Kids Can Cook: Fun and Yummy Recipes for Budding Chefs

by Coombs Esther (Illustrator)

Overview

Beautifully illustrated with a simple step-by-step guide for each recipe!

Help your child develop good eating habits by teaching them how to cook. In this brilliant book, beautifully illustrated step-by-step recipes show children how to make delicious and nutritious food. As well as finding out how easy it is to make lots of scrummy things to eat, they'll practise skills like measuring, weighing, and counting without even realising it. Packed with ideas for everything from pizzas to pancakes, including breakfasts, snacks, main meals and sweet treats, there's plenty to keep kids busy in the kitchen. 

• More than 30 easy, tasty, and fun recipes to make 
• The perfect introduction to baking 
• Vegan and gluten-free variations
• Children will learn basic cooking skills and practise mathematics too 
• Suitable for ages 6+, with a little adult assistance 

 Other recipes include:

 Biscuits and Cookies

• Risotto
• Cheese Straws
• Lasagne
• Burgers
• And Much More

This book is a wonderful addition to any family to help children get confident in the kitchen, learn essential skills, and feel a sense of calm and interest in food, nutrition, and creativity. 

More from the author include Plant, Sow, Make and Grow, Kids can Bake, Kids Can Cook Vegetarian.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787080713
Publisher:	Button Books
Publication date:	10/06/2020
Series:	Kids Can
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 10.80(h) x (d)
Age Range:	6 - 12 Years

About the Author

Esther Coombs is the illustrator of the award-winning Kids Can series including Kids Can Cook Vegetarian, Kids Can Cook and Kids Can Bake, and four children's activity books, The New York Activity Book, The London Activity Book, Birds, Bees and Bug Houses and Plant, Sow, Make & Grow (all published by Button Books). She is a professional illustrator probably best known for drawing buildings; however, she also works with domestic objects and more organic 'natural' subjects such as animals, plants and people. Recent clients include Hampshire Cultural Trust, Kyle Books UK, The Watts Gallery and commercial developers. Coombs lives in Canterbury, England.

Table of Contents

Before you begin
Equipment
Basic techniques

Breakfast, snacks & bread
Scrambled eggs on toast
Fruit smoothies
Pancakes
Muffins
Sausage rolls
Corn quesadilla
Easy-bake bread
Cheese straws
Flatbread
Skewers
Banana bread
Mini frittatas

Main meals & sauces
Pasta sauces
Meatballs
Pizza
Pasta bake
Spaghetti bolognese
Risotto
Baked potatoes
Sliders
Chicken fajitas
Fishcakes
Curry

Sweet treats
Ice pops
Strawberry sundae
Apple pie
Oatmeal bars
Cupcakes
Cookies
Chocolate crispy treats
Vanilla fudge
Gingerbread people
Chocolate brownies

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

• Winner of Junior Design Awards 2020 - Best Family Cookbook Category 
• Joint Winner of #Bookstagang Best of - Picture Book Awards 2020

Editorial Reviews

"What a great book! Kids Can Cook gives plenty of instruction on cooking safely...this is a foundation step for a lifetime of food preparation so it's vital to instil the important concepts well and early."—Rachel Jess

"A positive message and a very simple straightforward book of recipes to follow."—@armadillomagazine

"If you're looking for an introduction to cooking then this is a good starting point...it's very visual and really does get down to the basics."—Red Reading Hub

"Kids Can Cook is a wonderfully informative cookery book full of child friendly recipes which encompass learning across several curriculum areas. Its simple, child friendly layout makes it a perfect first cookbook...truly inspiring and packed full of useful information and fascinating facts...Baking and cooking is a great activity to initiate learning in maths...science...and literacy."—Story Snug

"...not only a gorgeous book to display in the kitchen, but a great start for the children to dip into as they need, to make basic dishes and desserts."—The World Is Their Classroom

"an approachable introduction to cooking for budding junior MasterChefs and encourages healthy eating."—Pregnancy and Parenting

"...This simple but cool-looking cookbook is a perfect introduction to simple yet yummy recipes which can be enjoyed by the whole family, and give young cooks a huge sense of achievement in having made them."—BookTrust

"Enticing recipes for little chefs everywhere. From healthy meals to tempting treats and an eclectic range of dishes from all over the world. This highly illustrated, step-by-step cookery book will encourage little hands to create their own culinary delights."—@picturebooksblogger

"The very best thing about this book is that it doesn't assume any prior knowledge...The instructions for each of the recipes are clear and easy to follow...The presentation has clarity that is essential to a book of this type. I particularly liked use of stylised, yet informative, illustrations instead of the over enhanced photos used in many cookbooks...Overall, this is the perfect introduction to cooking for children."—Madge Reviews

From the Publisher