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Weelicious Lunches: Think Outside the Lunch Box with More Than 160 Happier Meals (Weelicious Series) Hardcover – September 3, 2013
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The founder of the wildly popular Weelicious blog and author of Weelicious offers dozens of recipes and tips for healthful and flavorful lunches for kids of every age
Weelicious, Catherine McCord’s first book based on her wildly popular website, has become a beloved cooking essential for families everywhere. But while moms can control what their kids eat at home, they don’t see what happens once the kids head out the door. Determined to improve what kids eat at school and on-the-go, McCord now offers innovative solutions for quick, delicious, easy-to-make, kid-tested and mom-approved lunchbox meals little ones and their older siblings won’t be tempted to swap, including:
• Chicken Satay Bites
• PB&J Pancake Sandwiches
• Pumpernickel Tuna Melt
• Chicken Salad Roll Up
• Chopped Veggie Salad
•Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
• Carrot Hummus
• Cinnamon Pita Chips
• Chocolate Graham Crackers
• Nature Cookies
Filled with beautiful color photographs, lists of lunchbox favorites, ideas for clever lunchbox products, tips for picky eaters, facts on food allergies, and dozens of recipes, Weelicious Lunches makes it easy to get kids eating healthy.
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWilliam Morrow Cookbooks
- Publication dateSeptember 3, 2013
- Dimensions8 x 1.03 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100062078453
- ISBN-13978-0062078452
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Catherine McCord is like a magic godfairy delivering fresh ideas and warm encouragement day after day. — The Kitchn
“Whether you’re familiar with her first book or new to Weelicious.com creator Catherine McCord, you’ll love her confidence-building ideas for lunch that introduce new foods and flavors to kids in familiar ways (try the roasted honey cinnamon chickpeas or chicken satay bites).” — Real Simple
“Although the book is aimed at packing lunch for kids -- as in, lunches they’ll actually eat -- adults will enjoy many of these meals just the same!” — Los Angeles Times
“With the launch of her newest cookbook, Weelicious Lunches, the former TV host and professionally trained chef brings her calm, sensible approach to the back-to-school routine.” — Daily Candy Kids
“Serving as a cookbook and an inspirational how-to guide, this fun cookbook addresses a variety of food challenges from taste to food sensitivities to allergies through her delightful recipes and unique flavor combinations.” — MomTrends
“While these meals are targeted for children, the best part is that they are delicious for adults, too, and will easily double as lunch for you.” — Environmental Working Group
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Easy, healthy, and fun lunch ideas for every age!
Once kids walk out the door for school, all bets are off. Will your son toss the nutritious food you've included and jump right to the treats? Will your daughter trade her sandwich for her best friend's prepackaged meal? Determined to improve what kids eat both at school and on the go, weelicious.com founder Catherine McCord offers innovative solutions for quick, delicious, easy-to-make, kid-friendly lunch box meals that little ones and their older siblings won't be tempted to swap, including:
- Chicken Satay Bites
- PB&J Pancake Sandwiches
- Pumpernickel Tuna Melt
- Chicken Salad Roll Ups
- Chopped Veggie Salad
- Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
- Carrot Hummus
- Cinnamon Pita Chips
- Chocolate Graham Crackers
- Nature Cookies
- Cinnamon Roll "Sushi" Sandwiches
Filled with lots of great menu planning ideas; tips, tricks, and reusable product suggestions to make lunch fun; inspiring color photographs, advice on dealing with food allergies and so-called picky eaters; and more than 160 tried and true recipes, Weelicious Lunches takes lunchtime planning from hassle to joy!
About the Author
Catherine McCord is the founder ofthe popular website weelicious.com, a 2013 Babble Top 100 Mom Food Blog, one of People magazine's most influential mommy bloggers, and author of the Weelicious cookbook. She attended the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City, has worked in several high-end restaurants, is a contributor to Parade, and has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, The Chew, and The Doctors, and in magazines such as Parents, Parenting, Lucky, Working Mother, and Every Day with Rachael Ray. A former television host, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.
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- Publisher : William Morrow Cookbooks (September 3, 2013)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0062078453
- ISBN-13 : 978-0062078452
- Item Weight : 2.43 pounds
- Dimensions : 8 x 1.03 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #906,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #237 in Brunch & Tea Cooking (Books)
- #324 in Cooking for Kids (Books)
- #3,528 in Quick & Easy Cooking (Books)
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Launched in 2007, Catherine, mom to Kenya, Chloe and Gemma, created Weelicious.com as a platform to show parents around the world how easy and beneficial it is to expose children to wholesome, delicious homemade food. After personally struggling with how to feed Kenya as a baby, Catherine recognized a need to be filled: simple, nutritious recipes for parents using minimal ingredients that are fully loaded with flavor. Weelicious is currently home to over 1,300+ original family friendly recipes and more than 300 videos. Catherine inspires the Weelicious community with readily available ingredients and recipes that are fast and easy. Weelicious is a wealth of trusted information for families.
In 2012, William Morrow published Catherine's first book, Weelicious: One Family. One Meal. An inspirational feeding guide, Catherine cleverly weaves together first-hand experience with fact-based evidence, then naturally progresses into 140 of her original “fast, fun and easy” recipes. Her second book, Weelicious Lunches: Think Outside the Lunchbox published by William Morrow in September 2013. Addressing the familiar lament of the redundant nature of creating lunches for children, Catherine provides a variety of realistic solutions and more than 160 recipes to help time-challenged parents think outside the box, and beyond the standard PB&J, when packing their kids' lunch.
