Delicious Vegetarian Main Dishes

From the Series You're the Chef

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Ready to whip up some vegetarian dishes as good for your mouth as they are for your body? You can be the chef with these easy-to-follow recipes such as baked potato pile up, lemony couscous, crispy tofu sticks, and tasty tortilla towers. You’ll find simple drawings of important steps as well as photographs of the finished dishes. This book also provides key information, such as an equipment list, a technique list, safety tips, notes on special ingredients, and more. What are you waiting for? It’s time to get cooking!

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978-1-4677-0133-4
$29.99
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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Social Studies
Category Makerspace, Makerspace: Cooking
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Publication Date 2013-01-01
Text Type Procedural
BISACS JNF014000, JNF024010, JNF001000
Dewey 641.5'636
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Lexile 710
Features Bibliography/further reading, Index, Reviewed, Step-by-step instructions, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Author: Jennifer S. Larson

Jennifer S. Larson has written many nonfiction books for young readers.

Photographer: Brie Cohen

Brie Cohen is an award-winning photojournalist based in the Twin Cities. She has worked as a photojournalist for the Albert Lea Tribune and as a freelancer for The Associated Press. Her work has appeared places like the front page of USA Today and is the front cover of the twelfth edition of Mevlin Mencher’s News Reporting and Writing. Brie grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, and graduated magna cum laude and with distinction with a Bachelors of Arts degree in visual journalism from the University of Minnesota. Brie lives in Northeast Minneapolis and enjoys running, playing soccer, hanging by the lakes, eating local food, picnics, keeping up with the art scene, and frolicking.

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You're the Chef

You’re the Chef is a fun, basic cooking series for beginning cooks. Simple recipes are presented with illustrated step-by-step instructions and a photograph of each finished dish. The focus is on easy preparation, healthful options, and tasty results. View available downloads →

Reviews

Booklist

“The You’re the Chef series invites readers to get behind the stove and start whipping up recipes they and their family will enjoy…. A colorful, easy-to-read design and illustrations of the process combined with a photo of the finished dish top off these tasty treatments.” —Booklist

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“These recipes manage to hit a sweet spot in kid cookery: they require little in the way of expertise, yet are complex enough to be interesting….The instructions are detailed and thoroughly illustrated with clear color drawings; photos show the enticing final products.” —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple