Jan 07 2009
Paula Deens My First Cookbook
One of America’s most beloved cooks, Food Network personality and restaurateur, Paula Deen invites you to share in her favorite dishes and memories from childhood in this delightful cookbook for the very young.
What better way to celebrate childhood than with pancakes around the kitchen table? Or how about a quick snack of Ants on a Log? Paula even shares her tricks for whipping up the perfect breakfast in bed for Mom on Mother’s Day or a fancy dinner for Dad on Father’s Day. Paula Deen’s My First Cookbook is like a big hug from the queen of Southern hospitality and charm herself. So get in the kitchen with your favorite little ones today and start making those memories!
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Excellent for kids
This is a great first time cookbook for kids. Very easy to read and follow for children. I am giving three of them for christmas! And the recipes are tastey and real that kids love. Plus there are some non food favorites in the back!!!
5 Stars Wonderful Cookbook
This is a great cookbook for kids – purchased two of them for my grandchildren and look forward to memorable cooking experiences with them.
4 Stars Just Make It Healthier…
First, the one big downside: Far too many of these recipes are unnecessarily unhealthy. While some foods *should* be made with butter, adding lots of butter to the inside of a chicken pot pie (to name just one example) is unnecessary. Cream cheese, butter, various types of canned dough and sugar play major parts in many of the recipes.
I know, I’m from the South, too, and that’s how it’s done. But, with all the diet-related health problems our children are facing today–why not teach kids to make yummy foods that will nourish their body for a lifetime? I find that children are very likely to eat what they’ve cooked, so cooking together is a great way to improve your child’s eating habits.
Fortunately, so far we’ve found the many of the recipes fairly easy to improve by using healthier fats, whole grains, etc. Knowing how to make recipes healthier is an important skill to teach kids, and this book provides that opportunity.
Now, the upsides: So far, everything we’ve made has been delicious and the book is easy to use. The size and shape is perfect, the pictures are cute and book lies flat on the counter. We also had good luck drying off a page that was dribbled on. Another big plus is that the reading level is just right for my 2nd grader. She loves studying the table of contents in each section (dinner, lunch, etc.) when deciding what to make. It’s also nice that most of the directions are very simple to understand. And I appreciate that she tells the kids when the adult needs to do something that would be unsafe for a child to do.
Overall, this cookbook is cute way to get your early elementary aged child interested in cooking…and a great way to introduce the concept of changing recipes to make them healthier.
Pamela Gould
Author of Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, Healthy Eating System for the Whole Family (Fork and Spoon Field Guides) (Fork and Spoon Field Guides)
4 Stars Pauk Deans My First Cookbook
I Love it. Will be great fun cooking with my Granchildren.
Only draw back is No where did it say recommended ages !!
My Granchildren are only 3. BUT directions on recipes can be adapted for the age.
5 Stars Very good cookbook for the grandchildren
We purchased this cookbook for our 7 year old grandson. He relly loves to cook. He has already used this book several times.
