Let's Cook!

55 Quick and Easy Recipes for People with Intellectual Disability

Anne Kissack, Elizabeth D. Riesz

• Publisher: The Experiment
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781615197675
• Subtopic: Culinary Arts

Prepare your own healthy meals with success!

In Let's Cook! you'll learn how to cook simple and nutritious meals—with recipes using all the MyPlate food groups. Gain confidence in the kitchen and build self-worth! Designed by and for adults with intellectual disability, Let's Cook! promotes and reinforces life skills for independent living.
Let's Cook! can help you:

• Create healthy meals.
• Control carbs, calories, and salt.
• Follow food and kitchen safety.
• Eat well, today and every day!

Inside Let's Cook! you'll find:

• More than 50 healthy "I can cook" recipes in large print are written at an early elementary reading level.
• An easy-to-follow recipe style sets forth What I Need, What I Use, What I Do.
• Color photos showcase each recipe.
• Step-by-step preparations take the guesswork out of cooking.
• Complete nutrient information is included for each recipe.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Cornerstone of Good Health
• Build a Healthy Meal
• Food and Kitchen Safety
• What I Use: Kitchen Tools
• Let’s Cook! Shopping List
• Grains
• Nonstarchy Vegetables
• Starchy Vegetables
• Fruits
• Dairy
• Protein: Eggs
• Protein: Fish
• Protein: Chicken & Turkey
• Protein: Beef & Pork
• Healthy Restaurant Choices
• Healthy Snacks
• Nutrient Analysis
• Index
• Conversion Charts
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Copyright