Bite size: Clever ways to turn your child into a veggie lover

IT has just occurred to bestselling author Aileen Cox Blundell that the initials of her new book (Baby-Friendly Family Cookbook) are BFF, or ‘Best Friends Forever’.

She’s tickled pink because that is exactly what she wanted her second cookbook to be — a reliable, steadfast companion to any mother (or father) attempting to cook a meal with a baby in a sling and a toddler clinging on to a leg.