Product Description

Do you want to make healthy, nutritious meals for your kids? Are you in need of inspiration? Do you want recipes that are quick and easy, and can be made in advance? Children's food expert Annabel Karmel is on hand to help, with all the advice and recipes you ever need. How often have you arrived home from work, with no idea of what to make for the kids' (and your own!) supper? In "After-School Meal Planner", Annabel offers simple, tasty recipes for the whole family, for every day of the week, whether you want a wholesome one-pot dish like Hungarian goulash, a speedy pasta recipe such as Linguine with spring vegetables, or a spicy and exotic feast like Thai-style chicken with noodles. There are also yummy, fuss-free puddings including Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, and healthy snacks such as Apple, oat and raisin muffins to stave off the hunger pangs until suppertime. With full-colour photography throughout, a comprehensive weekly menu planner, and advice and tips to make sure your family get the very best from their food, "After School Meal Planner" is the book that every parent needs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21846 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Review
" 'Any mother who does not have at least one of her books in her kitchen... should waste no time in putting that right.' - The Sunday Times"

From the Publisher
Make after-school meals easy with the essential planner that every parent needs

About the Author
Annabel Karmel is a busy working mother with three children. She has written eight previous titles including the bestselling SuperFoods for Babies and Toddlers and Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner. She is a celebrity chef on BBCI, the BBC website and has contributed to the Mothercare.com site. She also writes for national newspapers and magazines including a regular column in Prima Magazine and appears frequently on radio and TV as the UK's expert on children's nutritional issues. She is the cookery writer for Practical Parenting magazine, and is the new children's food expert on Channel 4's Richard and Judy Show.

Customer Reviews

Not just for after school!
I am a huge Annabel Karmel fan and after her Favourite Family Meals book, this comes second. I use this book for inspiration constantly. Our favourites are the paella, the prawn korma, the Singapore noodles and the meatball recipes. I also do a lot of baking and find Annabel Karmel's cake/ biscuit recipes to be the most delicious all around. I don't just use this book "after school" for my two children, it is used for the whole family and even for the odd dinner party. The glazed salmon with couscous is gorgeous for a "grown up" meal! I also find this book really useful in my role as a teaching assistant as we often use the recipes for inspiration.

Brilliant inspiration
This book is brilliant not just for my children aged 3 and 6 but my partner and I too. I use it every week for inspiration. This book contains recipes that children and adults will like. There are some dishes which are a little too adventurous for my children at the moment but I will continue to experiment with them. The hidden vegetable pasta sauce is great, as is the courgette and raisin muffins (yes my children eat courgette muffins!!)

This book also contains lots of 'snacky' type meals which are great for quick lunches and again are good for children and adults.

I think this is a really good all round book and would buy other books by Annabel Karmel but from what I can see they seem to contain pretty much the same recipes and this is a brilliant book so I'll stick with this.

Its yummy, Mummy!!
This is an excellent childrens/family cookery book, I have happily worked my way through it and found the recipes to be both healthy and nutritious. Some lend themselves more to small helpers than others, but the variety and range of foods included is excellent. Ideal when trying to expand children's taste experiences.

The book is well written and easy to follow, the illustrations are superb and there are little tips and ideas included on alternatives, such as different fillings, whether a food is freezer friendly (she recommends making a second batch to freeze!) as well as explanations of nutritional values.

I was a huge fan of the baby and toddler book, and this one is the perfect companion to take you onto the next stage. Especially as many children who were not fussy eaters can suddenly start to become just that, this book is one to buy, as I am sure it will be in constant use. My eldest daughter in particular adores it!!