Title: Time for Kids Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook: Fun Recipes for Kids to Make
From Time Home Entertainment Inc. and TIME For Kids
Published April 2, 2013
Suggested Retail: $19.95
Hardcover, 160 pages
Summary: Kids in the Kitchen is filled with 100 colorful images and 80 recipes – focuses on utilizing fresh and seasonal ingredients. Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook teaches kids all they need to know about sources, nutrition and kitchen safety, while cooking familiar recipes with new twists guaranteed to become family favorites.
The book features step-by-step, easy-to-follow recipes provided by the food experts at myRecipes.com. Applesauce Muffins, Chocolate Chip Waffles, Fruit Smoothies, Sweet Potato Fries, Fish and Chips, Sloppy Joe Sliders, and Creamy Berry Fruit Pops are just some of the recipes you’ll find inside! Kids will practice measuring ingredients, reading nutritional labels and learn the basics of cooking. In addition to recipes, other topics featured in Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook include:
- Kitchen Basics and The Young Chef’s Toolbox
- Smart Food Choices Mean Good Eats (Stay-Fit Tips and Goals for Good Health)
- How to Avoid Kitchen Disasters
- You Can Measure (Metric Equivalents)
- Glossary
- A Word Search Puzzle
- Facts, World Records and Articles from TIME For Kids
- And much more!
“We are proud to introduce Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook to families to promote cooking together and healthy living,” said Bob Der, Editorial Director, TIME For Kids. “This book furthers our goal of enabling and educating kids as they continue to clamor to help in the kitchen and want to learn more about food and where it comes from.”
Review: It’s important to have kids in the kitchen. They learn important techniques, some science and math, and I think usually eat a meal better if they are part of the performance in bringing something to the table.
Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook is geared for children 8 and above. I love all of the colorful photographs and images included in this book. I think this helps spur the interest in children. Here is an image of the Home -Baked Chicken Fingers that my daughter and I made from the cookbook a few days ago. The breading on ours doesn’t look as even as it does in the book, but we still enjoyed them in our meal with brown rice and kale.
This book has sidebars that share food facts, cooking trivia and history, tips for healthier eating, and essential terms for new cooks. There is also a “From TIME for Kids” on the other sidebar that has little known facts, fun stats, and mini articles from issues of TIME for Kids magazine and TFK Around the World. So if your child is looking for a book to page through, they can learn quite a bit from the additional information printed on the sidebars. The recipes in this book are also rated on difficulty – simple, moderately easy, or difficult to prepare and nutritional information is easy to read.
I think Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook is great for young cooks/chefs. My oldest is six and loves flipping through this book and helping when she can in the kitchen. Our next project together from this cookbook is Easy and Perfect Vanilla Pudding. It looks delicious!
Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook is available at www.timeforkids.com/cookbook and retailers nationwide.
About TIME For Kids
TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine that motivates kids to read! Issues cover a wide range of real-world, and topics in the news kids want to learn about. A powerful teaching tool, TIME For Kids builds reading and writing skills.
About MyRecipes.com
MyRecipes.com features the largest collection of professionally-tested recipes online from food experts at the magazines and cookbooks you love and trust—including Cooking Light, Southern Living, Sunset, Coastal Living, Real Simple, and more.
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