50 super simple recipes to build kids' confidence in the kitchen--a kids' cookbook for ages 8-12

Learning to cook should be as easy and fun as enjoying the final product. Super Simple Cooking for Kids gives kids a taste for kitchen independence (and delicious food!). With 50 simple recipes designed specifically for beginners, this kids' cookbook sticks to the basics, so they can make these recipes with affordable tools and ingredients that are easy to find, and probably already in your kitchen!

They'll start by learning how to follow a recipe, how to be safe in the kitchen, and when to ask a grownup to help. Then, pint-size chefs can try simple, delicious recipes for every meal, like Pumpkin Pancakes, Chicken Taquitos, and Baked Ravioli!

Simple enough for kids --Dig into 50 tasty recipes that only use 5 to 10 ingredients, so they're easy enough for kids to do mostly on their own--and easy enough to minimize time and mess.

Keep it fun-- Handy indicators of each recipe's difficulty let you pick dishes that match your child's skill and comfort level, so they don't feel frustrated or overwhelmed.

Kid-friendly recipes--The familiar foods in this kid cookbook will appeal to even the pickiest of palates, without compromising on nutrition.

Discover a cookbook for kids that teaches kitchen basics with delicious results! And explore even more with the companion book, Super Simple Baking for Kids.

I am a professional chef. I've spent twenty-seven of my forty years in some of the best kitchens in the world. . . . And still, when my daughter, Helena, asks, Dad, what's for dinner? it gets me every time.

This is a book for dads (and moms, and grandparents, and caregivers, and anyone else who needs to get dinner on the table without cooking the same old thing again). It's a book that believes kids' food can, and should, mean more than just buttered noodles or chicken fingers. In its pages, chef David Nayfeld translate his decades of professional expertise into something that all parents can use to become more confident and creative in the kitchen, and better able to care for their toughest customers--their kids.

The result is a collection of more than eighty hearty, good-for-you recipes the whole family will love, from Italian Sausage and Broccolini Lasagna to The Best Fricking Meatloaf in the World; from Tomato and Bread Salad (it still counts as a salad!) to Cuppycakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.

Nayfeld's goal is to empower home cooks, giving them the tools, strategies (the wonders of batch-cooking!), and recipes to break a reliance on frozen foods and takeout. It's a book that helps to bring families together at the dinner table and to raise more adventurous eaters. And, most of all, it's a book that answers the all-important question: Dad, what's for dinner? (or lunch, or breakfast, or . . .)

From around 6 months, parents are encouraged to introduce soft finger foods into their baby's diet - either alongside purées or as part of baby-led weaning. Finger foods are the ideal way to introduce babies to different textures, and by handing the reins to your baby, you will empower them to figure out how to get food to their mouth, break pieces off and chew, and have all-around fun with food! Yet many parents are naturally cautious about giving finger foods to their children for fear of choking. Equally, once parents have mastered simple finger foods, they often find it a challenge to think up interesting and nutritious ideas to fuel little ones.

Annabel's complete guide to raising independent eaters steers families through finger foods, helping to nurture a generation of food explorers! From first-taste broccoli florets to baked veggie tots...and carrot sticks to curried bites, this book is packed with essential advice, tips, visual guides, and delicious recipes.

Let's Make Some Lunch for My Kids! Bento Box Queen Sulhee Jessica Woo begins every one of her creative TikTok videos with this catchphrase. Since 2020, nearly 7 million people have tuned in to watch Jessica make her delicious recipes for her three daughters.

Jessica's first cookbook, Let's Make Some Lunch, includes over 150 recipes for lunch-makers of all experience levels. There are 60 lunch box ideas, each containing two to three recipes, which can be mixed and matched to create endless lunch combinations. You'll find recipes inspired by every meal of the day:

• Breakfast for lunch: Apple Pie Overnight Oats, Mini Everything Bagels, Crunchy Nut Granola
• Sandwiches, wraps & rolls: Egg Salad Sando, Chicken Taquitos, Grilled Cheese Sammy
• Dinner leftovers Hearty Homestyle Chili, Tuna Mac & Cheese, Blackened Salmon

Discover the ultimate guide to delicious, paleo- and keto-friendly meals that your kids will love! In this groundbreaking cookbook, renowned chef Pete Evans presents 120 easy, mouthwatering recipes designed to keep your little ones happy and healthy.

