The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids

THE HELP YOURSELF COOKBOOK FOR KIDS by Ruby Roth is a cute and intriguing read designed to help kids eat healthier foods. Filled with humor, cute animals, and interesting facts; this is a hands-on approach designed to teach kids healthy eating habits. With over sixty recipes, there is food enough for everyone's taste. A great idea to get children to eat better! Recommended.

Fabulous starter cookbook! It gives so much information about nutrition and makes it fun for kids! My kids enjoyed the colors and trying some of the recipes! Great book!

I thought that this book was good, I liked how the recipes were all meat free and vegan and it was also quite educational. The recipes were easy to follow for children and it had the sections and hints too and also when they would need help from an adult - good images in the book too.

I really liked this vegan cookbook for kids. I thought the illustrations were charming and engaging. The recipes were interesting and carefully written so they would be easy to follow. I think my students are going to love this one.

Wow, what a great idea!! A cookbook for kids that helps promote good health and saving the earth. What more could you ask for?

This is a colorful cookbook introducing children to a vegetarian lifestyle. From cool drinks to deserts this book has easy to follow recipes and lots of interesting facts and tidbits.

This book was beautiful, fun, and well-formatted! I wish I would have known about this book when I was trying to petition for a community garden at a daycare center I worked at. It has a lot of great recipes (the Un-Stick in the Mud Chocolate Smoothie, Sweet Beat Sauce, different types of trail mix) and each page was fun and exciting. I was happy to see it had a guide at the beginning for unfamiliar ingredients, kitchen safety, and why it's important to eat healthy. Some of the recipes were a little complicated and didn't have easily-accessible items in the rural area I live in, however. All in all, a great book!

Healthy and fun food made by kids -- a great idea since kids are more likely to eat foods that they helped prepare! Just like kids are more likely to eat foods that they've grown. I think that my students will enjoy eating their way through this book!

My daughter and I had a great time with this book! My daughter learned how to read and make these easy recipes! So fun!

My Two Cents: March is National Nutrition Month, so what better time to take a look at a plant-based, kid-focused cookbook? As the author suggests, studies have shown that getting kids involved in the planning and cooking of their meals can help build life-long healthy eating habits.

First off, this is an unapologetically vegan cookbook, so if you’re a hard-line carnivore this might not be the book for you or your family. However, if you’re open to trying a plant-based diet, or are simply interested in adding more fruit and vegetables to your family’s meals, this is a very approachable, beginner-friendly guide to vegan cooking.

The cookbook is just beautifully designed – the photographs are quirky and utterly charming, and the recipes are laid out in unique and nontraditional ways. This is a very kid-friendly cookbook – it’s friendly, cute and light-hearted, and makes cooking a fun, rather than intimidating, experience.

I recently watched a documentary series on food and cooking called Cooked, based on the book by Michael Pollan. The series emphasizes the importance of connecting with our food, getting back to healthy basics, and cooking our own wholesome meals. Regardless of your thoughts on different diets or eating habits (Pollan himself is unsure about the benefits of veganism, and I am a omnivore), I think we can all agree that the Western diet typically contains far too much processed and unhealthy food. By getting into the kitchen with our children, introducing them to cooking and encouraging them to be comfortable with food preparation, we can help our children develop a better understanding of nutrition, and support the development of a healthy relationship with food.

The emphasis on independence is also refreshing – kids are first warned never to go into the kitchen with an adult’s permission, but are encouraged to take control, to be independent and to learn how to fend for themselves. This is all part of setting kids up for success and ensuring that they have the skills and confidence they need to live healthy adult lives.

Talking with kids about food, nutrition, the environment, and what it means to be healthy inside and out is vital to preparing them for life, and sharing cookbooks like this with children can be a part of that experience. Did I mention it’s also really, really cute?:)