The kids are all finished with this crazy year of school and home for summer. After a year of being homeschooled (mostly) you would think we are now pros at prepping and cooking for the kiddos throughout the week. Some of us have been busier than ever and finding inspiration can be difficult. Cookbook Divas is eager to help!
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Take a look at these kids cookbooks to help you out this summer. Both kids and parents are going to have a lot of fun with these cookbooks. Plus, many of them provide a lot of learning opportunities. Come take a peek.
Ice Cream Party: Mix and Match to Create 3,375 Decadent Combinations
I’ve covered this cookbook in more detail in our Spring Dessert cookbook blog post! As we all know, kids (and adults) love ice cream parties.
The Ice Cream Party: Mix and Match to Create 3,375 Decadent Combinations cookbook is full of fun for a lifetime of summers. If you are an indecisive person, this cookbook will aid you in your ice cream journey. There are three tabs that can be flipped at random so you can figure out what kind of dessert combo you want to create.
There are options from marshmallow toppings, recipes for short bread crumbles, and coffee sauce. These recipes can range from very easy to fairly complicated depending on your topping. There are even recipes for creating unique ice cream flavors!
This cookbook is absolutely perfect for summertime with the kids.
Super-Speedy College Cookbook: Healthy Recipes in 20 Minutes or Less
Most of us know once you’re out on your own it can be tough to cook meals by yourself. For my cousin who just graduated high school, I am hoping he finds this Super-Speedy College Cookbook: Healthy Recipes in 20 Minutes or Less useful!
There’s not a lot of time to cook while you’re in college between classes, studying, and social life. That’s why being able to cook a healthy meal in 20 minutes or less is important! This cookbook gives future students the chance to practice all summer long before school starts.
There 80 college kid friendly recipes in this cookbook, but also a whole section on grocery shopping basics. This will help the kids fly out of the nest a whole lot easier.
The Super-Speedy College Cookbook: Healthy Recipes in 20 Minutes or Less cookbook is great for new home cooks. It includes sections on cooking lingo, how to chop popular fruits and vegetables, and basic tools and techniques to get you by in your dorm room!
The Unofficial TikTok Cookbook: 75 Internet-Breaking Recipes for Snacks, Drinks, Treats, and More!
Kids (and even adults) these days live on TikTok! Regardless if the sun is out, many of us might be stuck on our phones. So let’s try to inspire the kids to recreate some of the things they see online!
Many of the recipes provided in The Unofficial TikTok Cookbook: 75 Internet-Breaking Recipes for Snacks, Drinks, Treats, and More! are going to be recognizable to kids of all ages.
Your kids are going to impress all their friends by recreating some of these masterful creations, like the Dalgona Coffee Latte and pancake cereal. They’ll be the talk of the town.
The instructions are simple and they provide photos for almost every recipe. There are even step by step photos for some of the more difficult trendy recipes!
This will be a great way to keep the kids busy and productive.
Wild Child: Adventure Cooking With Kids
Our lives changed last year, especially during the summertime. Many of us decided to try camping for the first time and ended up falling in love with it. If you are one of those families, you have to check out Wild Child: Adventure Cooking With Kids. This cookbook is adorable and perfect for families with kids.
This is a great book to learn about camping, wildlife, and cooking over a fire safely! We can truly inspire the kids to really go out and embrace nature – instead of spending so much time on their phones.
Some chapters are themed and designed for specific situations. Some examples range from beach side cooking to a “Little Women” girls only campout.
Besides recipes, this cookbook also contains activities and tips for fishing, setting up camp, and making a fire. It’s a great compendium for little campers.
Don’t worry, these recipes can be used for your backyard (or inside your home) as well. You can transform many of these activities to fit for whatever environment you’re in!
Let’s Cook Together!: Fun and Tasty Recipes to Make With Your Kids!
I will happily take this cookbook Let’s Cook Together!: Fun and Tasty Recipes to Make With Your Kids! And use it all year around!
There are 90 kid-friendly recipes with full colored photos to inspire the kids to start working in the kitchen. There are colorful tiered cakes, funky waffle burger sliders, and cheese pizzas with smiley faces. This cookbook is fantastic for kids – and it is flexibound, so don’t worry about getting it dirty!
These recipes are family favorites and will inspire the kids to expand on making new things in the kitchen. It is useful to kids of all ages and even adults.
I am glad that they’ve divided this cookbook into chapters on breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts (of course.) Now we can cook an entire day’s meal just with this cookbook. A lot of the recipes are somewhat healthy, too!
Make memories together while making fun and adorable creations with your little ones this summer.
Milk Bar: Kids Only: A Cookbook
I have to be honest, I was going to get Milk Bar: Kids Only: A Cookbook for myself during winter break and am still considering it today.
Cristina Tosi is a goddess baker, so learning from her is going to be so much fun for the kids. Especially if you have a little Master Chef Junior on your hands!
Most of these recipes are all sweet bakes, like cakes, cookies, muffins, and much more. Imagine if your kids made you breakfast in bed with recipes from Cristina Tosi!
This cookbook is vibrant and full of life featuring other kids baking these fantastic recipes. If your kids want to learn the basics of baking and get to a point where they are master bakers – this is the cookbook for them!
What cookbook do you think your kids would enjoy cooking from this summer?
~Kaiti