Inside, you'll find:

• Baby Food recipes, ranging from comforting and nourishing broths for delicate tummies to omega-3-rich pates for brain development, and protein-packed purees.
• Irresistible Kids' Meals such as guilt-free and crispy Chicken Nuggets, low-carb takes on family favorites such as Zoodles Bolognese and Pizza Margherita, fresh and zesty Fish Tacos, sweet and savory Sticky Pork Balls, and crunchy Paleo Nachos, as well as easy and quick soups, salads, and snacks.
• Naturally sweet and sugar-free desserts such as Coconut Cupcakes and Banana Berry Ice Cream.
• Refreshing and satisfying drinks such as smoothies, kvass, and kefir.
• Easy fermented foods and gluten-free breads.

With a chapter for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, you'll learn to make nearly 50 creative, delicious boards that capitalize on the flavors and festivities of the season. Complete with suggested flavor and beverage pairings, styling tips, ingredient profiles, and more, Around the Board is your guide to year-round entertaining.

Celebrate the beauty of winter with the Winter Pairings board, filled with bold, rich flavors and pops of juicy color from pomegranate and citrus.

When a beautiful spring day calls for a brunch gathering, Emily walks you through the steps of building a beautiful display of pastries, granola, spreads, fresh fruit and more.

As calendars fill up with holidays and celebrations throughout the summer and fall, you'll find recipes for boards to enjoy from the 4th of July to Halloween, all featuring seasonal ingredients, delicious pairing options, and eye-catching yet easy-to-achieve arrangements.

Each recipe is accompanied by annotated photography that guides you through the steps to create the board at home, along with helpful tips, product recommendations, and more. The beautiful recipe images are as pleasing to admire as they are to create, making the book the perfect addition to any entertainer's kitchen or coffee table.

With an emphasis on honing your own cheese board instincts, Around the Board is a complete resource to mastering one of the year's most popular food trends.

Make packed lunches more fun for kids and more convenient for you with 100+ healthy bento box lunch recipes!

The challenge: Packing a quick but nutritious lunch for your picky eater every day. The solution: The bento box! Popularized in Japan, bento boxes feature a variety of simple components arranged into a travel-ready container that can be endlessly customized. Little Bento is your ultimate guide to planning, preparing, and assembling wholesome box lunches for kids -- that they'll actually eat!

Options for every eater--Try more than 100 seasonal recipes for mains, sides, dips, snacks, and more, with photo guides for arranging them into 32 bento lunch ideas--just to get you started!

Handy tips and tricks--Find a weekly worksheet for planning your bento lunches in advance, a list of kitchen tools to keep around, an overview of different brands of bento box container, and more.

Expert guidance--These recipes come from Michele Olivier, a mom, food blogger, and bestselling author of Little Foodie.

From Cheesy Kale Quesadillas to Whole-Wheat Coconut Cookies and Zucchini Pizza, this tasty bento box book makes school lunches a snap.

Trust me when I tell you, Little Bento is going to change your lunch game! This will revolutionize your lunch; whether you need to pack a lunch for school, day trips, the office, or simply need some inspiration for when you're at home. You NEED this book. --Toddler and Toast blog.

This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques with a dash of understanding about food aversion and how to help your kids--and yourself--cook beautiful meals in an empowering way, and is a groundbreaking resource for anyone who has ever been called picky or discerning. Learn how to alter the texture or taste profile of a dish, or even fit it within a specific palette with a unique color-coded guide. Delicious, nutritious, and easily tailored recipes (including for gluten-free and vegan eaters) include:

• the perfect smashed cheeseburger
• Italian sausage and potato soup
• the best omelet
• stuffed focaccia
• chocolate pinwheels
• and dozens more

Recipes Your Babies Will Love, Made with Ingredients You Trust

Take charge of your children's health with these delicious, nutrient-dense recipes designed to nourish your little ones. Sorted by the ages and stages of early childhood, these 60 incredible recipes from Andrea Bemis--organic farmer, mother and creator of the popular blog Dishing Up the Dirt--will help you navigate which foods are safe to feed your kids and master the tricky business of introducing solids into your children's diet. Even better, Andrea offers helpful advice drawn from her own experiences about how to cater to your children's evolving palettes, aid their digestion and incorporate more vitamins into every meal.

