12 best new baby food cookbooks

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Start with Time-Saving Make-Ahead Recipes

With the step-by-step make-ahead program provided in this book, making wholesome baby food at home is quick and easy.

Move on to Exciting Combination Purees

A mix-and-match chart takes the stress out of combining different purees to help your baby become familiar with a range of flavors and foods.

Transition to Hearty Textures and Finger Foods

Soft finger foods teach your baby how to chew, swallow, and practice dexterity—picking up individual cubes of food and putting them in their mouth is no easy feat for a little one!

Sample Recipe: Black Bean Burrito Bowl

Yield: 8 Servings Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes.

While I love burritos, they aren’t a great option for little hands since the filling all falls out while your toddler is trying to eat it. Enter the burrito bowl, which contains all of the tasty ingredients of a burrito in a form that your toddler can consume with ease.

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Treacle Pudding

Apparently, Harry loves anything treacle. He’s always reaching for the treacle tart, and he seems to really like the treacle pudding Mrs. Weasley prepared for dessert the night before he left the Burrow for Hogwarts (see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 5).

Treacle is like molasses and is made during sugar refining. Black treacle is like dark molasses, and light treacle is also called golden syrup, which can be found in some supermarkets and specialty food stores. The light variety is so good that if you buy it you might find yourself sneaking spoonfuls every now and then.

1. Fill a large pot with water and place a shallow bowl upside down inside the pot. Bring the water to a boil. Butter and flour a 2½-quart round baking dish or glass bowl and its lid; set aside.

2. Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a mixing bowl and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar, and the ⅓ cup golden syrup or molasses, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing at medium speed until incorporated, about 30 seconds after each. Add the lemon zest and juice and beat until incorporated. Scrape down the sides and add the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing on the lowest speed just until incorporated and beginning and ending with the flour. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides and bottom and fold the mixture together.

3. Pour the ½ cup golden syrup or molasses into the bottom of the baking dish or glass bowl. Scrape the batter into the dish and smooth the top with the rubber spatula. Cover tightly with the lid and place it in the pot on top of the overturned bowl, making sure the water comes halfway up the sides. Cover the pot and simmer for 2½ hours. Check every so often to see if more water needs to be added (don’t let the pot boil dry).

4. Remove the pudding from the pot. Remove the lid and invert the pudding onto a serving dish. Serve with warmed golden syrup.

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Family meals

Invite your little one to the table to share what everyone else is eating as you successfully introduce them to solid foods.

Guidance for safe weaning

Learn how to identify and avoid any allergies or food sensitivities your baby might have, which ingredients to avoid altogether, and how to prep food safely.

26 Food profiles

Find complete overviews of the top 26 natural foods for baby-led weaning, with photos, nutrition facts, and easy serving size guidance.