How to use this book

This book might be the most important tool in your kitchen. Why? Because if you use it, you can improve your children’s health and nutrition, and save money.

How can you use this book to improve your child’s nutrition?

The nutrition section is full of important information about good nutrition.

• Use this section as a resource for breastfeeding and solutions to common breastfeeding issues

• Use the feeding guidance to understand how often, how much, and what texture of foods to feed baby.

• Use the food wheel to understand how each food group helps your child

• Use this section to learn helpful hints on how to feed your baby.

• Use the hygiene guidance to make sure foods are safe.

The recipe sections show you how traditional recipes can be adapted and combined to make sure your child is eating a healthy diet.

How can you use this book to save you money? Learn how to substitute the right foods, so you can buy what is available and affordable, while giving your child all the nutrients she needs.