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    Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen: Tasty Recipes and Fun Activities for Budding Chefs
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen: Tasty Recipes and Fun Activities for Budding Chefs
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen: Tasty Recipes and Fun Activities for Budding Chefs
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen: Tasty Recipes and Fun Activities for Budding Chefs

    By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Antonio Frontera

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    Chef Antonio knows about family fun in the kitchen. He grew up with family members who cooked, ate, and spent most of their time whipping up delicious dishes together. He fell in love with cooking during those formative years and grew up to become a fabulous chef and a five-star restaurant owner.

    Now, Chef Antonio shares his favorite family recipes with you and your family in Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen . He reveals the secret ingredient in Grandpa Joe's Jelly Cookies, inspires budding chefs with Spaghetti Pie, and entices the kid in every adult with Homemade Marshmallows. This unique Chicken Soup for the Soul cook book is filled with mouth-watering recipes that will have even the youngest family members clamoring to help.

    Packed inside are kid-friendly recipes, safety and cleanup tips, food-related activities, and charming stories of lessons learned while cooking with loved ones. Delight in other families' accounts of great times spent together in the kitchen, and enjoy the secret family recipes they've shared. The colorful design, fun games, mouthwatering photos, simple step-by-step instructions, and kid-tested, kid-prepared recipes will inspire you and your children to create your own family traditions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicken Soup for the Soul
    Release dateOct 23, 2012
    ISBN9781453274866
    Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen: Tasty Recipes and Fun Activities for Budding Chefs
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    Jack Canfield

    Jack Canfield, America's #1 Success Coach, is the cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor with Gay Hendricks of You've GOT to Read This Book! An internationally renowned corporate trainer, Jack has trained and certified over 4,100 people to teach the Success Principles in 115 countries. He is also a podcast host, keynote speaker, and popular radio and TV talk show guest. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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      Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen - Jack Canfield

      Chicken

      Soup for the Soul®

      KIDS IN THE

      KITCHEN

      Tasty Recipes and Fun Activities

      for Budding Chefs

      Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Chef Antonio Frontera

      Backlist, LLC, a unit of

      Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC

      Cos Cob, CT

      www.chickensoup.com

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgments

      Foreword by Paula Deen

      Introduction

      My Top Ten Favorite Foods

      Let’s Get Started! Some Must Knows

      PART ONE: BREAKFAST

      Ready—Set—GO!

      A RECIPE FOR LOVE Chef Antonio Frontera with Matthew Rahuba.

      TOKENS OF LOVE Tessa L. Floehr

      MOM’S CHOCOLATE-CHIP PANCAKES

      BATTER UP, KID Cristy Trandahl

      OATMEAL-RAISIN COOKIE PANCAKES

      BREAKFAST BY THE RIVER Mimi Greenwood Knight

      CARROT RAISIN MUFFINS

      CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE MUFFINS

      OMELETS TO GO

      FRITTATA

      BREAKFAST GRANOLA

      BREAKFAST BURRITO

      MY FIRST COOKING LESSON Catherine Inscore

      EGGS ANTONIO

      PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANA FRENCH TOAST

      BREAKFAST FRUIT PIZZA

      Unscramble Word Game

      PART TWO: LUNCH

      Great Munches for Lunches!

      SANDWICHES TO THE RESCUE Gail Small

      ANIMAL SANDWICHES

      ENGLISH MUFFIN PIZZA

      SPILLED MILK Helen Kay Polaski

      HOT DOG CASSEROLE

      DOGGY BEAN BAKE

      CHILDREN GRIEVE, TOO Jennie Ivey

      HOT DOGS WITH CHEESE

      THE ULTIMATE MAC-’N-CHEESE

      COOKING OUTDOORS Lois June Wickstrom

      HAMBURGER BAKED BEANS

      DELICATE FOOD Joanne L. Faries

      EGG SALAD

      SNOW AND SOUP Andrew J. Corsa

      CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL

      CHICKEN BROTH

      KNICKKNACKS Amy Luciano

      MRS. WILSON’S WALDORF SALAD

      THE LEGACY OF PIZZA CRACKERS Jennifer Smith

      PIZZA CRACKERS

      SKINNY PIGS IN A BLANKET

      WHOLE-WHEAT WRAPS

      CHICKEN NUGGETS

      Lunch Matching Game

      PART THREE: DINNER

      What’s for Dinner?

