Procure Weelicious: 140 Fast, Easy, And Fresh Recipes Your Kids Want To Eat! Authored By Catherine McCord Print

have only made the pumpkin waffles from this book we liked them, so I cannot really give a fair rating for the recipes, Based on other content, I thought it is a very helpful book for a parent starting their child on solids and also has appealing recipes for toddlers and young kids.
I love the way so many fruits and vegetables are included and there are standby favorites such as spaghetti and Mac amp cheese, but also lots of new recipes to explore.
I have not seen a cookbook for kids with this many beet recipes to try, and some favorite veggies/fruits are served up in a really new way such as avocados with grapes and pomegranates.
I like that there are many soup recipes as I believe this is a great way to provide a simple meal with vegetables, The tips for how kids can be involved in the kitchen was great as I do think they make better choices when they are participants, I like the background stories behind the recipes presented, but found the blog comments distracting because they don't make me more or less likely to try a recipe.
I think the pictures are more convincing and I am glad they were in color, I love so many of these recipes! I don't know when I've had a cookbook with this many recipes I've made from it, much less within the first month after receiving it.
I admit some of the recipes are a little too extreme health food for me the beet cookies taste like beetsdirt and we won't be making the broccoli pesto again, but overall, I'm very pleased.
The snacks section is my favorite, I feel much better feeding my toddler apple sticks and well, even those questionable sweet beet cookies instead of store bought crackers and treats, I have cooked a ton of recipes out of this book and loved them all, My toddler doesn't love all of them, but luckily they are adultfriendly, The recipes are fairly healthy but some are pretty indulgent for adults, She does have some shortcuts, like using storebought BBQ sauce and salsa, but the recipes are mostly from scratch, Favorites include pumpkin waffles, spinach gnocchi, peanut butter granola balls, sweet salmon, and stuffed French toast, Every parent knows how difficult it is to get to get kids eating happily and healthily, Catherine McCord has the answer: Weelicious Creator of the wildly popular blog Weelicious, com, Catherine, who honed her cooking skills at Manhattan's Institute of Culinary Education, strongly believes in the "one family/one meal" ideapreparing a single, scrumptious meal the entire family can sit down and enjoy together rather than having to act as "short order cook" for kids who each want something different.
In Weelicious, she offers dozens of recipes and tips for creating quick, easy, healthy, and fun food that moms, dads, and young children of any age will absolutely adorefrom the most persnickety infants to the pickiest gradeschoolers.

this cookbook is definitely geared towards parents with young children, but i liked it, The only recipe that still puzzles me is a popsicle made out of frozen peas, not pea puree, but a bunch of frozen peas, . . did like some of the snack ideas cheaper and healthier, especially the sunflower seed brittle, the applecinnamon sticks or the apple oat bars,

A new family cookbook from Catherine McCord, Weelicious is subtitled "One Family, One Meal. "

As a working mother, this is my dream, Being able to cook one meal that my whole family will eat, Fast, Fresh and Easy Yes please, And if it makes leftovers or can be made ahead and frozen Even better,

I skipped right over the baby puree section, both because I no longer have a toothless infant, and because my kids didn't much like purees of any kind when they were younger anyway.


For a Weelicious experience, I involved my kids in browsing through the colorful pages of this cookbook, choosing recipes and food they wanted to try to make together.
Then I made a grocery list and we went shopping for the ingredients for six different recipes, Most of the ingredients were things we had around the house already, and we just needed to get fresh produce,



Here is my family review of the recipes we have tried so far:

The Breakfast Cupcakes were a hit, and about as healthy as pancakes.

My kids refused to try the Slow Cooker LentilVeggie Stew, although I thought it was delicious, and it made lots of wonderful leftovers for the grownups.

Making our own Graham Crackers was awesome, the kids loved rolling out the dough and cutting the shapes with cookie cutters, and I loved giving my kids slightly healthier "cookies" that we made together.

The Brown Rice and Veggie Casserole was delicious, with vegetables that were chopped up small enough to be indiscernible to my kids and the cheese prominently visible on top.
We all happily took leftovers in our lunches the next day, I was glad it was a hit, because I made up two extra casseroles at the same time, to freeze for later,
Corn Dog Bites on a Stick are pieces of veggie hot dog dropped into home made cornbread, baked in minimuffin tins, Simply genius, and easy enough that we made this one on a week night after work, My kids would eat this every day,
Veggie Nuggets were advertised as a replacement for the kinds sold in stores, My kids were not fooled, although I didn't think they were too dissimilar, We'll have more either way, since I made a double recipe and froze them for later,
Spinach Ricotta Bites. Delicious and baked in minimuffin tins, Apparently my kids will eat anything baked in a minimuffin tin, This is genius.
Mushroom Barley. Kids wouldn't try it, but the adults loved it,
My kids haven't really had pudding before, ChocolatePeanut Butter Pudding food processed blend of greek yogurt, cocoa powder, peanut butter, honey, Cold, thick, delicious.
The book includespages of short articles on healthy habits, cooking, shopping, eating, She mentions her own lifestyle and nutrition choices for her family, like avoiding packaged snacks and choosing organics where possible, but she doesn't make her choices seem judgmental or the only option.
Catherine McCord has a Weelicious blog with videos and recipes similar to the book,

Because my household is vegetarian, many of the recipes didn't work for our food preferences, but there were enough vegetarian or adaptable recipes that I want to make again or try that I decided to buy this cookbook instead of paying late fees on the library's copy.
If making meals that your whole family even the preschoolers! can enjoy together is a dream come true, check out this new cookbook for ideas and recipes.

