Happy Cooking and Eating

October is National Bake and Decorate month followed by our national holiday, Thanksgiving in November. Encourage everyone in your family to take part in the creation and enjoyment of preparing food. Children gain life skills from shopping for the ingredients and following recipe directions. Start with a mix or use your own family recipe, and have children decorate cupcakes using a store bought or home-made frosting topped with sprinkles or jimmies. This Thanksgiving why not let the children at your table fix the trimmings for your holiday meal. Great ideas for your holiday meals start with the resources from our library shelves. Simple, quick and fun!

Cheesecake cupcakes and other cake recipes/ Brekka Hervey Larrew.
This book provides fun and unique recipes for cakes including: cheesecake cupcakes, gooey apple dump cake, and cookies and cream cake.

Hello, cupcake! / Alan Richardson.
Written for adults, check out the recipe, Nightmare before Thanksgiving!

Mom and me cookbook : have fun in the kitchen / Annabel Karmel.
Preschool cookbook contains quick and easy cupcakes directions.

Emeril's there's a chef in my world! : recipes that take you places /Emeril Lagasse.
This cookbook is for children and adults to use together. There are seventy-five recipes with cooking tips and safety precautions.

Oodle doodles tuna noodle and other salad recipes / Kristi Johnson.
Kristi Johnson’s book provides fun and unique recipes for salads, including potato salad, fruit salad, and tuna salad.

Monkey pudding and other dessert recipes / by Kristi Johnson.
Kristi Johnson’s book provides fun and unique recipes for desserts, including cake, pecan pie, and cookies.

Thanksgiving crafts and cookbook / Nancy Hathaway.
Highlights the first Thanksgiving; presents instructions for crafts such as Pilgrim and Indian eggs and patchwork placemats; and includes recipes such as Indian pudding, winter fruit salad, and cornbread.

Celebrate Thanksgiving / Deborah Heiligman.
National Geographic perspective on Turkey, Trimmings, Temptation!

Children can make Thanksgiving crafts at all branches of the Mercer County Library System during November regular or special storytimes. Check the branch calendars for age appropriateness and time.

- Happy Cooking and Eating!, Sue