      SHARING THE DOUGH Carol McAdoo Rehme

      CRESCENT PIZZA

      TURKEY CHILI

      1-2-3 BEEF STEW

      CHICKEN BEAN CASSEROLE

      A SURPRISING TROPHYSuzanne Baginskie

      LASAGNA BISCUITS

      BARLEY SOUP

      NOODLE PUDDING

      BBQ RIBS

      NONA’S GARDEN Paula L. Silici

      MASHED POTATO CASSEROLE

      THE ROYAL BAKER AND PASTIES Delores Liesner

      PASTIES

      QUESADILLAS

      LOVE SOUP EMERGENCY Cristy Trandahl

      VEGETABLE-HAMBURGER SOUP

      SEEING EYES MOM Carol McAdoo Rehme

      SPAGHETTI PIE

      CHINESE PIZZA Pamela Hackett Hobson

      ORIENTAL BEEF

      SNOW MEMORIES Valeri Frontera

      MEXICAN PITA PIZZA

      CHEEZ-IT® CHICKEN

      BUT I DON’T LIKE TOMATOES! Gillian White

      CHICKEN IN A PAN

      STIR-FRIED CHICKEN

      TATER TOTS® BAKE

      Dinner Maze

      PART FOUR: DESSERTS

      My Favorite Chapter

      Baking School 101

      NEVER TOO MESSY Angela Thieman Dino

      CUTOUT COOKIES

      S’MORES

      BEATING THE SYSTEM Sally Friedman

      MERINGUE COOKIES

      GRANDPA JOE’S JELLY COOKIES

      LITTLE MAN CODY COOKIESSharon L. Landeen

      CHOCOLATE-COVERED RAISIN HAYSTACKS

      MILK AND COOKIES Gail Small

      CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES

      THE SPICE OF LIFE Linda S. Handiak

      PIERNIK (HONEY CAKE)

      FOR THE LOVE OF FUDGETessa L. Floehr

      COOKIES ’N CRÈME FUDGE

      ZIZI TINA’S FUDGE

      PEANUT BUTTER PIE

      SNOW ICE CREAM Linda Perkins

      MAKE YOUR OWN ICE CREAM

      THE BEST PART OF THE GAME Bailey Corona as told to LeAnn Thieman

      ICE CREAM PARTY

      SOFT, SWEET MEMORIEST. Jensen Lacey

      HOMEMADE MARSHMALLOWS

      THE HONEY–APPLE PIE CURE Delores Liesner

      ANTONIO’S BROWNIES

      FEED THEM AND THEY WILL COME Jo Rae Cash

      APPLE BROWNIES

      CHOCOLATE ABANDON Sandra V. McGarrity

      CHOCOLATE ABANDON CAKE

      ULTIMATE GRANOLA BROWNIES

      PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

      DON’T TOUCH THE DOUGH! Barbara LoMonaco

      PEANUT BUTTER PLAYDOUGH

      CHOCOLATE DIPPERS

      THE GRANDMA HANDS Christine M. Smith

      I’M A BAKER, TOO Tanya Lyles

      Final Thoughts

      Who Is Jack Canfield?

      Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?

      Who Is Chef Antonio?

      Supporting Others

      Contributors

      Permissions

      Thanks to Our Models

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to the following people who helped make this book possible.

      Our families, who have been chicken soup for our souls!

      Jack’s Family: Inga, Travis, Riley, Christopher, Oran, and Kyle, for all their xi love and support.

      Mark’s Family: Patty, Elisabeth, and Melanie Hansen, for once again sharing and lovingly supporting us in creating yet another book.

      Antonio’s Family: Thank you, Valeri Frontera and Melchiorre, for giving me life and teaching me about family values. Thanks to Matthew, Ashleigh, Gianna, Giovanni, and all the kids in my life who remind me how precious kids and family are.

      Publisher Peter Vegso, for his vision and commitment to bringing Chicken Soup for the Soul to the world.

      Patty Aubery and Russ Kalmaski, for being there on every step of the journey, with love, laughter, and endless creativity.