Her third book, Smoothie Project, resulted from a quest she had embarked on to heal her son’s chronic ailments through nutrition after no doctor was able to uncover why he felt unwell. Having documented that whole journey for years on social media, along the way she encountered so many people suffering with their own health challenges who also found relief in nourishing their bodies with smoothies. Intended to be the ultimate smoothie bible, the book is filled with over 100 delicious smoothie recipes and how to nutritionally tailor them for your own specific health needs and feel your very best.
Catherine’s most recent book, Meal Prep Magic, is being released in Spring of 2023. The book is filled with time saving tricks for stress-free cooking, tips to organize your kitchen and meal prep hacks to help you save both time and money and turn your kitchen — the room we probably all spend the most time — into a space you love to be in.
Catherine authors a monthly “Snack Mom” column in Parenting Magazine, has appeared multiple times in People, Self and Real Simple Magazine, on the Today Show, The Chew, Access Hollywood Live, Good Morning America and Fox News. She appears regularly on the Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games has guested on Next Food Network Star and Duff Till Dawn and each week on NBC’s Danny Seo Naturally.
Catherine is the co-founder of One Potato: a family friendly meal company delivering semi-prepared meals to encourage families to cook and eat together.
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Customers find the recipes in the book wonderful, easy, and delicious. They also appreciate the creative ideas and inspiration. Readers mention the food is tasty.
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Customers find the recipes in the book good, easy, and delicious. They say it's full of nutritious ideas that every parent would be happy to pack. Readers also mention the lunch combinations are genius.
"...There are a lot of recipes that gently introduce new foods...." Read more
"...All in all, a great addition to our cookbook library and one that I find myself pulling out to use multiple times a week!" Read more
"...IF you have a much bigger freezer than I do.Overall, it's a great book, and I'd recommend it to those who are looking for new ideas, or..." Read more
"...for nut butters that I can't use, but there are a lot of other recipes that are delicious...." Read more
Customers find the book full of great ideas and good inspiration. They appreciate the cute little twists on old favorites and the way the recipes are organized by theme.
"...spinach cupcakes were a huge hit, and I like the way the recipes are organised by theme - sandwiches, pizza etc..." Read more
"The Pros:It's a gorgeous book. Lots of photos, lovely to look at.There are many helpful tips on packing lunches...." Read more
"...It's true it is. But having the recipes and pictures presented so nicely in an easy to read format that I can page through with my daughters is..." Read more
"...I am absolutely in love with that one! tons of pictures and creative ideas!" Read more
Customers find the recipes in the book delicious and tasty. They mention it has great, easy, and healthy-focused meals.
"...The spinach cupcakes were a huge hit, and I like the way the recipes are organised by theme - sandwiches, pizza etc..." Read more
"...The recipes are all fairly easy and are well written.The food is tasty!The Cons:..." Read more
"...Catherine McCord book & not only does it have great, easy & deliciously healthy recipes - but acts as a springboard of creativity for future meals!..." Read more
"I bought this book thinking it would have a number of creative, healthy and delicious recipes...." Read more
Customers appreciate the pictures in the book. They also say it looks great.
"The illustrations are great as I use them to show the kids what they will get and they often want to help, which means they'll eat it!..." Read more
"The Pros:It's a gorgeous book. Lots of photos, lovely to look at.There are many helpful tips on packing lunches...." Read more
"...There are great ideas and recipes and such great pictures in the cookbook, which is always such a bonus!..." Read more
"...I especially appreciate all the recipe photos." Read more
Customers find the advice in the book solid, useful, and a lifesaver. They say it's great for them and their grandchildren.
"...for a while might not get quite as much out of it, but it does contain some solid advice and some great recipes." Read more
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"...of the recipes I've tried have been delicious and she has such great healthy ideas that my kids always love!" Read more
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The spinach cupcakes were a huge hit, and I like the way the recipes are organised by theme - sandwiches, pizza etc
I bought it because I wanted some freah ideas to get us all out of a food rut. Perfect!
It's a gorgeous book. Lots of photos, lovely to look at.
There are many helpful tips on packing lunches.
The recipes are all fairly easy and are well written.
The food is tasty!
The Cons:
A lot of the sandwich ideas are for grilled sandwiches, which honestly don't pack well in my opinion. Melted cheese resolidifies and crispy exteriors get soggy. Your kids may not care about that, though. Mine, unfortunately for me, do.
The advice can seem a bit overwhelming; making all that stuff for lunches every day is a LOT of work. And yes, making extra and freezing it is a GREAT idea. IF you have a much bigger freezer than I do.
Overall, it's a great book, and I'd recommend it to those who are looking for new ideas, or those who are just starting to pack lunches for (or better yet WITH their kids.) Those who have been doing it for a while might not get quite as much out of it, but it does contain some solid advice and some great recipes.
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The book is divided into sections by food type, so you need to visit all these sections to make full lunch
It would be helpful if the writer suggested bento lunch per day
I have two boys; 3yr old and 1.5 yr old and it is unpredictable about what they might like each day, but when I make recipes out of this book and her Weelicious book they eat them everyday.












