Annabel Karmel's new cookbook is ideal for busy mums

BESTSELLING cooking author Annabel Karmel is one of those exceptional people who managed to turn the awful tragedy of losing her first child at just 13 weeks into something positive.

Although her daughter Natasha died of a viral infection rather than a diet-related illness, her death prompted Karmel to focus on nutrition when her second child Nicholas was born.

The fact that he was a fussy eater was a blessing as it inspired his mother to write The Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner, which is now the second bestselling non-fiction hardback of all time (The Secret is number one).