Annabel Karmel is practically a celebrity in Great Britain. She is a bestselling author, a TV personality, and the mother of three. Her fame comes from her cookbooks that focus on nutrition for families and cooking for babies and toddlers.
I recently had the pleasure of reviewing Karmel's Favorite Family Meals, a cookbook originally published in 1999 and re-published in 2005. FFM promises "recipes that are quick and easy to prepare, healthy, and, of course, tasty." Plus, "most of them can be prepared in less than 30 minutes."
If I were to judge the book soley on its cover and appearance, I would give it a solid A+. The pages are glossy and smooth, and feature fun illustrations and enticing photographs. The font is easy-to-read and fun, with enough white space to allow the eyes to "rest."
Oh, and the recipes are plentiful...and delicious...and healthy. The "Marinated Beef Skewers" have already made it into my "all-time favorites" recipe box. And I can't wait to try the "Perfect Pancakes", the "Savory Breakfast Muffins," and the "Penne with Chicken, Tomatoes, and Basil."
This cookbook will be especially treasured by parents of elementary age children because Karmel is an expert when it comes to fun food presentation (you should see the photos in the book..."smiles" made with apple slices and mini marshmallows, teddy bear-shaped sandwiches, and funny face breakfast pizzas). I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a kid who wouldn't be captivated by Karmel's creative dishes.
If you'd like to get a "taste" (literally!) of what the book is like, you can find a fine selection of recipes based on your baby's age or your food preferences (healthy eating, vegetarian, breastfeeding "mums," etc.) on Karmel's site.
While you're on the site, you can learn about Karmel's eat fussy line of food products for infants and toddlers. I am SO checking to see if my CostCo carries it next time I'm there! Has anyone seen/tried these?
Finally, you're invited to join Annabel's Club. Members will receive a newsletter "full of helpful tips on nutrition and feeding your baby and child." You'll also receive "first access to new recipes, special offers, and all sorts of wonderful prizes to be won."
WIN IT! One mama will win Favorite Family Meals by Annabel Karmel. To enter, simply leave a comment and your e-mail address on this post prior to Thursday, Feb. 7, at midnight. The winner will be announced and contacted on Friday, Feb. 8. * Winner must provide a U.S. mailing address.
* UPDATE * The winner is #156 anonymous. Congratulations!
I would love it.
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I would love to have some new recipes to cook for my family.
Our favorite meal is rich in calories. I have to back off from it.
This book looks awesome! I am always looking for new recipes to try out!
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I'd love to have a cookbook that has real food and not just a gourmet's idea of what is good.
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Looks like a great cookbook. I hope I win so I can get cooking!!
I agree with the comment of not getting into the same rut. That is why I love trying out new cookbooks.
Love healthy, happy recipes!
This looks like a fun cookbook! I would love to win it!
sounds great can't wai to check it out!
angie K
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I would love to win this!!!!
Would love to win this! I have checked some of her books out from her local library. Great info on learning to fix food for my 10 month old!
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Great giveaway!! Thank you!! Let's start cooking!!
I'd love to win this... thanks!
I have a picky eater and this would really help!
Hoping to win this
ooo i love cooking new things!
Sounds great!
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Yippee, this is something you could use with your family, too. My son loves helping me in the kitchen.
i love trying new recipes
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nice!!
cool beans!
would like to win this - thanks
sounds fabulous! would love to try it.
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sounds like a fab cookbook, please enter me,
sherri
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I'd like to test your recipes.
I hope I win! I need all the help I can get!
My baby is just at the age where he needs to be eating our food, and I can never figure out what to cook! This looks like a great book. Thanks!
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I would love this! It sounds like something I could use for my family and my class. Thanks for the chance to win.
Fun prize!
I sure could use this cookbook. I need it. thanks for the sweeps. wonderful if I win. thanks.
I love to try new cookbooks. [email protected]
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Seriously...my fiancee has been cooking us dinner for 5 years now!! I don't know how to cook, well, except for cereal and toast!!! Pick me! I NEED THIS!!
Would love to try it - please count me in
Thsi looks wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win
I need some new meal ideas. I run a foster home for disabled adults and I like to surprise them with something new and tasty!
Thank you for hosting this!
Thank you for the chance!
This looks great!!!
Thanks
hianded[at]earthlink[dot]net
I am always looking for fun, new meal ideas for my two picky little guys (and my picky husband)! This book looks great!
thank you for the great contest
enter me please
pethof (at) gmail (dot) com
I think my family is tired of the same ol' meals, so this would be great! Thanks! ksrutledge at hotmail.com
This would be wonderful to win!!
Would love to win this
I've been cooking with nutrition as my main concern for the last 6-9 months so I would LOVE this cookbook!
sounds like a great cookbook
I would love this! I am beginning to cook again, after cooking for a picky teenager.
I love to cook but am always looking for new ideas so this would be wonderful!
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This cook book looks great! I could probably get some new ideas from this one!
This cookbook looks great. I've been stuck in a cooking rut and would love some new great ideas!
