As long as children take good care in the kitchen with supervision and you take care of knives and hot pans etc, teaching children to cook is not just good for taste and health and money, but sets them up for life later on, to learn good skills to make their own food, so they don’t succumb to living on fast food or ready-meals as adults. Here are some of the best books out there to make delicous vegan recipes.
Omari’s Best Bites Cookbook is a cookbook of delicious vegan recipes, from Omari McQueen, England’s youngest award-winning chef. Just 9 years old, learn how to make over 35 plant-based recipes from pizza to pasta, snacks to smoothies. Recipes include:
- Happy Hummus
- Go-Go Energy Smoothie
- BBQ Jackfruit
- Rasta Pasta
- Rice n Peas
- Peri Peri Wedges
- Strawberry Coconut Cheesecake
- Cherry Brownies
Vegan Family Cookbook is another book by Omari. This one offers snack meals to party food for children over 8 to make. With recipes from around the world, try:
- Mini Vegan Sausage Rolls
- Fried Mac n Cheese Spicy Nuggets
- Fully Loaded Nachos
- BBQ Jerk Mushroom Steak
- Apple Crumble
- Sprinkle Sponge Tray Cake
- Cake Pops
- Gooey Marshmallow Cookies
My First Vegan Cookbook offers all the basic favourites. The fun book is written by a Scandinavian mother, who shows how to teach your children to cook, just like she has. Recipes include:
- Pancakes
- Hash Browns
- Spaghetti Bolognaise
- Vegetable Curry
- Rice Pudding
- Cinnamon Swirl
- Strawberry Milkshake
- Hot Chocolate
- Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes
- Creamy Buffalow Cauliflower Dip
- Fruity Spinach Salad
- Enchilada Casserole
- Birthday Cake
The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids
The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids offers 60 fun appealing recipes with unique creative photo illustrations. Bursting with colour, humour, cute animal characters and cool facts (did you know your brain actually shrinks when you’re dehydrated?), this book can inspire and empower children to make:
- Hand-held snacks (Life Boats)
- Bright fruit-flavoured drinks (Tickled Pink)
- Things on toast (Leprechaun Tracks)
- Salads to eat (Tiger Stripes)
- Cozy small meals (Tomato Tornado)
- Sweets (Chocolate Moose!)