Homemade Smoothies for Mother and Baby: 300 Healthy Fruit and Green Smoothies for Preconception, Pregnancy, Nursing and Baby's First Years Paperback – August 4, 2015

There are always smoothie recipes, but this book outlines the proper way to use fruit and vegetables and the way to use ratios and the sizes to use to execute what should make an excellent smoothie. Often I've had smoothies too bitter or not smooth enough... I've been doing it wrong and it's easy enough if you follow some guidelines. After that learning some techniques, experimenting with flavors should be fun and more often successful. Example: I didn't know one could steam fruit before using them in a smoothie. This is definitely a book to keep going back to for ideas and refreshers.I'm not with child, but I thought this would be great for my pregnant cousin, who is big on natural foods. I was super curious, so I thought I'd give this a read before I gave it to her and to see if she would even be interested in what the book offers. She is definitely going to be able to use this book! I know she wants to breastfeed and there is one section of recipes dedicated to breast milk quality. I can't wait to give her this book. I know she'll be able to use this from birth well into the toddler years with the depth of information the author, Kristine Miles, gives the reader.

My son and I are struggle with weak immune systems - if either one of us is within a 6 mile radius of a cold or flu bug we will get it, and then give it to the other one. I found this book when I was looking for whole food ways to help us stay healthy and strong. I love the recipes - they are easy to replicate and don't require a bunch of weird ingredients. Plus, the breakdown of smoothie types based on issues you might be facing is a really great way to treat the body without harmful chemicals. Great book!

There are a lot of really good recipes

By far the best book I bought while pregnant. Smoothies are very good and there is very helpful nutritional information for each trimester, as well as post natal into. Really helped keep my mood, gut, and weight in check. Hopefully helped my baby be as healthy as possible.

The recipes are great and provide new ideas to any lover of smoothies! Unfortunately, the ones recommended for breastfeeding are quite acidic. Many of the recipes even include pineapple which causes rashes for most babies. I am not really able to use this book while breastfeeding, instead Im going for simple smoothies that I have created myself.I cannot speak for the time when my little one is going to start having smoothies, since we aren't there yet.