The primary purpose of this cookbook, even though entertaining, is to offer kids a unique tool in America's battle with poor eating habits — fun. It encourages children to eat well by consuming squeezable recipes. It's really simple. Kids have fun squeezing tasty, nutritious sauces, dips and dressings over fruits and vegetables. Then they eat their creations. No cooking is required!Children can prepare the recipes themselves or with an adult. "Many kids today think a balanced diet means a cookie in each hand," says Malcolm Kushner, author. "I want them to have a fruit or vegetable in each hand." While squisine is not aimed specifically at weight-loss, it will encourage children to eat healthier foods, which will naturally produce weight-loss. "Squeezing a tasty sauce or dressing over fruits and vegetables makes it more likely kids will eat them."Each of the 100 squeezable recipes is nutritious, pediatrician-approved, kid-tested, quick and easy to make, and fun to eat. In an age when obesity is epidemic, here is a simple formula for fun and healthy eating: Squisine = squeeze + cuisine. Even Einstein would agree!CALIFORNIA SQUISINE offers a unique tool in America's battle with poor eating habits—FUN. It encourages children to eat well by consuming squeezable recipes. It's really simple. Kids have fun squeezing tasty, nutritious sauces, dips, and dressings over fruits and vegetable. Then they eat their creations. No cooking is required.And for adults who want to play with fancier presentations of food when they have company, this book will stimulate their imaginations as well.It is important to note that this isn't JUST a cookbook for kids as it first appears. It is a cookbook for parents to use with their kids to get them excited about creating squeezable food and eating more nutritiously... And As "America's Favorite Humor Consultant," Malcolm Kushner created this book to also entertain parents while they are helping their children in the kitchen. It is full of quotes and food for thought, such as this quote: "Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone." (- Jim Friebig) And "Fettuccine Alfredo is just Macaroni and cheese for adults." (-Mitch Hedburg)ALL FIVE-STAR REVIEWS!By Richard BlakeMaking Mealtime Nutritious and Fun:Ask any child, "What are the four basic food types." You may be surprised when they respond, "Fast, frozen, instant, and take out." Informational and entertaining, Malcolm Kushner addresses a timely and important issue faced by American's today, that of childhood obesity.The book includes over 100 recipes that have met the criteria set forth by the author and his team of consultants. The recipes had to be squeezable, be approved by their medical advisor, had to be made without cooking, and had to be approved by the taste tester.The book is divided into six basic groups of recipes: Dressings, dips and spreads, sauces and syrups, snacks, sandwiches and other stuff, desserts, holiday squizine, and ethnic squizine. A blender is the only appliance needed to prepare these, cleverly illustrated, mouthwatering recipes.The easy to follow instructions also provide suggestions for getting children involved in the preparation of the meal. This involvement adds a touch of family time fun to meals and the ownership the child feels insures less stress at the dinner table.In addition to the valuable background information and recipes I especially appreciated the humorous quips in the "food for thought" sections, generously spaced throughout the book. Malcolm Kushner has given the reader a sample of his wit and lived up to his reputation of "America's Favorite Humor Consultant."This delightful book should be in the hands of every mother of pre-school through pre-teen children. It should be displayed and available in book stores and in the waiting rooms of pediatricians across America.
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