Parents Magazine Quick & Easy Kid-Friendly Meals: 125 Recipes Your Whole Family Will Love [Paperback]

Parents Editors (Author)

Book Description

Release date: April 10, 2012

Simple, healthy recipes that will satisfy the pickiest eaters

Parents magazine has been helping parents make smart decisions about their kid's health and wellbeing for more than 80 years. And what children eat is most important of all for growing bodies! In Parents Quick & Easy Kid-Friendly Meals, the editors of Parents offer more than 100 simple, healthy recipes for every meal of the day and snacks in between.

Based on the expert advice of America's foremost childcare experts, you can rest assured that this cookbook offers kid-friendly meals that are both good and good for them!

• Includes more than 100 delicious, healthful recipes that kids will love, accompanied by mouthwatering full-color photographs
• Includes a free subscription to Parents with purchase of the cookbook
• Shares tips throughout on feeding picky eaters and preparing nutritious meals

If you've got a lot of hungry little mouths to feed, Parents has the advice and recipes you need to make mealtime easy and your family happy.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Simple recipes that will satisfy even the pickiest eaters!

Making healthy foods kids will love is a challenge for many busy parents. In Parents Quick & Easy Kid-Friendly Meals, the editors of Parents magazine offer 125 simple, nutritious recipes for every meal of the day, as well as snacks, drinks, and treats. This book provides just what you need to make mealtime fuss-free and satisfying.

Look inside for delicious recipes including:

• Tasty, healthy breakfasts: Fast Frittata, German Pancake with Berries, Peaches & Cream Smoothie

• Fun, hearty lunches: All-Star Sliders, Ravioli & Meatball Soup, Greek Kabob Salad, Kiddie Cobb

• Satisfying suppers: Butterfly Shrimp Skewers, Pecan-Crusted Fish Sticks, Nutty Noodles, Taco Casserole

• Nutritious snacks: Fun Focaccia, Mini Nacho Cups, Pear-Bear Muffins, Cheese Fondue

• Sweet treats: Peanut-Butter Cookies, Monkey Business Cupcakes, Warm Fruit & Cake Cups, Pixie Cakes

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition (April 10, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118173600
• ISBN-13: 978-1118173602
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Recipes for the Whole Family April 24, 2012

By Books and Chocolate TOP 500 REVIEWER

Format:Paperback

This cookbook by the editors of Parents Magazine offers over 100 dishes that the whole family can enjoy, from breakfasts to dinners and desserts. Even though I no longer have younger children at home, I found plenty of recipes my grown-up family can enjoy. The appeal to kids is mostly in the simplicity and presentation of the food with lots of ideas for making it fun (using cookie cutters to create shapes for sandwiches, cheese, and fruit, for example).

The cookbook has lots of color photographs to inspire any cook, and offers recipes for breakfast, lunch, supper (including side dishes), snacks and drinks, and treats/desserts. I liked the suggestion that most kids wake up hungry and aren't as likely to be fussy about what they eat so breakfast is a good meal to introduce new foods. The other thing I liked about this cookbook is that "kid-friendly" means the recipes use basic healthy ingredients that can be found at any grocery store and very few processed foods, which makes it adult-friendly as well. The emphasis is on using whole grains, lean meats, lower sodium ingredients, and fresh fruit and vegetables.

Lunch recipes geared to get out of the peanut butter and jelly, mac and cheese rut include a great Kiddie Cob Salad featuring diced turkey, cheese, chick peas, grapes, avocado, and red leaf lettuce that can be enjoyed as finger food. Other recipes encourage ways to include vegetables and fruit in a dish such as Butternut Squash Casserole that is a version of macaroni and cheese with a healthy twist, and Pumpkin Penne that has canned pumpkin added to the pasta. Some of the salads include the addition of fruit.

A recipe my family enjoyed was Plum-Good Chicken Burgers using ground chicken breaded with panko bread crumbs and flavored with ginger, olive oil, and sweet and sour sauce served on whole grain buns. Other recipes I have tagged to try include Citrus Beef Kabobs, Pink Lemonade Cookies, Mini Nacho Cups, and Easy Turkey Stromboli.

I do recommend this cookbook for families as a way to create healthy, easy to make meals that appeal to kids as well as teens and grown-ups.

I received a copy of this book for review from the publisher but the opinion of it is my own and was not solicited, nor was a positive review required.

4.0 out of 5 stars Super easy recipes to use at home and at school May 22, 2013

By Charie

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Thanks, I can use these recipes at home and with my students at school:) Thanks for a good book of recipes.

4.0 out of 5 stars New ideas for picky eaters May 6, 2013

By M. McFadden

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I was running out of ideas for my picky eater. Most recipes are probably what you'd make already, but cuter or with slightly healthier variations. It's not really geared to picky eaters, so don't look for solutions here. There's a lot of recipes that left me wondering, "If my kid would et that recipe, why wouldn't I just make it from my own recipe.". It does have nice pictures and good nutritional information, which were helpful.