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COOKING AND NUTRITION   

It is not our intention to be an all-inclusive cookbook supplier. But we do know that people who are busy often find it difficult to take the time to cook healthy food. So we've included books to help people who want to live a healthier lifestyle.

We also know many people want to include cooking and nutrition in their curriculum  plans, so we've included some of the cookbooks for children that we like that contain foods children like to eat.

Amish Cooking for Kids by Phyllis, Kate and Rebecca Good. Paper. 90 pages. For cooks 6-12 years old. This is one of the best children's cook books I've ever seen. Not just a recipe book, but also an introduction to Amish family life. Recipes are from scratch and include the instructions for making breakfast, lunch box meals, Saturday and summer suppers, main meals, and meals for special occasions. Recipes include Applesauce, Shoofly Cake, Homemade Bread, Whoopie Pies, Lemonade, Tomato Soup, Strawberry Jam, Salad with Homemade Dressing, Meat Loaf, Fruit Salad, Beef Roast, Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Chicken Pot Pie, Homemade Root Beer, and many more. Click on image to enlarge it.
Cat. #GB-2498. $8.96-D

Bean Cuisine by Janet Horsley. Avery Publishing, 1989. Beans are one of the healthiest foods we can eat. This book traces the historic, economic, and nutritional aspects of bean cooking and explains how to best use beans to make delicious and nutritionally balanced meals. You will find an A-Z chart that describes and illustrates the various types of beans so that you will recognize them. You will also find all the information you need to prepare, cook, freeze and spout beans. Whatever you want to make with beans -- from tofu and miso spreads and cheeses to humus, bean salads, bean sprout salads, soups, stove top dishes, quiches, baked beans, falafel, bean loaf, and even desserts -- you will find it here and much more. 89 pages. BTH-3505. $7.16-D

Beat That! Cookbook. The very best recipe for Apple Crisp, Baked Beans, Cheese Soufflé, English Muffin Bread, Flank Steak, Hot Chocolate, Key Lime Pie, Lasagna, Mac and Cheese, Waffles, and over 100 other good things,each introduced with an anecdote from the author. 208 pages. paper.  List, 14.95.Now $8.93-B.

Boxcar Children Cookbook by Diane Blain. Includes 67 easy recipes inspired by the Boxcar Children ® Mysteries, for kids to make with some adult help. Here are some samples: Secret Code Buns from Snowbound Mystery, Big Jeko's Pilaf (Bicycle Mystery), Golden Horn Pizza (from the Caboose Mystery), and many more. The cookbook is $8.96-D.The mysteries are $3.59-D each. Order by title.

Busy Mom's Lowfat Cookbook: Healthful Family Dishes the Kids Will Love in 30 Minutes (or Less!) by Elise M. Griffith. This book does make use of a few convenience foods (canned goods, bouillon granules and cubes, dehydrated onion, etc.), but there are also plenty of fresh foods. The idea is to prepare quick, nutritious meals when time is short. $14.40-D

The Colonial Cook: If you think it's hard to cook today, take a look at what the American colonists had to do to prepare a meal. And try out some of their recipes, too. Very well illustrated illustrations and photographs in full color that women in period costumes preparing meals as the colonists would have.

Fast and Fresh Cookbook by Lucy Waverman. Firefly Books, soft cover. 186 pages with index. This is just the book for those who want to eat fresh foods without spending a lot of time in the kitchen. Contains over 250 recipes that are easy to prepare: Choose from Smoked Trout Salad, Spinach Soup with Shrimp , Carrot Zucchini Soup, Chinese Fried Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables, Tabbouleh, Brazilian Black Beans, Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Brandy, Stir-Fried Lamb and Garlic, Spaghetti Carbonara, Three-Pepper Cheese Salad, Roasted Red Potatoes, Bacon Cheddar Muffins, Lemon Yogurt Muffins, Apple Ginger Crisp, Layered Berry Salad, Chocolate Chip Squares, and more. There are also some full-page color pictures to inspire you, and serving suggestions that make it quick to plan meals. Condition: This is a new book with very light shelf wear, mostly at corners. BT-3126. $11.99*

Favorite Recipes: A spiral bound paperback book to hold your own recipes and clippings, decorated with the Campbell Kids. Pages have pockets labeled as follows: Appetizers, Beverages, Breads, Desserts, Diet Dishes, Entrees, Microwave Cooking. Pasta, Salads and Dressings, Soups and Stews, Vegetables, and Miscellaneous. First page contians information on Emergency Substitutions, Weights and Measures, and How Much and How Many (e.g. 4 ounces macaroni (1¼ cups) = 2¼ cooked)  I still remember the first cookbook in this format that I got as a child, and how much fun it was to fill it up. Still have it. Cat. # ETn-2630. $3.53-B

