From Plant to Plate: Turn Home-Grown Ingredients Into Healthy Meals!
by Darryl Gadzekpo (Author)
Grow mighty ingredients, then transform them into delicious, plant-powered feasts with this sustainable cookbook.
A visual feast for 7-9 year olds, From Plant to Plate is the perfect book to inspire kids to get growing, get cooking, and get plant-powered eating. With more than 25 tasty recipe ideas from basil pesto pasta to squash muffins, you'll master a variety of plant-powered food that you'll love to cook and eat. You'll be taught how seeds should be planted and learn how to find the best soil for your plants.
Darryl Gadzekpo and Ella Phillips offer all the tips you need to transform seeds into mighty fruits, vegetables, and herbs. This cooking and gardening book for children offers:
- 25 recipe ideas to create from homegrown produce, including chickpea hummus, tomato pizza, and garlicky bruschetta.
- 15 different types of plants and how to grow them at home, even for those without a garden.
- The full journey of their food, showing children the whole process from plant to cooking pot.
- Bold and vibrant colors alongside easy-to-follow steps and engaging text. Grab your shovel and plant for a recipe!
Discover 15 incredible plants, including courgettes, raspberries, and basil, then find out what it takes to make them grow. But the fun doesn't end there! Remove those muddy boots, head to the kitchen, and learn how to prepare and cook your home-grown ingredients.
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Gr 2-5--A worthy addition to the DK canon, this cookbook is half recipes and half information about the inextricable link between food and the environment. The authors explain that the objective is to help readers understand where their food comes from and how it connects us to the planet. Each page is bright, cheerful, and visually appealing, a lush combination of color photography and illustration. The first portion features spreads on planting, composting, biodiversity, growing conditions, and lots of nutritional information, all presented by the book's "bug squad"--a group of cute cartoon insects who act as guides and provide fun facts throughout. The second portion highlights about 20 healthy recipes that can be made with foods that readers have just learned how to grow, from pesto to hummus to granola. Some of the ingredients are on the obscure side, but the value of this book far outweighs such concerns. VERDICT A lovely, highly informative tool for learning about how food is grown, the value in healthy eating, and how to respect the environment while also taking care of one's body, this farm-to-table offering is highly recommended for school and public libraries.--Kate Newcombe
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"A lovely, highly informative tool for learning about how food is grown, the value in healthy eating, and how to respect the environment while also taking care of one's body..."-School Library Journal, STARRED Review
JNF014000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Cooking & Food
Food
Cookbooks
Nutrition
Cooking (Natural foods)
Vegetarian cooking
Vegetable gardening
Cooking (Vegetables)