Start simple with pureed Cinnamon Spice Squash that will please even the pickiest baby, or enrich your child's diet with Vitamin A and amino acids with homemade Chicken Liver Pâté. Made with fresh, all-natural ingredients (and lots of love!), family favorite recipes like mouthwatering Mini Sweet Potato Frittatas or savory Sheet Pan Cauliflower Nachos are sure to help your kids develop a healthy relationship with food early on. Whether you're feeding a baby or a toddler, one thing's for certain--the tasty snacks, meals and desserts in this book are sure to be a big hit with your tiny humans.

Full of recipes to suit every age and stage, Super Easy and Delicious Lunches for Kids, a shorter and more concise adaption of The Best Homemade Kids' Lunches on the Planet, offers school-lunch ideas that are just as much a joy to make as they are to eat!

We all know that kids need to eat right and get good nutrition to be their best all day long. So why not make lunches that will power their growing brains and bodies? Making lunches at home allows you to nourish your child with the most pure and wholesome ingredients, and also gives you the peace of mind of knowing what has gone into every bite your little one takes.

This treasure trove of lunch recipes offers many different delicious choices for the pickiest of eaters in your family, as well as a variety of special-diet options, including lunchbox meals that are gluten-, soy-, and/or nut-free. Your kids will love recipes like:

• Breakfast Cookies
• French Toast Stix
• Pretzelwich
• Angel Food Sandwich
• Ricotta and Jam Pancake Sandwich
• Hawaiian Sliders
• Pizza Dippers
• Lunchbox Falafels
• Mini Quiches
• Ham and Cheese Swords
• Broccoroni
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Smoothie

Turn lunchtime into fun time with food Instagrammer Rachel Sterling's tips and tricks to cooking and creating amazing lunchbox meals.

Not sure what to pack for your fussy eater? Lots of parents are looking for ways to improve their kids' meals. That is why Rachel Sterling is here to help with her debut lunchbox cookbook for kids and their parents to enjoy. The Lunchbox Mama dives into the science of introducing new food through fun and colorful selections. Full of recipes, gorgeous photographs, and influential advice for creating yummy lunches, this cookbook will have your child excited to dig into what's inside their lunchbox.

Save the hassle with budget-friendly meals. Not only does The Lunchbox Mama feature delicious recipes that your kids will enjoy, it also includes recommendations for low-cost ingredients. Discover dozens of affordable and easy snacks, meal preps, and drinks that have the nutrients and tasty flavors your children need to grow big and strong. That way, you'll be able to turn lunchtime monotony into balanced meals while staying within your budget.

The Lunchbox Mama has so many school lunch ideas to explore, such as:

• trying recipes for parties, playdates, and weekend fun
• understanding presentation is key to any effective lunchbox
• finding inspiration for exciting new lunches during your day

So if you liked kids cookbooks for parents such as Feeding Little Lunches, Baby-Led Feeding, or The Vegan Baby Cookbook and Guide, level up with The Lunchbox Mama.

Nourish Your Toddler Without the Stress!

Jump-start your toddler's healthy relationship with food with quick, easy recipes and actionable advice. In this comprehensive guide for busy parents of 1- to 4-year-olds, Simone Ward--food writer, cookbook author and mom of five--provides everything you need to keep mealtime filling, flavorful and low-stress. Navigate issues like portion sizes, introducing sugar and picky eating with delicious meals, exciting sides and make-ahead snacks like:

10-Minute Peanut Noodles
Whole-Wheat Protein Blender Waffles
Oven-Baked Turkey & Spinach Meatballs
Crispy Zucchini Fries
Lemon & Blueberry Yogurt Muffins
20-Minute Iron-Rich Tomato Soup

Featuring an invaluable month of well-balanced meal plans using the book's recipes--plus allergen warnings and substitution suggestions for dietary restrictions--this is a cookbook you'll be sure to keep off the shelf and in the kitchen. And the best part? These meals are so delicious that your whole family will be asking for seconds!

A vibrant, hands-on guide that makes mastering the art of cooking outdoors an unforgettable adventure for young chefs

Outdoor Cooking for Kids delivers relevant, expertly curated outdoor cooking content perfect for kids. With colorful illustrations, activities, and anecdotes that strengthen the reader's understanding of the material, this is the perfect book to teach children how to cook safely outdoors with fun and delicious recipes.

