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Baby & Toddler Meal Planner

Advantages: Simple to follow. Lovely presentation.
Disadvantages: Your baby may not want to follow it!

As every parent knows, the stage of weaning a baby from a milk diet onto solid foods can be a very daunting experience. I had heard the name 'Annabel Karmel' many times in reference to weaning/recipe books & was strongly advised to invest in one of her many publications. I opted for the 'Baby & Toddler Meal Planner'. This best selling hardback book has been around for over 20 years now, but has been recently updated & has a clean, modern feel to ...
...is split into several chapters: Chapter 1 - 'The best first foods for your baby' talks about general nutrition for babies, allergies & other helpful information such as storage of baby foods. Chapter 2 - 'First stage weaning' lists the fruits & vegetables which are best suited to a young baby at the start of the weaning process. The book explains how to prepare each product, & the approximate number of servings each 'recipe' will provide. Slightly ...

sambam000 03.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Annabel Karmel's New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner - Annabel Karmel

interesting book

Advantages: good
Disadvantages: none

Review Queen of Curry Madhur Jaffrey offers the definitive guide to this diverse cookery form. Not just Indian curries but South East Asian, African, West Indian and anglicised versions from the UK and USA. Curry's popularity is so great that it has crossed the globe, manifesting itself in every culture imaginable. Meat-based or vegetarian its range covers every taste and appetite from mild kormas, spicy madras' and the notoriously hot vindaloos. ...
...Beeton's curry sauce with tomato, Madhur offers a comprehensive range of delicious curries to cook in your own home. This is a culinary celebration of curry from one of the top Indian chefs today, lavishly illustrated, clearly explained and entertainingly written for a fascinating read. - Lucy Watson Product Description This is the most comprehensive book ever published on curries, written by Madhur Jaffrey, the world's bestselling Indian cookery ...

ishagarg 12.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible - Madhur Jaffrey

Slimmer,are you dreaming,my girls?

Advantages: a healthy way to lose weight
Disadvantages: none

...long-term method of weight control. I suggest that readers open mind and strict adherence to the book given the recommendations of experts. This method requires you to be hard work, and for those who long for people to combat obesity, as long as you persevere on the ultimate success will be a better body weight and maintain funding. ...

jessie5241 09.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of I Can Make You Thin - Paul McKenna

Slimming World Curry Feast

Advantages: Easy to follow instructions
Disadvantages: Pictures look great - mine turn out looking different

...nerve racking...however being on the slimming world diet I thought it can't be any worse than the other concoctions I have taken to eating in a bid to lose weight. I have only made 2 things from the book so far,a chicken curry which was even nicer when it had been frozen and reheated and the onion bhaji's which were really, really good but for those in the know quite high in syn value. However, a lot of the curries can be made syn free comparred ...
...explains the basic's of the slimming world diet in case you have not read your food optimising book! The receipe's are one to a page, with every other one having a full page picture of the finished product. The different sections of the book are well defined: starters, salads, meat, poultry, fish, rice and lentils and pulses, vegetables and accompaniments. The book cost me (I think) £8 from my slimming world consultant which I think is great value ...

mum2boys82 10.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Slimming World's Curry Feast: 120 Mouth-watering Indian Recipes to Make at Home (Slimming World)

The best £10 i have spent this year!

Advantages: Full of very good information
Disadvantages: none that i could see

...book "Grow Your Own Veg". Grow Your Own Veg was shown on BBC 2, and is part of the Gardener's World Series. The series follows Carol Klein on her mission to start growing vegetables in her garden, the series had some wonderful moments including Carol actually hand feeding a robin that has been nesting in her garden for some years. The series showed Carol right from the beginning, planning her vegetable garden, making the soil right for growing and ...
...you once you start to grow your own, you will hopefully never go to the supermarket for vegetables ever again. The book is a 224 page masterpiece in my eyes. There is a small introduction from Carol telling you the advantages of growing your own, and also advice on growing the whole year round. Imagine potatoes for the Christmas dinner taken from what you grown; trust me there is nothing better. Also if you have young children, get them involved ...

the_enlightened_one 02.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Grow Your Own Veg - Carol Klein