Plant-based diets are more than just a trend, they’re a lifestyle choice brimming with benefits, especially for children. From improved health to promoting sustainability, plant-based eating is gaining traction. But how can we make children interested in this green journey?
One answer lies in the kitchen, with easy recipe books geared towards our young chefs. These books can be the bridge between broccoli and bliss, making cooking an engaging and rewarding experience for children.
Omari’s Best Bites Cookbook offers easy recipes by a young chef. This fun colourful book is sure to get young people into the kitchen (a few recipes are deep-fried so use an air-fryer, have parents supervise, or omit).
Note foods to avoid giving to young children (not just nuts, but also nut butters, salty foods and choking hazard foods like peas, celery, carrot sticks, fruit pips, hot dogs etc). Learn first aid for choking incidents.
Before cooking, read food safety for people & pets. Many human foods (not just chocolate but also dried fruits, nuts, garlic, onion and more are unsafe around animal friends).
Recipes include:
- Go-To Energy Smoothie
- Happy Hummus
- Rasta Pasta
- Rice n Peas
- Zingy beetroot salad
- Plum & blackberry Crumble
- Strawberry Coconut Cheesecake
Omari’s Vegan Family Cookbook
Omari’s latest book Omari’s Vegan Family Cookbook is mostly Caribbean-focused (if you use ackee, only used tinned as fresh can literally kill you – Omari recommends tinned!
Omari McQueen learned to cook when his mother was poorly. He said she would have gone nuts had she had known he was experimenting in the kitchen, but now can’t get enough of his fruit crumble. His ambition is to be the next Gordon Ramsay but ‘without the meat and swearing!’
A Fun Cookbook by a Children’s Artist
The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids is a peachy sweet recipe book by children’s artist Ruby Roth. The sweet art is accompanied by fun facts (did you know your brain actually shrinks, when you don’t drink enough water?)
Each simple recipe is beautifully illustrated, including:
- Tornado Tomato
- Tiger Stripes Salad
- Life Boats (hand-held snacks)
- Tickled Pink Fruit Drinks
- Chocolate Mousse Dots!