      Barbara LoMonaco, for nourishing us with truly wonderful stories and cartoons.

      D’ette Corona for being there to answer any questions along the way.

      Patty Hansen, for her thorough and competent handling of the legal and licensing aspects of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. You are magnificent at the challenge!

      Veronica Romero, Lisa Williams, Teresa Collett, Robin Yerian, Jesse Ianniello, Lauren Edelstein, Lauren Bray, Debbie Lefever, Connie Simoni, Karen Schoenfeld, Marty Robinson, Debbie Lefever, Patti Coffey, Pat Burns, Kristi Waite, and Blake Arce who support Jack’s and Mark’s businesses with skill and love.

      Michele Matrisciani, Carol Rosenberg, Andrea Gold, Allison Janse, Katheline St. Fort, our editors at Health Communications, Inc., for their devotion to excellence.

      Terry Burke, Tom Sand, Lori Golden, Kelly Johnson Maragni, Patricia McConnell, Kim Weiss, Paola Fernandez-Rana, the marketing, sales, and PR departments at Health Communications, Inc., for doing such an incredible job supporting our books.

      Tom Sand, Claude Choquette, and Luc Jutras, who manage year after year to get our books transferred into thirty-six languages around the world.

      Everybody in the art department at Health Communications, Inc., for their talent, creativity, and unrelenting patience in producing book covers and inside designs that capture the essence of Chicken Soup: Larissa Hise Henoch, Lawna Patterson Oldfield, Andrea Perrine Brower, Anthony Clausi, Dawn Von Strolley Grove, and Peter Quintal.

      The staff at Antonio Frontera Media for their loyalty: Andrew J. Corsa, Frank Valenza, who has been there every step of the way; Pam Stensgard, Jennifer Chandler, Frank Crocitto, Mark Wilk, Maria Rahuba, Kelly Youngs-Schmidt, Susan Rizzo, and Gail Small, who have contributed in their own special way; and to all the taste testers. Thanks to Jeff Hartford and Golds Gym of the Hudson Valley for their great help with nutrition.

      Our glorious panel of readers who helped us make the final selections and made invaluable suggestions on how to improve the book: Valeri Frontera, Maria Rahuba, Gail Small, Andrew Corsa, Mark Wilk, Susan Rizzo, Arlene Uribe, Matthew Rahuba, Carrie Albright, Jana Clay, Jacqueline Hall, Janis Gangi, and Pam Stensgard.

      To everyone who submitted a story, we deeply appreciate your letting us into your lives and sharing your experiences with us. For those whose stories were not chosen for publication, we hope the stories you are about to enjoy convey what was in your heart and in some ways also tell your stories.

      Because of the size of this project, we may have left out the names of some people who contributed along the way. If so, we are sorry, but please know that we really do appreciate you very much.

      We are truly grateful and love you all!

      FOREWORD

      Hey y’all, it’s time to get your family back to the dinner table. It seems that we have made life so complicated that we have forgotten what it’s like to have a real family meal. It’s almost as if we have lost an entire generation to fast foods. Just think of all that lost opportunity to be with your family.

      There is no better way to strengthen family ties than to cook and eat together. It’s the one time of the day when you can relax with your kids, hear about their day, and show them how they can contribute to the family meal. It does not have to be complicated. Just bring the kids into the kitchen and show them how to be creative. You would be surprised how much fun it can be.

      In addition to strengthening family ties, cooking meals at home gives parents more control over the quality and quantity of foods. Studies show that children who eat meals with their families do better in school and eat more nutritiously. It’s also important to know that cooking with your children will teach them important life and social skills.

      Antonio Frontera and the Chicken Soup for the Soul family understand the needs of today’s modern family. In Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen, Antonio shares wonderful stories and memories about family life and more important, easy and delicious recipes that you can make with your children. This book is filled with lots of great ideas that will make your family’s experience in the kitchen fun.

      Cooking with your family is the best way to make happy memories and have fun. The important thing is to be together. I am sure that you will enjoy the great stories and recipes in this book. More important, I hope it inspires you to create your own stories and memories.

