I have a child who LOVES to cook, something that I very much appreciate because I don't like cooking at all. Don't get me wrong, I rather enjoy eating delicious food. But the work that goes along with it? Not so much. However, even though Green Kids Cook: Simple, Delicious Recipes & Top Tips is geared toward kids, it's a book I'll use as well because the recipes are simple and many of them don't take a lot of time.
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Green Kids Cook has time-tried recipes I was familiar with, such as pasta sauce and omelettes. But it also had many ethnic ones I've never tried or heard of. Yay! I love trying new foods, so that made me excited. The sweet potato, broccoli, and peanut butter curry sounds amazing, as does Syrian lentils with slow-fried onions. I found one recipe that had meat it in, so the recipes are vegetarian-friendly.
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Each recipe has several pictures showing kids making the dishes. I really appreciated that this book for kids shows actual kids cooking! Children from many ethnicities are shown, which was something else I thought was a great idea.
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Green Kids Cook has, that I've never seen in a cookbook before, are methods of using leftovers. For instance, after sharing the recipe for tomato salad, this book goes on to explain how that tomato salad can be added to in multiple ways to create other dishes. Awesome idea.
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Another addition to this cookbook, which I also haven't seen in a cookbook before, is cooking-related crafts for kids. From aprons to prettying up table settings, this book has a lot of ideas!
Now, in case it wasn't obvious from the title, this book emphasizes eco-friendly foods, cooking methods, and living. There are sections interspersed throughout the book that talk about the effects plastic and meat have on the planet and ideas of how to curtail harming the earth. As I mentioned before, I also believe just about all the recipes are vegetarian, and many are also vegan.
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Green Kids Cook is more than a cookbook, it introduces children to other cultures and ways of life. This book has nothing offensive in it and can be a fun way to help kids gain greater confidence in the kitchen.
Book Breakdown:
160 pages with color photographs for each recipe and craft
Best for ages: 8+
Educational factor: Medium
Moral
content: This book teaches that plastic waste is bad for the earth. It suggests that eating meat is not optimal, and it talks about climate change. Almost all the recipes are vegetarian, with several being vegan.
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