Parents Need to Eat Too: Nap-Friendly Recipes, One-Handed Meals, and Time-Saving Kitchen Tricks for New Parents

by Debbie Koenig

Overview

The question is as old as parenting itself: How can new moms and dads eat well when all their time and energy is spent on baby? Finally, we have the answer!

Specifically designed for frazzled, sleep-deprived parents, every recipe in Parents Need to Eat, Too is nutritious, delicious, satisfying, and EASY. As a bonus each recipe includes instructions for preparing baby food from the same ingredients. Plus every recipe has the added advantage of being tested by a group of more than 100 new parents.

Inside you'll find:

• Meals you can eat with one hand
• Recipes for the new parent's best friend: the slow cooker
• More ambitious recipes, broken down into simple stages to perform while baby naps
• “Un-Recipes” for parents who can't cook at all
• Recipes that support breastfeeding
• Advice from experts, including a pediatric dietitian and a lactation consultant

Here are real solutions for the real problems new parents face in the kitchen. Through comforting, honest, and essential help for stressed out, undernourished moms and pops, Parents Need To Eat Too ensures that nobody will go hungry!

Parents Need to Eat Too has been named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2012 by Leite’s Culinaria, whose Editor-in-Chief Renee Schettler Rossi called it the “What to Expect After You’re Expecting” and said that the book “savvily and sassily helps you extend the efficiency of any time spent in the kitchen.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062005946
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	02/21/2012
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Debbie Koenig is a food writer whose work has appeared in American Baby, Parents, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. Her food blog, Words to Eat By, has attracted more than one million visitors. Debbie lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their five-year-old son, Harry.

What People are Saying About This

Melanie Rehak

“I laughed, I learned, I dreamed up a hundred fantastic meals while reading Parents Need to Eat Too.“

Eileen Behan

With more than 150 recipes, intelligent healthy tips, and comments from real moms just like you, Parents Need to Eat Too will be your go-to resource and make you the confident parent you want to be.

Meagan Francis

“Finally, a book that reminds new moms: yes, your life may be totally wrapped up in feeding your baby right now, but you need-and deserve!-to eat well, too.”

Molly Wizenberg

“You don’t have to be a parent to learn from Debbie Koenig’s eminently sensible book.”

Jen Singer

“Parents Need to Eat Too should be on every baby shower registry.”

Leah McLaughlin

“This book is a must-have for new parents who enjoy eating good food with real flavor.”

Leah Ingram

“If only Debbie Koenig’s Parents Need to Eat Too had existed back [when I was a new parent]. Every new parent should ask for Debbie’s book as a baby shower gift!”

Emily Franklin

If only this book came with every box of newborn diapers or baby blanket! New and seasoned parents alike will find delicious and simple recipes - from first nibbles to toddler tastes and fullgrown meals enjoyed together

Editorial Reviews

If only this book came with every box of newborn diapers or baby blanket! New and seasoned parents alike will find delicious and simple recipes - from first nibbles to toddler tastes and fullgrown meals enjoyed together

Emily Franklin

With more than 150 recipes, intelligent healthy tips, and comments from real moms just like you, Parents Need to Eat Too will be your go-to resource and make you the confident parent you want to be.

Eileen Behan

Finally, a book that reminds new moms: yes, your life may be totally wrapped up in feeding your baby right now, but you need-and deserve!-to eat well, too.

Meagan Francis

I laughed, I learned, I dreamed up a hundred fantastic meals while reading Parents Need to Eat Too.“

Melanie Rehak

Parents Need to Eat Too should be on every baby shower registry.

Jen Singer

You don’t have to be a parent to learn from Debbie Koenig’s eminently sensible book.

Molly Wizenberg

This book is a must-have for new parents who enjoy eating good food with real flavor.

Leah McLaughlin

If only Debbie Koenig’s Parents Need to Eat Too had existed back [when I was a new parent]. Every new parent should ask for Debbie’s book as a baby shower gift!

Leah Ingram

Reassuring is the first word that comes to mind when reading food writer Koenig's first cookbook, in which she provides doable, affordable meal solutions for new parents. The chapters are practical and original: "Nap-Time Cooking" divides recipes into stages to be completed while a child is napping, and "One-Handed Meals" consists entirely of tidy dishes (e.g., turnovers, empanadas, and hand pies) for spill-free eating. At the end of each recipe, you'll find encouraging notes from parents who tested the recipes, as well as instructions for making baby food. The book also includes tips for stocking the pantry and freezer, infant feeding guidelines, and a food-focused third-trimester time line.

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