      Best dishes,

      Paula Deen

      INTRODUCTION

      Iremember the days when I was just a little boy watching my grandmother make pasta by hand. I remember the look on her face and how happy cooking for her family made her. She rolled every piece of pasta by hand and put it on her pasta table to dry all day. (Yes, back then, they had a table just to dry the pasta.) Those days were great. I also have fond memories of my family enjoying all of the food my grandmother prepared.

      I was fortunate enough to be around a family who loved to cook. We lived only minutes from one another, and I went from house to house and observed the skill and love that went into every dish. I went from Grandma Yolanda to Grandpa Joe, who was a baker by trade. Believe me, he could bake, and to this day, my family still bakes his famous cookies. The person who really taught me the art of cooking was my mother, Valerie. She cooked every day. I used to look forward to snow days so I could stay home from school and cook and bake with her all day. I still love cooking with her. In fact, I love cooking and eating with all of my relatives.

      It disheartens me when kids tell me they never cook with their family members and rarely eat with them. So, along with my coauthors, I decided to bring children and their families back into the kitchen with Chicken Soup for the Soul Kids in the Kitchen. This book will inspire family bonding, cherished memories, and a whole lot of cooking fun. I would like to see families get back into the kitchen and talk together, eat together, enjoy one another’s company, laugh, and have a good time—all the things we’re often missing in the world today.

      In this book, you will learn the basics of measuring and cooking while sharing special moments you will cherish for the rest of your lives. So, take a voyage with Chicken Soup for the Soul and me and create and have fun. In many ways, I am still living my childhood days through my cooking. You, too, can fall in love with cooking and make it a lifelong career or, at the very least, a lifetime of wonderful memories.

      —Chef Antonio Frontera

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      MY TOP TEN FAVORITE FOODS

      Chef Antonio has placed his Top Ten Favorite Foods throughout this book for you to find. They are numbered from 1 to 10. Go ahead now and find them, and then list them below, according to your own likes. Join Chef Antonio on a scavenger hunt and let’s have some fun!

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      LET’S GET STARTED!

      SOME MUST KNOWS

      ALL RIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS! Before we start there are some very important things you must know. Safety is a major part of cooking. You can get hurt, so listen up and pay attention to these very important kitchen rules. Cooking is not that hard, so go ahead and cook, be safe, and have fun.

      —Antonio Frontera

      Safety

      Il_9780757398759_0018_001 Always ask adults for help, especially when you heat anything.

      Il_9780757398759_0018_002 Dry your hands before plugging in or using any electrical appliance.

      Il_9780757398759_0018_003 Whenever dealing with anything heated, use clean, dry pot holders or oven mitts. Cooking is fun, but you do need to be careful.

      Il_9780757398759_0018_004 I cannot stress this important rule enough: Never, ever, ever put knives, or anything that cuts, into the sink. Every time you finish using a knife, wash it and put it back in the safe place where it belongs.

      FUN FACT:
      Average food consumption per person is 1,500 pounds per year. Eat wisely!

      Il_9780757398759_0018_005 Do not put anything metal inside a microwave oven! When using a microwave oven, make sure you use glass, ceramic, or plastic containers that are approved for a microwave. Remember to use pot holders when removing plates and bowls from the microwave, since any dish can become very hot!

      Il_9780757398759_0018_006 When cooking, never leave food unattended. Always make sure someone is in the room and paying attention.

      Il_9780757398759_0019_001 Do not leave pot handles positioned so that someone could bump into them and get hurt. Keep pot handles turned in on the stovetop and other surfaces.

      Safe Cooking

      Il_9780757398759_0018_001 Wash your hands before handling any type of food. Wash your hands between handling different types of raw and uncooked foods.

      Il_9780757398759_0018_002 Always keep raw meat, fish, poultry, and eggs in the refrigerator.

      Il_9780757398759_0018_003 Do not let raw meat, fish, or eggs touch any of your cooked foods. Keep these raw foods away from every other type of food.

      Il_9780757398759_0018_004 Don’t break eggs directly into the food you are preparing. Always break them into a separate bowl or cup, and then add them to your recipe. That way, you can avoid adding shells or other undesirable elements to your food.

      Il_9780757398759_0018_005 Wash cutting boards with warm, soapy water after each use. This is particularly important if you are cutting raw meat.

      Il_9780757398759_0018_006 Always wash fresh vegetables

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