Does a cookbook or recipe website like this exist?

Question

What I'm looking for is a good collection of recipes that are healthy, low in fat, kid friendly, inexpensive, and fast to make. Does anything like this exist?

Answer 1

www.epicurious.com

Answer 2

Cookinglight.com doesn't have a tremendously large inventory of recipes, like many of these other sites, but they specifically aim for healthy and for the most part, quick recipes.

I have the magazine, but don't usually keep old issues, because I can get the old recipes which are stored on their website.

It is, in my opinion, easier to navigate than some of the others, and their recipes rarely fail me.

Answer 3

My FAVORITE cookbook is called 3 Bowls, by Seppo Ed Farrey. It is all healthy, all vegetarian (but very well balanced, and even my meat-eater boyfriend loves it!) and all good. There are a few ingredients I had not heard of, but I went to the health food store or asian market to find them, and I am so glad I did.

As a sidenote: healthy and tasty = kid friendly
Give your kids the opportunity to try something new (they might need to try it several times before they decide they like it.)

Answer 4

Betty Crocker, i think it is, is that the one with the spoon logo?? Anyway, they have alot of different recipe book that are inexpensive and you can buy at grocery stores. Some are kid friendly, some are for quick meals, etc. Good luck. Also try Betty Crocker.com and another good website is bhg.com

Answer 5

Try kidshealth.org it's fun to look at and has some good recipes.

Answer 6

Yes,

Look up diabectic recipes for both adults and kids. It a segment of society that has no choice but to eat low fat, no sugar foods. Athough if you are looking for something that can be made in under five miinutes and feed a family of four...ummmm...no.

Best thing to do is do a big cook on sunday (or a day off during the week) and set a morning or afternoon for just cooking and sticking the food in containers. After they are in the containers chuck them in the freezer. The containers can be anything with a lid. An old marginine container, cottage cheese or yogurt tub is good because it's slanted.

A good rule of thumb is saucy/stews/soups are easiest to make lots of and to store.

- Spaghetti sauce, easy to hide veggies in if blended in the sauce
- Irish stew, heavy on the veggies again
- Curry, just like an Irish stew, lots of veggies
- Chili, veggies and tomato sauce base.
- Soup, Chicken, Beef, Fish or Veggie are easiest.

All keep for about five weeks in a freezer without losing their flavor.

To keep the mix cheap. Here's a grocery list
- Huge bag of frozen frozen veggies (not cubed, cut is best)
- Bean soup mix
- Boullioin cubes (boxo is best)
- Any italian dressing (not cremy)
- Ground turkey (way cheaper than beef or chicken, higher protein, lowest fat)
- Blue Fish or Gobere (can't remember the english word for it), basically in the fish section. It comes in a brick of fish. I'll spend the extra two bucks and get cod, tastes more "meaty".
- Tomato sauce ( having a case of 12 big cans is the minimum I keep in the house.)
- 2 Cans of Chick peas/Pemento Beans.
- 5 pound bag of Carrots
- 10 pound bag of Potatos
- 5 pound bag of Onions
- Garlic bulb
- Bag of brown rice (not uncle bens minute stuff), it's about 1/5th the cost of the box varieties and way better for you.
- Bag of pearl barley
- Bag of pasta, macaroni is the cheapest by the pound
- Bag of Oranges
- Bag of Apples

The seasonings that you can mix and match:
- Italian seasoning (pre mix of oregano/basil/cloves), Pataki's Curry paste, Paprika, Chili Powder, Garlic powder, Salt, Pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, seasoning salt, steak spice

From everything above you have at least fifty different meals that you can prepare from scratch in about 15 to 30 minutes not including the quick frozen meals.

The four things in that list you'll keep going back to is tomato paste, potatoes, frozen veg and Italian dressing (the vinegary kind with oil).

1) Tomato sauce is the base for nearly every quick meal and 12 big cans is enough to feed four people for about a month and half. 2) Potatoes are amazing, you can make them into about anything; pancakes, fries, hash, pie crust, pudding, boil, baked, fried, broiled. Potatoes built an empire or six and are they cheap!...heavy to carry around, but cheap.
3) Frozen veg should be served with every meal by the cup. Two cups per day.
4) Italian dressing can give that zesty flavor to practically anything it marinades or cooks with. Too much is bad though, because it can overpower the taste of the food you're eating so if you've used more than a big breakfast spoon, it's to much.

If you're looking for recipes now, look up recipes based on a food, like potatoes or tomato sauce. It will help narrow your search for meals. For the saucy quick foods, I find if I have a pound of meat I will use a pound of veg, the beans/chick peas/tomato sauce balance out the rest of the veggie requirements.

It might be hard trying to feed kids that have been raised on boxed crap and fast food. Some of my kids friend's (the fat ones), won't do anything but ***** and huff that there aren't any french fries with dinner or if they could have pizza. These are 6 year olds by the way. So be warned, changing a kid's diet if you're raised them one way is going to be, ummm, a shock to them.

Good luck
Canuck Super Dad!

Answer 7

http://allrecipes.com/
http://foodnetwork.com/food/re_collections/0,1977,FOOD_11656,00.html
http://www.recipesource.com/
http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=learn-cat&id=cat267&rsc=SC287206

Answer 8

Go to Kraft.com and sign up for their free magazine...it is GREAT!

Answer 9

www.cooks.com
www.recipezar.com
www.foodnetwork.com

Answer 10

if you look, maybe you'll find it.