4 Ingredients Kids: Simple, Healthy Fun in the Kitchen - Softcover

4 Ingredients author and entrepreneur Kim McCosker is a busy wife and mum to three boys. Putting into practice her mantra of “Family First,” Kim’s concept created the most successful book title in Australia—4 Ingredients—with cookbook sales now spanning three continents, twenty-six countries, and six foreign languages. As the highest self-published author in Australian history, Kim’s continued aim with 4 Ingredients is to simplify all forms of cooking by creating quick, easy, and delicious recipes. Kim holds a degree in International Finance, trained as a Financial Planner, and is a self-taught cook.For more information visit https://www.4ingredients.com.au/

4 Ingredients Kids Introduction

Hello, moms and dads! Welcome to 4 Ingredients Kids! As we all know, a child’s appreciation of delicious, healthy food begins at home. If you like to eat great meals, they will too! If you enjoy cooking, they’ll want to get their grubby little hands in the kitchen as well. And the more they get involved in food preparation, the more likely it will be that they at least try whatever scrumptious bites are brought to the table. If any of you are familiar with my previous books, 4 Ingredients, 4 Ingredients Gluten-Free, 4 Ingredients Christmas, or 4 Ingredients One Pot, One Bowl, you know that I’m all about clever cooking and entertaining. Who wants to spend all day preparing and cleaning up after a meal when you could be eating, playing, and enjoying life with everyone you love?

4 Ingredients Kids features eighty quick, easy, and delicious recipes that require only four ingredients and are designed to excite kids (of all ages!) and to encourage participation in the kitchen. (Special note: Salt, pepper, and water are not included in the four ingredients.) In these lovely pages, you’ll also find sections on healthy eating habits, kitchen safety and hygiene, and loads of party ideas, all tested and approved by my three little boys, Morgan, Hamilton, and Flynn.

To put this book together, my invaluable 4 Ingredients team and I turned to social media and asked you, our wonderful readers, which recipes kids in the big wide world love, which ones parents currently have in their repertoires, most-requested meals, and which dishes your kids have made themselves. The most popular recipes, the ones mentioned over and over again, are what comprise this cookbook. Think Spaghetti Cupcakes, Partysicles, Dinosaur Eggs, Pizzadillas, and Taco Popcorn. Think smiles, fun, and full tummies for even the fussiest eaters. Think fewer ingredients, fewer utensils, less cleanup, and more time spent with family.

Kids are 30 percent of our population but 100 percent of our future. It’s up to us to arm them with the skills to nourish their bodies. Teaching our kids how to eat well and how to cook shouldn’t be a chore—it’s a gift. My hope is that 4 Ingredients Kids becomes a happy, go-to guide for your home and loved ones.

With love,

Kim