Fan Fare! Chicken: Fifty All-Time Favorites! This unique recipe book spreads out into a fan of recipe cards, and you can make the recipe you want stand up in the fan using the book slip-cover as the base. (Click on image for a closer look of how this works.) Includes choices such as Hearty Chicken and Corn Chowder, Chicken Cacciatore, and Roast Chicken with Stuffing. The book's handy size (3½" x 8½") makes it handy to carry to the market when you shop. Stiff cardboard cover / slipcase with cards inside. Was 12.95. Now 6.93-B

Fan Fare! Salads: Fifty Garden-Fresh Favorites! This unique recipe book spreads out into a fan of recipe cards, and you can make the recipe you want stand up in the fan using the book slip-cover as the base.  Contains recipes such as Caesar Salad, Chicken Taco Salad with Tomato-Avocado Salsa, and Hot German Potato Salad.  The book's handy size (3½" x 8½") makes it handy to carry to the market when you shop. Stiff cardboard cover / slipcase with cards inside. Was 12.95. Now 6.93-B

Fan Fare! Vegetarian: Fifty Taste-Tempting Favorites! This unique recipe book spreads out into a fan of recipe cards, and you can make the recipe you want stand up in the fan using the book slip-cover as the base. (Click on image for a closer look of how this works.) Contains classic vegetarian favorites such as Black Bean Soup, Cheese and Artichoke Casserole, three kinds of pizza,  and Lentil Salad with Sweet Red Peppers.The book's handy size (3½" x 8½") makes it handy to carry to the market when you shop. Stiff cardboard cover / slipcase with cards inside. Was 12.95. Now 6.93-B

A First Cookbook for Children with Illustrations to Color by Evelyne Johnson. A Dover coloring book with 60 delicious foolproof recipes that will really appeal to the average child -- and hungry adults, too. Recipes include muffins, biscuits, corn bread, pancakes, pan-fried burgers, meat loaf, mini-pizzas, oven-fried chicken, baked and oven-fried fish, baked ham steak dinner, baked macaroni and cheese, scalloped potatoes, dips and dunks, salads and dressings, cakes (apple, carrot, chocolate), brownies, cookies, and more. 46 pages, paper.  BTH-4129. $4.46-D

Fix-it and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with your Slow Cooker by Dawn Ranck and Phyllis Good. Softcover with comb binding for easy lie-flat use. 284 pages of easy-on- the cook recipes. Fix everything from appetizers and snacks to breakfast, dinner, vegetables and desserts in your crock pot. What could be better on a busy day than assembling your dinner in the morning, turning the slow cooker on, and doing what you need to do at home or away from home knowing that dinner will be ready when your are? From soups and stews, beans, meats, and casseroles, to vegetables, desserts and beverages, there are over 800 favorite recipes from heavy-duty slow cooker users. You will also find tips to help you maximize the use of your slow cooker and how to get the best flavor for foods prepared in it. Some dishes are entirely from scratch. Some use some convenience ingredients. Some recipes have several variations so you can pick the one most familiar to your family. There are ten recipes for apple butter, four for clam chowder (including Manhattan), six for split pea soup, 19 for chili (some with turkey, some veggie), and so on. There are recipes for bread, Stuffed Peppers, Beef Stroganoff, French Dip, Meatloaf, Cornbread, Meatballs, Stuffed Cabbage, Lasagna, Rigatoni, Enchiladas, Spaghetti and Pasta Sauces, Roast Chicken, and even Slow-Cooker Pizza! Samples of vegetable recipes include Spinach Casserole, Dutch Green Beans, Zucchini Special, Broccoli Cheese Casserole, Corn Pudding, Wild Rice, Pizza Potatoes, Extra Good Mashed Potatoes, and more. Desserts include Bread Pudding, Rice Pudding, Fruit/Nut Baked Apples, Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Pudding, Apple Cake, Lemon Pudding Cake, Hot Fudge Cake, and more. When it's too hot to heat up the stove, or when it's cold and you want a hearty soup or stew or roast, this book will be useful. Just writing about it makes me want to get something going tonight to have ready in the morning. Cat. #GB-3397. $15.25-D

Guide to Happy Family Cooking by Tammerie Spires. Good Books, trade paper. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 128 pages. When your child hangs around the kitchen and wants to help, this book is your solution.  Whether you’re in a hurry or have all afternoon to give, whether your child is new to cooking, or experienced with stirring and chopping, this collection has a recipe that suits your situation. (How about “Green Noodles,” “Very Chocolate Cherry Cake,” “Bruschetta,” "Tortilla Soup," "Flaky Pizzas/Calzones," or “Bibb ‘n’ Orange Salad”?) The first chapter is devoted to helping you determine the best time and way to cook with your children and explains for those who are hesitant why cooking with your children is a good idea. Safety tips are included. At the top of each recipe is a summary of the cooking skills your child will learn while helping you, and each recipe also includes instructions for what the adult should do and review with the child. Cat. # GB-3044. $8.06-D

