Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Being a Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook I was so excited to receive this and start COOKING with my grandchildren! I read the reviews and thought this one was going to be perfect. So, I have a mixed review on this. While the cookbook itself is done quite nicely, meaning it is vibrant and appealing and the recipes are easy to read and fun there is not really any cooking going on in it. The recipes are simply smoothies, or wraps, or things similar in nature. It is more of already made items that you assemble. My grandchildren, ages 5 and 8, were disappointed and said they "already knew how to grab a tortilla and put things in it," and that it wasn't cooking. If it had the "quick view" enabled on it or customer reviews would have posted images and I was able to see some of the pages and recipes, I would not have purchased this. I purchased this going by the reviews alone. My grandkids help out in the kitchen quite frequently and are familiar with cooking. I wanted something to help the younger ones learn how to measure ingredients, make things from scratch, and get comfortable with kitchen safety and lingo. This is def not the book for that. If you are looking for a cookbook that is easy to follow, extremely basic and is more of a pre-made 'assembly' for recipes (i.e. open a can of biscuits and put jelly on it), then this is the book for you. If you are wanting something to challenge your budding chefs, and/or educate them in the kitchen I recommend looking elsewhere, perhaps, the Williams-Sonoma The Kid's Cookbook: A great book for kids who love to cook (Williams-Sonoma Lifestyles) by Abigail J. Dodge,