The Healthy Body Cookbook: Over 50 Fun Activities and Delicious Recipes for Kids

by Karen Eich Drummond, Karen E. D'Amico

Learning about health and science has never been so fun --anddelicious!

What does a heartbeat sound like? How strong is my hair? Why do myeyes blink? What's in a sports drink? With more than 50 safe andeasy recipes and activities to try, you'll discover the nutritiousanswers to these and tons of other scrumptious mysteries. And bestof all, you get to eat the results when you're finished! You'llmake carbohydrate-packed Blueberry Power-Snack Turnovers,protein-boosting Crunchy Chicken Fingers, calcium-rich Creamy,Dreamy Yogurt Orange-Banana Frozen Pops, and much more.

The Healthy Body Cookbook is a delightfully clever smorgasbord ofhands-on lessons about the crucial role that diet and exercise playin the development of heart, blood, bones, muscles, skin, teeth,and the nervous and digestive systems. All activities arekid-tested and require only common ingredients and kitchenutensils. There's also a helpful list of safety rules, anexplanation of tools and skills, and nutritional values for eachrecipe.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

Reviews

[Nancy O'Toole · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the benefits of The Healthy Body Cookbook is it's more than just a collection of recipes for kids. The book also teaches basic cooking and safety skills, and each one of it's recipes has a further purpose. The first half of the book is divided into eight chapters. Each chapter gives the reader information on a part of the body, from the heart to the digestive system, and then gives specific recipes will help that particular heart. The second half of the book introduces kids to the food pyramid, and the idea of living a healthy and active life, with recipes to support each concept. The recipes themselves cover a wide variety of skills, from those requiring no skills (and perhaps, not even a stove) to those require expert skills. The recipes themselves are filled with vegetables, lean protein, and fruit. And the recipes are not the only hands on elements to be found here, as every chapter has a separate activity dedicated to learning more about the body and living healthy. The book also contains basic nutritional information for every single recipe, which was a nice surprise. Perhaps one of the drawbacks of this book is the fact that, published in 1999, it can be a bit dated. Concepts discovered in the the last few years (such as the importance of whole grains over refined carbs) are not addressed, making this book in need of an upgrade.

Note- this review was written for a class

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[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really fun cookbook - each chapter has a short section on health, an activity, and then several healthy recipes.
I've tried five recipes so far, and they've been really good.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son not only loves this, but learns from it as well! I'm going to order her Math and Science cookbooks for him as well.