Kids' Multicultural Cookbook: Food and Fun Around the World by Deanna Cook. Trade paper, a Williamson Kids Can! Book. The author traveled the far corners of the world to meet children and share the delicious food they cooked up in their kitchens. She shares the recipes in this book, along with a little about the children she met. In all there are over 75 ethnic dishes, along with games, cultural traditions, and customs from each country represented.  From Indonesian Ox-Eye Eggs and Chinese Birthday Noodles with Peanut Sauce to Italian homemade pasta, Dutch Alphabet Chocolates, Turkish Shish Kebads, Syrian Pita Bread and Brazilian Creamy Tapioca Pudding, you'll find lots of good eating. There are also some good party ideas. All recipes include clear, step-by-step instructions and ingredients you can find in most grocery stores. 157 pages, including index. Cat. #Wmsn-918. $11.66-D

Low-Fat Living for Real People: The Fat-Free Chocolate-Covered Creme-Filled Mini-Cakes Diet and other Confusions of Low-Fat Eating Explained With Embarrassingly Simple and Delicious Recipes by Linda Levy and Francine Grabowski. The major part of this 208-page book seeks to introduce readers to principles of eating that will help reduce the amount of the wrong kinds of fat in the diet. There are hints on eating out, shopping wisely, and introducing changes to your family without rebellion. The actual recipes start on page 131. List price of this book is$12.95. I have a limited amount at $ 6.93-B

Mommy's Little Helper Cookbook: Fun Recipes for Mommies and Children 3 to 7 to Make Together by Karen Brown. Each of the over 60 recipes in these book has easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions for the child and  the adult. While Mommy or Daddy takes care of cutting and handling hot stuff, the little helper does hands-on tasks that kids love, such as measuring, stirring batter, rolling dough, greasing pans, and garnishing dishes. Recipes include breakfasts, snacks, lunches, desserts, and drinks. Cat.# 06898-30726. $8.10-D

Pioneer Recipes: This beautifully illustrated cookbook introduces children to the pioneer kitchen and features recipes from the many immigrant groups who built America. The text explains how the meals were prepared, giving step-by-step instructions, safety rules, and useful tips on preparing such recipes as homemade butter, Irish soda bread, flapjacks, Johnny cake, Native pudding, German baked apples, frybread, blueberry jam, fruit and nut porridge, easy Swedish rice cream, dandelion and spinach salad, fried green tomatoes, rainbow coleslaw, sweet potato pie, fish cakes, fish soup, English beef stew,  shepherd's pie, hot apple cider punch, and more. And of course, the pictures show the implements the pioneers used to make these dishes. CT-468. $7.16-D

Quick Home-Cooked Meals: Letting Your Microwave Work for You (in 30 minutes or less) by Maryann Zepp. Good Books, trade paper. On those really busy nights when time for cooking is limited, this book will help you be able to serve your family a quick, delicious, and nutrious meal at home instead of getting take-out or fast-food for dinner. From breakfast to dinner and dessert, there's something for every taste. It even shows you how to make bread in your microwave. From eggs to quiche, to roasts, poultry, fish, and casseroles, it's all here. For dessert try brownies, pie, cake, pudding, homemade ice cream, caramel corn, fudge, and more. Two cooking times are given for each recipe: one for a 650-watt oven, and one for an 800-watt oven. 188 indexed pages. 7" x9." Cat. #GB-2900. $12.56-D

A Quilter's Christmas Cookbook by Louise Stoltzfus and Dawn Ranck. Good Books, trade paper. 7 x 9 inches. In this unique cookbook you will discover hundreds of favorite Christmas dinner and holiday recipes contributed by quilters from all across North America. They also share their favorite memories and stories. The recipes range from easy-to-make and homey foods to elegant holiday dishes that are only served once a year for that special dinner. There are appetizers, salads, soups, breads, rolls, muffins, main dishes, vegetables, pies, cakes, fruitcakes and Christmas puddings, cookies and bars, desserts, candies, breakfast foods, and condiments. From Almond Cheese Ball Spread to Spinach Bread Boat, you'll find something for your guests to nipple on at parties. There are molded salads, slaws, vegetable salads, tossed salads, Seven Layer Salad, and even frozen salads. There is just as much variety in the other categories, and you're sure to pick up some new ideas for your family celebrations -- not just at Christmas, but also during the rest of the year. 348 pages, including the index. Cat. # GB-2099. $12.56-D