I love Catherine's take on how to get kids to eat their vegetables: get them involved in the food buying and making process! Her recipes were also easy to make with simple ingredients that I usually have in my kitchen already.
I used this cookbook so much for the three weeks that I had it out from the library that my husband got it for me for Christmas, and I am so excited to have this cookbook permanently in my home! I like a lot of these recipes and have incorporated a lot of the breakfasts into our daily lives.
Though, I find most of her baked goods end up tasting the same! It was a good introduction to using healthier, alternative ingredients in many of my recipes.
Lastly, I have tried her tactics on trying to get my,yr old to eat what I cook, unfortunately he has only come as far as wanting to help me with cooking, but has absolutely no more interest than before in eating it ! Unless its in cupcake, cookie or brownie form :p The majority of her recipes were on the website bummer, since I actually bought the cookbook.
My advice: start at the website ! I have a very picky toddler at home, and I found this cookbook to be an excellent resource for me, While not every recipe I tried was a hit, they were all fast and easy, and gave me some great ideas for adding variety to his diet.
Plus, McCord has some great tips on how to get your kids more involved in the cooking process at home,
sitelink thewellreadredhead. com/ After her son was born in, Catherine McCord sought out resources to teach her how to prepare fresh, healthy, appealing meals for young kids, but she came up empty.
With culinary school under her belt and a hungry baby to feed, Catherine started Weelicious, com, a website that has since grown into a comprehensive offering of kidfriendly family meals,
Complete with beautiful color photos, tips and tools, lists of pantry staples, feeding plans, and more than seventy new recipes never before seen on her website, Weelicious makes it easy to get kids eating healthy foods from their first bite.
Catherine teaches parents how to turn their kids into great eaters who appreciate food and are open to exciting new flavors, You can stop being a shortorder cook, and instead whip up unique, delicious, and healthy recipes that everyone in your family, no matter what their age, will love.
From firstfood favorites such as Sweet PotatoCoconut Puree and The Teething Cookie to familyfriendly Veggie Nuggets, Rice Cooker Mac and Cheese, Chicken on a Stick, Shrimp Tacos, and Cheesy Chicken Taquitos to treats like Banana Bread Cake, RaspberryCream Cheese Heart Tarts, and Chocolate Velvet Beet Cupcakes, these recipes are perfect for little taste buds and sophisticated adult palates alike, and best of all, every single recipe has been created with

health and wholesomeness in mind.
I was excited to finally get to look at one of Catherine's cookbooks, having seen her so much on Food Network, I'm a fan of hers from watching her judge contestants' food on Guy's Grocery Games, and now the Big Bad Budget Battle with Ree Drummond, I am especially looking forward to making the breakfast muffins, Lots of good recipes, and not just for the kids, for some of us adults too! I was skeptical about this cookbook that it would be too cutesie, but in the end I have bookmarked more thanrecipes I want to try to make.
Mostly from the breakfast and snack recipes, The dinners really didn't appeal to me, Love, love, love this book! The beginning reads like a blog, followed by easy and refreshing recipes the whole family will enjoy, I'm someone who can cook but doesn't like to, I'm a mother of a toddler, While Weelicious presents many fresh recipes that promise toddler appeal, the recipes are time consuming while promising to be quick, There are no cook times listed for the recipes, so you don't know what you're getting into when meal planning for the week,

There are also those insidious ingredients that are precooked, Example: "cooked wild rice" which takes up to an hour before it can be added to the recipe, In other words, add an hour to cook time, making it a nogo for a weeknight around here,

Recipes also include instructions that require you to stir or whip constantly for up tominutes does she tie her toddler to a chair and fiddly assembly instructions I'm looking at you, lasagna rolls, chicken taquitos.


This may be a fun cookbook when looking for meals the whole family will enjoy, but it is certainly not a utilitarian one, If you do not cook this book is for you, If you have picky eaters, this book is for you, If you don't have kids, this book is for you, Fresh foods out of your garden, or from the farmers market will help you with your choices, Lot's of real mom to mom advice about how to get your kids involved and how to even make your own baby food abound in this book.
I'm almost always happy with the results when I make Catherine McCord's recipes, but getting my toddler to enjoy them has been more hot and miss, And it is frustrating to put all the effort in for him to refuse even to try it! Especially after working all day and commuting home, and then trying to whip up something wholesome and not too unhealthy for the grown ups.
But I appreciate these recipes and the concept that we can maybe one day get tomeal for the whole family, Where everyone eats themeal I made! I wish that pictures of each dish were included in the book though, .