute and the recipes decent. I liked the lists of basics for a healthy pantry.

Review: Feed Yourself, Feed Your Family: Good Nutrition and Healthy Cooking for New Moms and Growing Families

User Review  - Leahjoypro - Goodreads

So many good recipes! This book would make a great gift for a pregnant mom who is interested in breast feeding and in healthy choices for her family. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is that I ...

About the author

Since 1955 when La LEche League started with seven women in the Chicago suburbs, it has grown into the leading breastfeeding advocacy organization in the world, with more than three thousand groups in fifty countries. La Leche League International regularly holds seminars and workshops for health care professionals and parents, and publishes more than twenty books on child care.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Feed Yourself, Feed Your Family: Good Nutrition and Healthy Cooking for New Moms and Growing Families
• Contributor: La Leche League International
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2012
• ISBN: 0345518462, 9780345518460
• Length: 266 pages
• Subjects: Cooking / Health & Healing / General; Family & Relationships / Parenting / General; Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition; Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth