Please - recipe book suggestions for family food!

[littlefrog]

Feels a bit weird posting this, because I'd always thought the point of doing BLW (DS aged 7 months) was that he would eat our food! But actually I think it would be better if we ate his... Thing is, though we try to eat healthily, we often end up having very odd meals made up of odds and sods from the veg box which just don't work for ds (he can't manage stir-fried kale with no teeth and no pincer grip)

SO - any recommendations? We're a bit schizophrenic about eating, so I'm equally interested in lentil weaving super-healthy foods and Nigel Lawson cream in everything treats!

he csn mange stir fried kale with no teeth or pincer grip so long as its chopped into manageable bits.

relax.

oh, and personal fve recipe books round here are the anthony worral thompson family one, nigella express, some book ofone-pot recipes from marks' and the odd card picked up here and there.

i bet your diets better than you imagine. keep a food diary for a week and you'll see it in B&W and realise youre prob more balanced and regular than you assume. or youre rubbish, and you'll know to sort it out!

I did try him with the kale, but he just swept it all onto the floor. i should try giving it to him; sometimes with small things he just doesn't seem to be able to pick them up.

But the point kind of remains, I think. Last night we had swede and sweet potato mash, steamed chard, stir-fried bean sprouts and a funny sort of mixture of tomato and beetroot and chickpeas - so I'm not worried that we don't eat good stuff, it's just that it isn't enormously baby-friendly (or mummy-friendly: I can't face giving him beetroot till he's a bit better at getting food in, not on, down, around) - and, to be honest I'm bored of it!

one-pot recipes sound just what we're looking for - what's that book?

BUY
nigel's food diary for daily inspiration
delias complete cookery course for reference on roasts, cakes and biscuits etc.

borrow and experiment with
nigella, jamie oliver, moro cookbooks, river cafe cooks books.

the Tana Ramsey book looked quite good, but that was from a leaf-through in Borders

for beetroot the easiest thing is to grate it raw and then mix with a couple of tims of pinto beans/chick peas. Add olive oil and dressing to taste. Beans are very good finger food if a bit messy

The Dinner Lady book is very good

ah yes. the old 'sweep in to to the floor, and up the walls and into every crevice of self, clothes ad furniture' approach.

yes, tiresomely, that is A Stage, and lasts for a bit. will pass, but is grit teeth nd take up full time wiping/scrubbing/living in a mess time in meantime.

one-pot book was just a book of that title from a stand of books in marks and sparks. i think tis fairly generic... will look for it tho and let you know.

theres a few on here

brilliant! I particularly like the fact that Gina Ford's CLBB appears as a 'one pot' book in your link! very satisfying somehow...

witchandchips: will head to the library and order a bundle of books. Nigel's diary, is it just called that? Is it that stripey one?

any suggestions of kind of cookery-nutritiony books? health food kind of stuff?

this is really helpful, i feel a bit more energised about cooking!

Am too late, was about to suggest going to the library! I find some Ainsley Harriot books good.

i like that Nigel slater's 30 minute cookery.