{"product_id":"pretend-soup-and-other-real-recipesisbn-9781883672066","title":"Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes","description":"\u003cb\u003eCelebrating 25 years of vegetarian recipes and called \"the gold standard for chidren's cookbooks\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePretend Soup\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003ecelebrated Moosewood chef Mollie Katzen,\u003c\/b\u003e offers children and families easy recipes for healthy, fun, and delicious food.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mollie Katzen, renowned author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moosewood Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e, and educator Ann Henderson bring the grown-up world of real cooking to a child’s level. Children as young as three years old and as old as eight become head chef while an adult serves as guide and helper. Extensively classroom- and home-tested, these recipes are designed to inspire an early appreciation for creative, wholesome food. Whimsical watercolor critters and pictorial versions of each recipe will help the young cook understand and delight in the process. Just consider all that can be explored in the kitchen: counting, reading readiness, science awareness, self-confidence, patience, and, importantly, food literacy. Pizza, after all, does not come “from a telephone.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e You and your child can have great fun finding this out!\"Mollie Katzen’s cookbooks for preschoolers, \u003ci\u003ePretend Soup\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalad People\u003c\/i\u003e, are works of child-friendly genius. . .\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Slate.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Play Points: 5 (out of 5). ­­A delectable starter!” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Jr. Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is the best book to date on cooking with preschoolers.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScholastic Parent \u0026amp; Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A winner!” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You can toss a coin whether to give this charming cookbook, for preschoolers and up, to your favorite kid or to a food-loving adult who deals with children.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eANN HENDERSON is a credentialed early childhood education specialist and is co-director of the Child Education Center in Berkeley, California. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMOLLIE KATZEN is a cookbook author and artist who has profoundly shaped the way America eats. Mollie is a consultant and cocreator of Harvard's groundbreaking Food Literacy Project. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSALAD PEOPLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Critics Rave:\u003cbr\u003eWe’re gonna make people out of food! --jack\u003cbr\u003eI’m gonna make my sister. --theo\u003cbr\u003eMaybe I should make a carrot zipper. --simone\u003cbr\u003eStrawberry hair! --serafina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the Grown-ups:\u003cbr\u003eChildren will get deeply involved with this concept, which is all about creating a miniature person out of cheese, fruit, vegetables, and perhaps even pasta. In addition to being a cross between an art project and a great snack or lunch, this recipe presents a wonderful opportunity to introduce new foods--or at least new food combinations--to young children. \u003cbr\u003eThere is no right or wrong way to make a Salad Person. In fact, if your child doesn’t feel like making something representational, it’s fine to make a food design instead. In either case, let your youngster guide the experience as inspiration occurs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCooking Hints and Safety Tips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChildren can help with some of the preparations, such as slicing strawberries and bananas, grating carrots, or spreading peanut butter into celery. They also enjoy helping place all the various components in small bowls and setting everything up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Salad Person’s face can be made with cottage cheese or yogurt. Children of color might prefer to use coffee or chocolate yogurt so the Salad Person can look like family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can firm up any flavor of yogurt by placing it in a paper-lined cone coffee filter over a bowl for a few hours--or even overnight. The whey will drip out of the yogurt, leaving behind a firmer curd, often referred to as “yogurt cheese.” Keep in mind that you’ll end up with only about 60 percent of the original volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe amounts are quite flexible, so just estimate the quantities.\u003cbr\u003eChildren’s Tools: Cutting boards and child-appropriate knives (if the children are going to help with the cutting); spoons for scooping; a plate and fork for each person\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalad People Recipe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCored pear halves, peel optional (fresh and ripe, or canned and drained)\u003cbr\u003eCottage cheese or very firm yogurt\u003cbr\u003eStrips of cheese (cut wide and thin, to be limbs)\u003cbr\u003eSliced bananas (cut into vertical spears as well as rounds)\u003cbr\u003eCantaloupe or honeydew \u003cbr\u003e(cut into 4-inch slices)\u003cbr\u003eCelery sticks (plain or stuffed \u003cbr\u003ewith nut butter)\u003cbr\u003eShredded carrots \u003cbr\u003e(in long strands, if possible)\u003cbr\u003eSliced strawberries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1) Place a pear half in the center of each plate, flat side down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2) Arrange a round scoop of cottage cheese or very firm yogurt above the narrow top of the pear, so that the cheese or yogurt looks like a head and the pear looks like a torso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3) Create arms and legs from strips of cheese, banana spears, melon slices, or celery sticks (stuffed or plain).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4) Create hair, facial features, hands, feet, buttons, zippers, hats, and so forth from any combination of the remaining ingredients. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5) Name it and eat!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eyield: Flexible! 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