Ronni Litz Julien - The Everything Cooking for Kids Cookbook

THE
EVERYTHING
COOKING FOR KIDS COOKBOOK Dear Reader,
Our children mean everything to us. As we bring them into the world, we have plans to teach them and guide them until they are ready to soar as well-grounded, confident, bright, and self-sufficient young adults. As parents, we know this is no easy task; if only the children came with a manual! The EverythingCooking for Kids Cookbook is undoubtedly a component to your nutrition parenting manual! In the food cornucopia of life, it is our responsibility to assist our children in making good decisions and creating healthful eating habits that can last them a lifetime. Chapter 1 describes the concern we have today that our children are really not in good shape, and how we can (and should) educate them, from their first bite of solid food. Considering todays perilous statistics of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and childhood obesity, eating healthfully is nonnegotiable, serious mattermuch under our control. The remainder of The EverythingCooking for Kids Cookbook will offer you a full array of fun, child-friendly, delicious, and practical recipes that I think you will appreciate for many child-rearing years to come.

My best wishes in turning out healthful and happy childrenjust like mine! P.S. There has been no rebellion yet! Welcome to the EVERYTHING Series! These handy, accessible books give you all you need to tackle a difficult project, gain a new hobby, comprehend a fascinating topic, prepare for an exam, or even brush up on something you learned back in school but have since forgotten. You can choose to read an Everything book from cover to cover or just pick out the information you want from our four useful boxes: e-questions, e-facts, e-alerts, and essentials. We give you everything you need to know on the subject, but throw in a lot of fun stuff along the way, too. We now have more than 400 Everything books in print, spanning such wide-ranging categories as weddings, pregnancy, cooking, music instruction, foreign language, crafts, pets, New Age, and so much more. When youre done reading them all, you can finally say you know Everything !
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PUBLISHER Karen Cooper DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITIONS AND INNOVATION Paula Munier MANAGING EDITOR, EVERYTHING SERIES Lisa Laing COPY CHIEF Casey Ebert ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Katrina Schroeder SENIOR DEVELOPMENT EDITOR Brett Palana-Shanahan EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Hillary Thompson EVERYTHING SERIES COVER DESIGNER Erin Alexander LAYOUT DESIGNERS Colleen Cunningham, Elisabeth Lariviere, Ashley Vierra, Denise Wallace
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EVERYTHING COOKING
FOR KIDS
COOKBOOK Ronni Litz Julien, MS, RD/LDN Copyright 2010 by F+W Media, Inc.

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For information, please call 1-800-289-0963.Without my dear magnificent children, Jamie and Jordan,
being a third-time author may never have come to fruition. I
dedicate The Everything Cooking for Kids Cookbook to them,
with endless love. Their extraordinary patience and their
encouragement of my writing is a sensational blessing in my life.Contents
From Toddlers to School-AgeEating Breakfast
for Better Grades On to Sports PracticeWhat Will Give Them
That Burst of Energy? How to Get Them to Eat Those
Yucky Vegetables Acknowledgments My writing has always been a group effort! I have an exceptional support team of family editors, researching friends, gourmet cooks, and an enormous cheerleading squad behind me, to whom I am eternally grateful. To each of you, I express my deepest gratitude for your unending patience and devotion, for without you, The EverythingCooking for Kids Cookbook might still just be a floating concept in my mind.

Again, I must acknowledge my own precious children, Jamie and Jordan, ages seventeen and fourteen, not just for the time they allowed me to write, but for accepting the notion that we could all eat healthfully, make good choices, learn moderation, and not feel deprived of foods we love. You both have done a superb job, and I especially chuckle when Jamie is appalled at some of her friends food choices, and when Jordan still asks in the grocery store Mom, is this healthy? Thank you for allowing me to give you healthy bodies. To my parents, Sheila and Norman Litzthe co-presidents of my fan club. Words could not possibly express how lucky I feel that I was given to the two of you. With every one of my endeavors, whether it be my nutrition career, my teaching career, my writing, my community volunteer work, my child-rearing, you have been the backbone of my entire lifemy forever soulmates. To my brother and best friend, Steve, for trying to keep me sane, calm, and thinking clearly all of my life! It is not typical for siblings to have the kind of relationship we do and I dont take one minute of it for granted.

You are a source of infinite pride to me and our friendship is priceless. I would like to acknowledge and thank my dear friends, from the bottom of my heart: Donna Strans, Joni Meiselman, Belinda Tuckerman, Lisa Quintero, Alison Cohen, Cindi Schuetz and Sharon Smith; I am honored and privileged to have your everlasting support and belief in me, for so many years. Life wouldnt be the same without you. To my gourmet friends, Rebeca Lusky, Wendy Berman, Myra Sonshine, and Linda Martin Lazarus, who graciously bestowed upon me their familys favorite recipes. Forgive me, for I had to make a few healthy changes to your recipes, but they remain delicious! Dr. Margie Chiaralonzio, my friend, your creativity is invaluable and you were gracious to offer to be a part of this.