Key features include:

• Step-by-step instructions for essential outdoor cooking techniques
• Safety guidelines specifically designed for young chefs
• Kid-tested recipes that build skills progressively
• Interactive activities that reinforce learning
• Tips for making outdoor cooking a family adventure

Written by outdoor education expert Buck Tilton and bestselling outdoor cookbook author Christine Conners, this comprehensive guide brings over four decades of wilderness expertise to your family's outdoor adventures.

Packing your kid's lunch doesn't need to be a chore. This irresistibly colorful and creative guide gives you all the tools you need to make delicious and healthy lunches that your little one will really want to eat. Lunchbox teaches you how to make lunchtime an opportunity for your child to explore new foods, fuel up on nutrients, and build a positive relationship with food. Packed with information on how to personalize the menu for your child's favorite flavors, colors, or even letters; tips for freezing, packing, transporting, and repurposing leftovers; and never-ending inspiration on assembling a lunch with nutritional and visual satisfaction; plus:

• More than 100 nutritious lunches designed to please even the pickiest of eaters
• 60 easy-peasy recipes, from Dilly Good Chicken Salad to Banana Freezer Cookies
• Specially themed lunchboxes to celebrate Halloween, a Wiggly Tooth, the First Day of School, Eating the Rainbow, and more
• Weekly menus, meal prep guides, shopping lists, and cheat sheets

One meal for the whole family--the ultimate toddler cookbook for picky eaters

Family meals with a picky toddler can be more food fights than fun--or the same five foods on repeat. Your days as a short order cook are over with The Fuss-Free Toddler Cookbook. This family-friendly toddler cookbook is your guide to delicious meals with simple adaptations that will please the little ones and the big ones.

Learn how a toddler can love the same foods that adults do just by changing a few simple things like cutting a tomato into a heart, or blending a chunky soup into a smoother one. In addition to tons of fun recipes, you'll find great suggestions in this toddler cookbook for including your kids in the cooking process to make dinnertime a true family event.

The Fuss-Free Toddler Cookbook includes:

• Toddlerize it--Simple tricks like resizing, reshaping, and adding or skipping certain ingredients will help little ones get interested and willing to try their food!
• If all else fails--For the times when nothing works, look for recipe tweaks that are sure to make any meal more appealing to your little one.
• Stress less--Let the tested advice and tips throughout the book help make your mealtimes more fun and build a lifetime of healthy eating habits.

Let The Fuss-Free Toddler Cookbook make your mealtimes easy, stress-free, and fun for the whole family.

The Seriously Good Kids Cookbook is packed with over 50 simple, delicious and fun recipes containing easy-to-follow captions and 300 photos in a unique cartoon-strip style to inspire children of all ages to get busy in the kitchen.

Original and creative projects will capture kids' imaginations, such as the paper bag breakfast of a bacon and egg sandwich in a paper bag cooked on a barbecue. The kick'n'roll tin can ice cream is bound to be the project of the summer: pack a large tin can with ice and rock salt, insert a sealed ziplock bag containing cream, sugar and vanilla and kick it to the park or the beach... within 25 minutes... homemade ice cream!

Kids will also learn as they go along; each recipe contains a culinary technique such as beating, whipping, piping or baking and 'Adult alerts' appear throughout the book and ensure the recipes are all easy and safe to make.

This is a book which will become treasured as it helps children to discover the endless fun to be had in the kitchen and to learn skills which will stay with them for life.

Positive and educational, this entertaining cookbook delivers on its title promise to make cooking fun, fast, and easy, with a side order of deliciousness.-- ForeWord Reviews

This new essential family cookbook from renowned children's cookery author Annabel Karmel is filled with fun, tasty and easy-to-make recipes to get the family cooking together.

Inside, you'll find everything from Hidden Vegetable Bolognese to Teddy Bear Burgers, as well as nutritionally balanced snacks and sweets like oat and raisin cookies and fruity ice pops. Recipes include child-friendly versions of food from around the world, such as stir-fries, paella and kebabs. The recipes cater to all dietary requirements, featuring swaps for gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and vegan versions.

Adults will appreciate the emphasis on nutrition and straightforward, step-by-step instructions. And thanks to the engaging illustrations, children will love discovering more about the food they eat, as well as helping to create meals they'll love.

With simple, step-by-step instructions, fascinating foodie facts, top cook-along tips, and beautiful illustrations, it's the perfect way to encourage budding little chefs to join you, teaching them essential cooking skills that will last a lifetime. It's time to put the FUN into food!