Books

Accomplished food writer and mother of three, Amanda outlines the ideal lunchbox and exactly what goes into preparing a balanced lunch, followed by the food basics - a child's daily protein, carbohydrate, fruit and vegetable and
calcium requirements. Salt, sugar and fat intake and hydration are also addressed.

These nutritious, quick and simple ideas for a "perfect lunchbox" will tempt even the fussiest of children. 44 sandwich ideas, salads, hot food, snacks, savories and sweet food and even environmentally friendly packaging are all covered. I particularly like the ideas to get your child involved and interested in the food they eat.

An absolutely excellent book that is sure to ease the Sunday chore of planning the weeks packed lunch menu!

This book has been designed to get young eaters off to the right start in life and provides delicious, healthy recipes, from
breakfasts to light meals and lunch boxes, main meals and even a few treats!

Useful information contained at the beginning of the book will help to guide you, and your growing children towards a happy and healthy life.

Written by a child nutritionist, this book has something that will appeal to every taste.

Written in a chatty and sensible manner this book is more than recipes - it makes suggestions about a family’s approach to food (even addressing table manners!) and offers helpful alternative ingredients for recipes to suit the differing tastes of families.

A traffic light system is also used to rate the recipes and guide us in planning balanced meals, lunchbox fillers and other delights throughout the day.

A great recipe book providing quick and simple balanced meals for all the family to share. This is also ideal for teenagers who are expressing an interest in the kitchen.

Most recipes take less than 30 minutes from start to finish and Anthony provides many helpful tips along the way.

Paul Sacher is a specialist paediatric dietitian at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He is also director of MEND an organisation dedicated to reducing global childhood overweight and obesity levels.

This book offers parents with practical, sensible and achievable goals and advice to improve the health and lifestyle of their families. It provides excellent recipes, shopping lists, tips, exercises, case studies and information to encourage healthy eating behaviours and improve self esteem and confidence in children.

At The Food Clinic we recommend this book regularly – a must for all families who want to encourage their school-age children to eat well and exercise regularly.

Over 50 quick and easy recipes from sandwiches to wraps to snacks and cakes to see you through the school year including tips for getting your children to help prepare their lunch boxes.

This book provides ways of adding healthy fruit and veg to a lunchbox without your kids noticing, to keep them fit and strong and provide all the energy they need for a busy afternoon of work and play.

Tana Ramsay, knows the challenges of cooking for a demanding family -- as a mother of four and the wife of Gordon Ramsay, she's certainly put to the test.

Tana shares the delicious recipes, kitchen secrets and shortcuts she uses to satisfy the Ramsay family. Tana has a tasty solution for every occasion, from lunch bites and tea-time treats to weekend lunches and party foods.

She also offers personal tips on a wide range of issues all parents face, including how to adapt dishes to suit different ages and tastes and how to encourage children to experiment with food.

Whether you only have minutes to rustle up Lime and Ginger Salmon Fillets or fancy a fun afternoon with the kids creating Gingerbread Lollies, this lavishly illustrated book is an adventure in the kitchen for adults and children alike.

Ravinder Bhogal is a beauty and fashion journalist by trade who has always loved cooking. This fresh new cook on the block offers over 150 irresistible and easy dishes to dress up, dress down or simply kick off your heels and indulge yourself with.

She understands that modern women need a new kind of cookbook that caters to their moods as well as their busy lifestyles, and which is accessible and fun.

Whether you're a fashionista, career girl, wife, slob, home bunny, disaster zone or Queen - Ravinder will tantalise your taste buds and your inner fashionista with recipes like Breakfast Burritos with Chorizo and Scrambled Eggs, Butterflied Leg of Lamb with a Spicy Yoghurt and Herb Crust, Love Apple Tartlets with Feta and Bitter Chocolate and Raspberry Popsicles.

Putting food on the table for the family quickly and economically doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hugh's approach to food can be adapted to suit any growing, working family, or busy young singles and couples for that matter.

Breakfast, baking, lunch boxes, quick suppers, healthy snacks, eating on the move and weekend cooking for the week ahead.

“River Cottage Everyday is quite simply one of the more lovely and useful cookery books that I've been given in a while. It looks gorgeous - elegant layout, witty sketches and scribbles leaping from the pages alongside a photograph on every spread.

And the recipes have had me slavering, or was it possibly even slobbering, as I've leafed through. The Lunch(box) section is great - beef with mustardy lentils and mint, pasties and frittata alongside three different 'slaws'.

My kids are determined that we must create some of the fresh smoothies and the fishy section with quick fish soups, Thai fish curry and smoked fish and spinach omelet looks easy and yum.

Oh and there's a whole section of imaginative (and potentially store cupboard friendly) salads.”
                                                                              R Harrowes