Barbie Fun to Cook Book

Recommended for girls age 5-8, Fiona Munro's Barbie Fun To Cook is an illustrated, step-by-step cookbook for creating short, simple, nutritious dishes. Extensive color photographs of the ingredients, preparation steps, mouth-watering finished dishes, and of course Barbie herself make every cooking technique easy to grasp and fun to learn. Safety tips are also included, though very young children should of course have adult supervision in the kitchen. Highly recommended to help teach youngsters the joy of cooking! From Sunshine Breakfast, Chunky Chocolate Cookies, and Pick-Up Pizzas, to Dippy Chicken, Burger Bites, and Best-Ever Brownies, Barbie Fun To Cook is a welcome addition to any youngster's cookbook shelf!

My first question is: "How does Barbie stay so skinny eating all this delicious food?" On the other hand, who cares...just pass me the brownies. Can I say, Barbie does look cute in an apron as well. Children love to learn how to cook. It is only when we get to be adults that we find out it is a bit of work. Not too much, but it does take more effort and your mom and dad are not there to pick up after you. I just hate that!!!! So, what is Barbie cooking? You will find recipes for all her favorite foods. Simple step-by-step photographs show you how to make fruity freezies. They are great for the summer and you could make them now. This is a really fun cookbook even a "girl-at-heart woman" can enjoy. Remember making those chocolate cakes and eating them as fast as you made them in your "light bulb" based oven? Well, here you are using a real oven and kids sure have grown up! I would advise adult supervision around the stove, but my mother let me start cooking at a very early age. I am sure she was nearby, but I was so intrigued with cooking...I just remember my poor dad scrubbing burnt pans...(Until I learned how to watch what I was doing and not leave things on the stove while I was outside playing. Hey, I was only 7) The recipes include: A Fruity Feast, Sunshine Breakfast, Mini Muffins, Sandwich Stacks, Aprinana Cake, Chocolate Cookies, Fuity Freezies, Lemon Cooler, Super Shakes, Rainbow Fruit Snack Sticks, Cute Cookies (and they are cute!), Birthday Cakes complete with butterflies (Martha would be proud of Barbie), Chocolate Dipped Fruit, Mini Pizzas, Burger Bites, Dippy Chicken (Thai Chicken with peanut dip), Perfect Pasta with tomato sauce, Stuffed Baked Potatoes, Nacho Nibbles, Super Sundaes, Brownies and Two Minute Treats (popcorn, banana sandwiches, salad, celery with fillings, apple boats with cheese sails). Barbies appear on each recipe and tell you why you "just must" try their recipes. "Here are two ideas for a fabulously fruity brunchtime treat." says Barbie. She then gives pictures of all the ingredients with their names and then shows step-by-step phographs of a real kid helping her cook. This is totally a girly, girl cookbook. ~The Rebecca Review