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I was disappointed about this book, but perhaps my hopes were too high. Since adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet around three years go, my kitchen habits have been turned upside-down. All my reliable old cookbooks, techniques, and recipes were suddenly useless.
I have been specifically looking for a WFPB cookbook for kids for quite a long time, so I was excited to check this one out. It turns out that this one won't be useable for my family for several reasons:
1. Weird ingredients. Soba noodles, dinosaur kale, chapati, goji berries, seaweed, tempeh . . . my grocery store doesn't carry these things and if it did, I still think carrots, bread, and spinach are more affordable—and more accessible to kids.
2. The recipes aren't all that appealing to kids. Kids are suspicious of foods they haven't seen before (see above). And even if they're good veggie eaters, most of them don't get excited enough about them to want to pick out a recipe that is mainly veggies.
3. The font and format make the recipes harder to follow, especially for kids. Usefulness trumps cuteness. Line up those ingredients and use a normal font, please!
I am still waiting for a WFPB/vegan cookbook with recipes that kids will actually want to make and can make by themselves with ingredients found at a regular grocery store.
EDIT: It's here! There's finally a great WFPB cookbook for kids! Check out Plant-Based Cooking for Kids by Faith Ralphs.
I have been specifically looking for a WFPB cookbook for kids for quite a long time, so I was excited to check this one out. It turns out that this one won't be useable for my family for several reasons:
1. Weird ingredients. Soba noodles, dinosaur kale, chapati, goji berries, seaweed, tempeh . . . my grocery store doesn't carry these things and if it did, I still think carrots, bread, and spinach are more affordable—and more accessible to kids.
2. The recipes aren't all that appealing to kids. Kids are suspicious of foods they haven't seen before (see above). And even if they're good veggie eaters, most of them don't get excited enough about them to want to pick out a recipe that is mainly veggies.
3. The font and format make the recipes harder to follow, especially for kids. Usefulness trumps cuteness. Line up those ingredients and use a normal font, please!
I am still waiting for a WFPB/vegan cookbook with recipes that kids will actually want to make and can make by themselves with ingredients found at a regular grocery store.
EDIT: It's here! There's finally a great WFPB cookbook for kids! Check out Plant-Based Cooking for Kids by Faith Ralphs.
I read a professional review on this book, which sounded good so I got it from the library. I'd planned to look through it with one of my nephews when we were on vacation, see if he might like it, but we didn't have time. And when I read through it after getting home, I pretty much want to buy it for myself! There are some great, simple, tasty things to make relatively quickly. And the book design is a lot of fun.
51/200 for Mama in 2023
1/10 print books for Mama in 2023
I snagged this when I spotted it in a Little Free Library for Kiddo, who loves looking through my cookbooks and cooking with me. Looking forward to cooking some of these recipes together.
1/10 print books for Mama in 2023
I snagged this when I spotted it in a Little Free Library for Kiddo, who loves looking through my cookbooks and cooking with me. Looking forward to cooking some of these recipes together.
I am always looking for new books that I could get for my pre-schoolers to enjoy. In the beginning of the book author tells children why it is important to eat plant based and how eating plants can help save the world. Children will be also introduced to some of the ingredients, such as agave, spirulina, chia seeds, mochi and many others that even I haven’t heard before.
I really liked that book also included Kitchen safety as reminder for both children and parents to stay safe and accidents free.
The Help Yourself Cookbook is full with different recipes divided in Drinks, Condiments, sauces & dips, Smaller meals, Bigger meals, Salads & dressings and Deserts.
Recipes are simple and easy to follow. Even the pickiest children will be able to find something they will enjoy.
All book is just beautiful, full with amazing cartoons and photographs.
Thanks Andrews McMeel Publishing for a chance to read ARC.
I really liked that book also included Kitchen safety as reminder for both children and parents to stay safe and accidents free.
The Help Yourself Cookbook is full with different recipes divided in Drinks, Condiments, sauces & dips, Smaller meals, Bigger meals, Salads & dressings and Deserts.
Recipes are simple and easy to follow. Even the pickiest children will be able to find something they will enjoy.
All book is just beautiful, full with amazing cartoons and photographs.
Thanks Andrews McMeel Publishing for a chance to read ARC.
I was hoping this book would target a younger audience, so I would only wait maybe three years instead of ten to share this with my daughter.
The Power tower and party in a cup recipes are good, and exactly what I expected: healthy beginners recipes that use simple ingredients.
But the Drinks are complicated and I wish most of the ingredients used were easy to find and budget friendly. I can work with vegetables, spices, and nuts but my local grocery simply doesn't stock algae.
As far as format, the Illustrations are cute and adult alerts are convenient. It's bright and colorful and seems like it would target 5 and 6 year olds like I was hoping. But the Introduction to kitchen safety could be redone to be shorter or have bigger words. Or even be in black and white so it stands out and lends itself as an Important Page. If I'm not paying attention to it, why will my daughter?
This is also my First Ruby Roth book and wow, vegan propaganda everywhere. But the book itself is a good concept with fun recipes and could be five stars with a little tweaking.
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
The Power tower and party in a cup recipes are good, and exactly what I expected: healthy beginners recipes that use simple ingredients.
But the Drinks are complicated and I wish most of the ingredients used were easy to find and budget friendly. I can work with vegetables, spices, and nuts but my local grocery simply doesn't stock algae.
As far as format, the Illustrations are cute and adult alerts are convenient. It's bright and colorful and seems like it would target 5 and 6 year olds like I was hoping. But the Introduction to kitchen safety could be redone to be shorter or have bigger words. Or even be in black and white so it stands out and lends itself as an Important Page. If I'm not paying attention to it, why will my daughter?
This is also my First Ruby Roth book and wow, vegan propaganda everywhere. But the book itself is a good concept with fun recipes and could be five stars with a little tweaking.
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Beautifully illustrated bright cheerful and fun cookbook to read and cook with your kids. I love that there is so much learning information on the ingrediance and the impact our choices have on the earth and our environment. My son has already found a few new snacks that he loves to pack in his lunchbox and we have both learned about a few ingrediance we had never heard of.