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The Whole Family Cookbook: Two-Tiered Meals to Please Both Parents and Kids

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I've really enjoyed the Whole Family Cookbook. While I have a few recipes where I use Kristene's technique of separating portions for the kids, this book takes family dining to a whole new dimension. There is such a wide array of interesting and healthy recipes to choose from, ranging from appetizers to desserts. Kristene has found a way to prepare a meal that appeals to adult tastes while satisfying children at the same time. Many of the recipes offer serving suggestions for the kids that make it fun for them to eat. We use the "No Thank you bite" that Kristene mentions to introduce new things. Finally, I can prepare a low-fat meal that I enjoy without having to make a separate meal for the children!

How refreshing to find an easy way to create interesting adult dinners that kids will eat. The minor modifications to adapt one recipe to two styles (kid-plain and adult-gourmet) is great -- and so easily created with the way this book is written. Great idea, needed for a long time. And yummy recipes, too!

There are some very interesting recipes for grown-ups in this book, but I was a little disspointed with it in tems of solving some of my meal-time problems. I had hoped that there would be some really different sorts of taste sensations to tempt my picky seven year old into eating different types of food. In reality, I guess I was already using the techniques Kristene is advocating, ie. cooking something that the parents will like, and keeping part of the meal separate for the children. In essence, in our household, that means keeping pasta , potatoes or rice separate and adding cheese to make them palatable to the taste buds of a little one. Perhaps I was unrealistic in my expecatations, but I had really hoped this book would solve some of our dinner-time difficulties, which it did not.

A recent book review syndicated to over 500 publications said " You'll become one big happy family with the help of an ingenious new cookbook that instantly turns adventurous adult recipes into kid classics." and "The brilliance behind the book: It's filled with daring adult fare that with just a few virtually effortless steps turns half of the same recipe into a dish that many kids will crave.