Product Description

If we want our children to grow up healthy and strong, we need to include more fresh foods in their diets. More and more children and adolescents are now considered over-weight or obese. Fast food and poor-quality ready-to-eat meals are becoming a regular part of the average diet. These processed foods account for 75 percent of the saturated fat and salt that children consume. The good news is that cooking more healthfully for your family doesn't need to be complicated or time-consuming.

In Favorite Family Meals, bestselling children's food author Annabel Karmel applies her signature fresh, creative cooking style to focus on the family and shows how you -- and your children -- can enjoy time spent in the kitchen preparing everyday dishes that are delicious, nutritious, and often just plain fun to make and eat!

Here is a collection of all-time favorite recipes with that key ingredient, child appeal. Parents will find inspiration for meals for all occasions, including burgers and chicken nuggets, low-fat dishes, nutritious lunch box fare, family suppers, and even adult dinner parties.

If you're a busy parent stuck in a rut serving the same meals week in and week out, or if you're tired of making different meals for each member of your household, this book is for you. Karmel offers practical guidelines designed to give families a "food makeover" by organizing a healthy pantry, refrigerator, and freezer, and by providing time-saving tips for making meal planning easier.

Favorite Family Meals offers realistic ways to improve your whole family's diet, as well as advice on promoting good nutrition to children, because it's not good enough to prepare healthy food for kids -- they have to want to eat it, too!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #276810 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Deliciously quirky, this latest offering from popular British cookbook author Karmel serves up something for everyone: vegetarians, dieters, carb-cravers, sweet-toothers and everyone in-between will find a delicious new recipe to try. With an eye toward healthy eating, Karmel includes informational sidebars alongside the recipes ("Vitamins A, C and E are known as antioxidants. They are thought to help protect against free radicals, destructive molecules that damage cells and DNA."), which range from basic pasta dishes and salads to more involved fare like Honey and Soy Salmon with Sesame or Nasi Goreng. In addition to the recipes, Karmel includes her personal notes on each dish, adding a dash of spice to accompany the bright how-to and finished dish photographs. "Yvonne is a very good friend of mine who lives in Cape Town. I used to teach her daughter to play the harp and whenever I gave concerts Yvonne would present me with a cookbook instead of a bouquet of flowers." Family chefs looking for healthy new ideas to mix up the dinnertime routine will find plenty of ideas here.
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Customer Reviews

Deja vu all over again
Don't get me wrong...I'd have given this 5 stars had I not owned Karmel's First Foods, but as I flipped through this book I had serious deja vu! Not only were many recipes the same as those in First Foods, but several of the beautiful pictures were of the same items! It may take some time to idenify just how many are essentially the same since some recipes have new names ~ though some are as easy as Jell-o boats (FF) and Gelatin boats (FFM), mini-muffin pizzas, fruit smothies,

Despite the repeats, I am excited about the new book as is my almost-5-year-old! She has looked at the colorful photographs and pointed out several items she "can't wait" to try ~ including many with vegetables she had previously labelled "yucky". If Karmel's innovative presentation takes a few more minutes but can encourage my kids to break out of the hot dog/ mac and cheese routine AND sample new veggies, I'll glady buy her next cookbook too...even if it has a few recycled recipes!

These Recipes Really Work
I used to have to prepare several different dishes for each meal because my children usually don't like the same foods. However, with Favorite Family Meals, my children and I decide together which meal I will prepare and now we can all eat the same delicious and healthy meal together. So far, my favorite recipe is the Salmon Teriyaki. My kids, of course, love the desserts, particularly, the Teddy Bear Cupcakes.

Finally they're eating their VEGGIES!!!
I am absolutely thrilled with this cookbook. My frustration level with feeding my family was sky high! My 6 and 11 year old kids have been so good about eating the recipes from this book. Most recipes require chopping up a variety of veggies so there is some prep work (which you can do ahead of time) but that is the point. My problem has been getting them to eat something other than broccoli...I'm so happy my kids are eating healthier and I really believe I have this book to thank for it. Thanks Annabel!