Recipes from the Old Mill: Baking with Whole Grains by Sarah E. Myers and Mary Beth Lind. Good Books, trade paper. 252 indexed pages. 7" x9." The recipes in this book come from two sisters whose family has operated a mill, which produces stone ground flours, for two generations. There are 180 recipes for a multitude of breads, sweet rolls, international grain dishes, and desserts. Each recipe is explained thoroughly, in detail, so it can be understood by novices as well as experienced bakers. I'm getting hungry just looking at the recipes for Blueberry Sweet Roll, Blueberry Coffee Cake, Caramel Pecan Rolls, Orange Bunnies (with variations in shape), Hot Cross Buns, Swedish Saint Lucia Buns, Ethiopian Flat Bread,Tortillas, Pita Bread, Italian Bread, Pizza Dough, Oven Baked French Toast, Fresh Apple Cake, Zucchini Carob Cake, High Energy Raisin Cookies, Rye Bread, Freezer Rye Loaves, Whole Wheat Soda Crackers, Homemade Baking Mix, Bran Muffins, English Muffins, Tomato Cheese Wheat Wheels, Sun-Dried Tomato Bread, all kinds of whole wheat bread and roll recipes, and much more. The first part of the book is arranged by grain: corn, wheat, rye, buckwheat, multi-grain. The next is by recipe type: spreads, breakfast and holiday breads, cultural foods, Main dishes, desserts. The last part is on knowing your ingredients. Tips are scattered throughout the book wherever they are needed. Cat #GB-1769. $12.56-D

Super Healing Foods by Frances Goulart. This book is divided into two parts. The first lists super nutritious food and important classes of nutrients and medications, why they are important to the body, and how to find them in foods (if they are not foods themselves). The second part of the book lists various illnesses and health conditions and explains how to use foods to improve them. It is not a recipe book per se, but it does contain some recipes to help one learn to use important foods. 390 pages with an index. Hardcover. List price is 24.95. Limited supply for $8.93-B

Usborne Cooking School: . This  series for ages 10 and up is designed for beginning cooks. It contains step-by-step illustrations to show how foods are prepared. Beautiful photographs show finished results.

    Cooking for Beginners, by Roz Denny and Fiona Watt. A general beginning cookbook.  Children will learn to cook what they will enjoy eating -- and so will you. 48 pages. BTH-4252. $7.95* Out of print. One left.

     Pasta and Pizza for Beginners, by Fiona Watt. This book will lead beginning cooks step-by-step through over twenty recipes for delicious pasta recipes and mouthwatering pizzas. More experienced cooks might learn a thing or two, as well. 48 colorful pages. BTH-4253.  $7.16-D

    Vegetarian Cooking for Beginners by Fiona Watt. Shows the beginning cook how to prepare tasty vegetarian dishes quickly and simply. The recipes have the flavors of many different cultures. 48 pages. $7.15-D

Usborne First Skills: Starting Cooking by Gill Harvey. In the colorful, visual format so popular with children, this book presents the basics of cooking to children ages 5-8. Children will learn the names of kitchen tools, basic cooking hygiene, measurement basics, the parts of a stove, and how to use the broiler, the oven, and the stovetop. They will learn the appropriate cooking terms and preparation techniques to go with each kind of cooking and baking. They will work with pasta, rice, meats, eggs, and baking ingredients. They will learn to make cakes, cookies, bread, pizza, salad and dishes with vegetables. Dishes suitable for vegetarians are marked as such. 32 pages. BTH-4136. $4.95* Out of print, but I still have a couple.

Usborne What Shall I Cook? by Ray Gibson. Trade paper, oversize. For children 5-12. These recipes all have visual appeal and are fun to make and eat. Take a good look at the cover and you'll see the jam tarts, the Cheesy Caterpillar, the Crown Cake, some Shining Star Cookies, a Hot Bunny, a Painted Cookie (fish), and a Coconut Mouse. These are just some of the unusual recipes in this book. There are sixteen in all, each designed to be quick and easy, using simple ingredients found in most kitchen cupboards. The stunning, life sized color photographs will easily motivate most children to put their aprons on and start cooking. BTH-4138. $7.16-D.

Vegetarian Times Vegetarian Beginner's Guide: Everything You Need to know to Be a Healthy Vegetarian by the editors of the Vegetarian Times. Covers nutrition and fitness, stocking the vegetarian pantry, teen vegetarians, and shopping in a natural foods store.   Contains two weeks of menus to get a new vegetarian started. 181 pages. Paper. List price is 12.95. Limited supply (with black marker line on bottom edge) at $6.93-B

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