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Quick, healthy & tasty! What more could you ask for!
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Hi. My name is Brionne and I will be 17 in 16 days! I love to cook meals for my family so that my parents can have a treat after a long day at work. I love pouring over recipe books to find delicious new meals.
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I could sure use some new recipes for my picky toddler to try out.
I'd love some family favorites for my recipe/cookbook shelf!
Camille
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Sounds like a great book.
I love cookbooks, thanks for the giveaway!
I have one of Annabel Karmel's other cookbooks! I'd love to add this one to my library!
I totally need this. Thanks.
What a great cookbook! I would love to try this one out.
i love cooking
this would be great to have
Sounds fantastic & fun!
I love trying new recipes and that cookbook looks like it has some good ones!
I could really use this!
I'm always looking for new family friendly dinner ideas.
Looks like a great book.
I'm always looking for new dinner ideas.
Yummy! Bobby and I love to cook together and he would totally get into the fun presentation! [email protected]
You can never have too many cookbooks!
I love this author!
dianna_ball(at)hotmail.com
Hope to win!
Include me, please!
yadgirl (at) chartertn (dot) net
I'd love to try this cookbook! Please enter me.
Looks like great book to have for new kitchen ideas!
Enter me please!
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My wife is a cookbook addict.
This looks like a really fun cookbook, I'd love to try some of these recipes
love to try this
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I love new cookbooks!
I'm always ready for more quick and easy recipes
I really need to find some ways to make some heathy foods that my kids will eat.
A great win for me!
I would love to win this! [email protected]
I really need this! I have been so frustrated lately with my inability to cook food that's wholesome and tastes good. Would love to check this out!
Sounds like a great cookbook!
I love cookbooks!
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
I need some new ideas. I love cookbooks!
Yum! This looks great! I love cookbooks.
staceylea AT gmail DOT com
I could use some new dinner ideas
I want to win
Sounda like fun, enter me
Count me in as someone else who could use some new ideas!
sanna1999(at)verizon(dot)net
I could really use some new ideas for dinner!
please enter me thanks
excellent
I'm always in need of new recipes that the kids will like!
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Karmel is a great cookbook author! Thanks for the giveaway!
Count me in!
This looks wonderful and would be great with my two little boys.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
It would be nice to try her recipes!
Would love to win this--looks great and I love to cook!!
I am really tired of not knowing what to cook - this would be great!
Bet it tastes great
I am looking for new options when it comes to feeding my baby and so I would like this book.
Thanks
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I LOVE cookbooks and have been wanting to look at this one.
I've looked at her books so often and never got one I would be excited to try it
sounds good, I hope I win!
I love cookbooks and this one looks great.
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I love cookbooks! This would be so helpful to my family and probably save me some money!! cookiecutter72 AT hotmail DOT com
Sounds terrific. I love cookbooks.
Love to cook and would love to win this cookbook. Looks like a great one.
Sounds like a great cookbook. thanks.
Yes! Help me learn to cook for my family!
dansan826 at yahoo.com
This would be awesome! Good luck everyone.
I own and love her "First Meals" cookbook. This one sounds even better! ( [email protected] )
I love cookbooks. I always need a new one.
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I could use some great ideas!
I'm totally addicted to new cookbooks, and this is one I could definitely use!
Wow, I totally could use some inspiration!
yummy! i'd love to win!
Sounds like a great book. I would love to try it.
njones127 at tampabay dot rr dot com
I could always use help in the kitchen. This book sounds great!
hanourse at gmail dot com
I could always use some inspiration.
Sounds like this is the kind of cookbook that would get quite the workout in this house. Thanks for blogging about it...and giving one away!
could use this
I could use this! Thanks for the contest! I hope I'm the lucky winner :)
I could use some help with my cooking.. Ive gotten lazy and Im out of practice so I have no idea where to start anymore.
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My cooking is less than inspiring. I could use some help. Thank you for the contest.
This looks great, I'd love to win!
My family would love for me to have this.
I enjoyed using her baby food book and would like to check this book out.
always can use a new cookbook
This would be really helpful.
this is great! i would love some inspiration in the kitchen.
We'd love to try a new cookbook!! Thanks a bunch!
stbaisch AT yahoo DOT com
I would love to try some new recipes for my picky little boys!! Thanks!
I love trying new cookbooks, this one sounds great!
I would love this
Anything that might convince my 4 year old to expand her meals beyond grilled cheese and Dora yogurt would get an A+ from me! Please enter me!
Hey, I need cooking help too. Please enter me!!
Enter me, please.
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The cookbook sounds terrific. Please enter me in your contest. Thanks.
amomspeaks at gmail dot com
I make the same couple of meals over and over again, so this would be welcome in my kitchen!
Looks great.Thank you
Looks like a fantastic book!
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I am so struggling with this. I need my own copy before I ruin my local library's selection of cookbooks.
This would be great - I can use all the help I can get with two little ones and a third on the way. Thank you.
i want to win!
Thanks for the link to try some of these recipes. I always love new cookbooks!
Send it on over! Fried Rice!
would love this!thanks [email protected]
My dinner table could really use some spicing up! I am tired of the same old thing.
Sounds great! Please add me in :)
I need to win this and use it! We always eat the same things - what a rut!
i'm always trying to do new recipes to get the kids to eat different foods
I would love to win this prize.
Please add me! I love new cooking books!
This looks like a cookbook that would be put to use.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
I love cookbooks and am always searching for new ones. Thanks for entering me!
enter me please:)
I love to try new recipes
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This book looks great. If I win, I'd love to give it to my daughter. She has 2 little ones, a 5 year old...very picky eater, and a 1 year old, and never seems to have time to cook!
I love cookbooks, especially ones with easy, family-friendly meals!
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include me please
Please enter me too! Thanks :)
I'm always looking for quick diner ideas, especially for a picky eater.
Always looking for new things to try out, would love to win this!
Sounds great! :)
I would love to win this for my wife.
Sounds like a great cookbook!
Love try new recipes this is great
Always looking for new ideas for my growing family.
Count me in!
Feeling like I seriously need to win this.
#1) Because I have the world's pickiest toddler. She eats a little here and there, but oh boy, it's a tough one getting her to eat a balanced meal!
#2) I need to eat healthier! I'm pooped by the time dinner comes around, and I make whatever is available. Buy better foods at the grocery, you say! Foiled once again, pooped while shopping so I toss the old favorites into the cart.
We use the Eating for Life cookbook some when we have energy for prep time. It is good (and healthy!) stuff, but my toddler won't eat any of this stuff!
I'm really crossing my fingers for this one!
I have the baby and toddler cookbook from Annabel Karmel and it's great, I'd really like to read the family one !
thanks for the giveaway !
miniloulous(at)yahoo(dot)com
You can never have too many cookbooks.
I'll take a new cookbook anyday!
betskev at earthlink.net
mmm sounds so yummy!! please enter me!
Sounds delicous!
I love to try out new recipes!!
Great Cookbook!!
I can always use a little dinner inspiration.
This sounds GREAT! I totally need some new kid-friendly ideas for dinner.
I would love to win this. I need some inspiration.
I've never heard of her, Annabel before, but her website and this cookbook sound great. I'll have to go check our her suggestions for my daughter's age group.
i would love to have this. my kids are so picky, we need to try something new
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we love cookbooks and new things to try
mom2maria at hotmail dot com
This sounds like it is just what I'm looking for to find something my toddler will eat.
I love to cook for my family! I would love to have this book! Thank you!
sarahmarie[dot]pemberton[at]gmail[dot]com
sounds like something we could definitely use here! thanks for the chance!
awesome! Thank you
Look great, thanks a lot.
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I can always use new ideas for meals! Please count me in!
BreeniBooks[at]gmail[dot}com
I am a cookbook junkie. This book sounds great.
This sounds like a wonderful cookbook. Please enter me. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to win this.
Would love to win this!
i was just saying i need some new recipes!
I am sick of eating the same ole' stuff all the time. I would love new recipes. Thanks
I'd love to try these recipes!
I'd love this. We're just gearing up to start Miss Baby on "people food."
WE have one of her baby cookbooks and were impressed. Thanks for the chance [email protected]
This sounds wonderful. I hope I win!
I would love to try some of these great sounding recipes!!!
I would love to try out this book!
241mama(@)gmail(.)com
My friend has her Superfoods book and it looks so good! This one looks great too.
da [at] dawnalice [dot] com
I would love to win this cookbook!
THis would be great!!!
Count me in!
I'm in! I'm gonna learn this "cooking" thing if it kills me. ;)
Anything to get us out of our rut!
Looks good!
thanks for the entry! hellomary018ATyahooDOTcom
with 7 kids the same old things comes in handy ..knowing what to do in your sleep . but there comes a time when you want and need a change and this is one of them .. i would like this book to begin this change.
I would love to win this, thank you so much!
I would love to win this. I am so tired of always making the same things. We need new ideas in the kitchen.
This does sound like something we could use to break up the monotony of the same meals over and over again.
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Sounds like something I could use! My husband and kids are tired of the same things everynight for dinner.
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I researched this cookbook author when I was starting my baby on solids and making all her food from scratch...but opted for more puree based books then. I need to expand my repertoire now that my daughter is nearly 20 months (no, she is not just eating purees still! ;) so this would be super handy. Thanks for entering me!
sharibrownfield(at)gmail(dot)com
Sounds yummy! I have seen her books before and she has some fabulous recipes. My kids would love this!
I have heard about this cookbook!
What a wonderful giveaway. Please enter me in your drawing. I appreciate it. Thanks,Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I just checked out one of her books from the library. It's great and I'd love to have one of my own!
amyruthwebb at gmail dot com
what a great cookbook
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Sounds great! Hope it tastes great, too. [email protected]
Oh boy I need this. I need to move on from the Shake and Bake!
I could really use this cookbook!
I am always looking for something new to cook. I hate to get in the same routine of meals week after week.
I would love to try this!!!