So, there you are, staring into the fridge…again.  Looking for something…well… anything that looks good.  Why not put away the Takis and make something on your own?

There are so many places to look for inspiration! Visit teen cooking blogs from teen chefs Haile Thomas,  Romilly Newman , Izzy Hossack , Joshua Weissman and  Alessandra Peters.

Definitely check out our teen cookbooks!  We have many to choose from and they are fun, and easy to use. Find a cool recipe and add your own style- you may even come up with your own signature dish!  Never know til you try!

Here are some titles to start you on your way.  Cook. Create. Enjoy!

TEEN COOKBOOKS – Make Awesome Food!!!

Bake It: More Than 150 Recipes for Kids from Simple Cookies to Creative Cakes!

Want a baking book filled with mouth-watering recipes that you will actually want to bake? This cookbook is perfect for all teen bakers, whether you’re a baking novice or you can ice cupcakes in your sleep. It is the baking book that teaches you the basics as well as challenges you to flex your bread-kneading, meringue-whipping muscles and try out a more technical bake.By working your way up the levels from basic bread to sophisticated “signature bakes”, you’ll become a more confident baker and will soon be creating inspired baked goods like those seen on TV , in videos, and in baking blogs online.  Be proud of what you produce and get snapping, sharing, and uploading photos faster than the egg timer’s ping!

The Baking Cookbook for Teens: 75 Delicious Recipes for Sweet and Savory TreatsDonovan, Robin

The Baking Cookbook for Teens is the ultimate guide to learn essential baking skills and put them to use right away creating the tasty treats they love. In The Baking Cookbook for Teens, bestselling cookbook author Robin Donovan offers over 75 easy-to-follow recipes for a variety of delectable baked goods-from cookies, brownies, and bars, to tarts, breads, and even pizza!  The Baking Cookbook for Teens includes:

• An overview of baking that explains fundamental baking concepts, teaches key techniques, defines essential terminology, and reviews kitchen safety
• More than 75 scrumptious recipes that range from easy recipes for beginners (Level 1) to more challenging treats (Levels 2 and 3)
• Recipe suggestions based on occasions such as a bake sales, study sessions, pep rallies, or birthday parties

The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs  America’s Test Kitchen Kids

BAKING ISN’T JUST FOR CUPCAKES – Want to make your own soft pretzels? Or wow your friends with homemade empanadas? What about creating a showstopping pie? Maybe some chewy brownies after school? From breakfast to breads, from cookies to cakes (yes, even cupcakes!), learn to bake it all here. You can do this, and it’s fun!

Recipes were thoroughly tested by more than 5,000 kids to get them just right for cooks of all skill levels–including recipes for breakfast, breads, pizzas, cookies, cupcakes, and more.  Step-by-step photos of tips and techniques will help young chefs feel like pros in their own kitchen. Testimonials (and even some product reviews!) from kid test cooks who worked alongside America’s Test Kitchen test cooks will encourage young chefs that they truly are learning the best recipes from the best cooks.

By empowering young chefs to make their own choices in the kitchen, America’s Test Kitchen is building a new generation of confident cooks, engaged eaters, and curious experimenters.

The manga cookbook / illustrations by Chihiro Hattori

Reading manga sure can make a person hungry! Food appears frequently in Japanese comics, but what exactly is it that the characters are eating? Introducing The Manga Cookbook, an illustrated step-by-step guide to preparing simple Japanese dishes using ingredients found in every Western kitchen. Learn to identify and make the same things you see in all your favorite manga: authentic onigiri (rice balls), yakitori (skewered chicken), oshinko (pickled vegetables), udon (Japanese noodles), okonomiyaki (Japanese-style pizza) and many others! Includes sections on how to assemble bento boxed lunches and properly use chopsticks.

The EveryGirl’s guide to cooking : simple, delicious, healthy…with a few splurges! / Maria Menounos with Keven Undergaro

Maria learned her way around the kitchen by watching and cooking with her mother, Litsa, a professional cook. Inspired by their Greek heritage, The EveryGirl’s Guide to Cooking focuses on fresh and natural ingredients that yield a wide variety of both healthy and splurge-worthy food, including:

Breakfast: Strawberry Shortcake French Toast, Apple Pie Quinoa Porridge, Sweet Potato and Black Bean Breakfast Burrito.  Lunch: Three-Bean Power Salad, Caramelized Veggie Flatbreads, Kale and Lemon Oil Pizza.  Dinner: Melted Baked Ziti with Charred Cauliflower, Double-Cheese-Stuffed Artichokes, Spinach and Walnut-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
Entertaining: Meatball Sliders, Sloppy BBQ Buns with Cabbage Coleslaw, Summertime Watermelon-Feta Salad.  Protein Snacks: Spicy Avocado Toasts, Chickpea Poppers, Speedy Egg Salad.  Desserts: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies with Toasted Pecans, Anytime Oatmeal Fruit Crumble, Greek Yogurt Strawberry Sunday.  Whether you are a whiz in the kitchen or just learning your way around it, their guidance will help EveryGirl live healthily, happily, and meaningfully. As Maria says: “No experience? No problem. Let’s get cooking!

The power of sprinkles : a cake book by the founder of Flour Shop / Amirah Kassem ; photography by Harry Hargreaves

Flour Shop’s rainbow explosion cakes have become an international sensation! And now, with The Power of Sprinkles, Flour Shop Founder Amirah Kassem reveals the secrets to making her magical cakes at home.

Amirah Kassem preaches the power of sprinkles in her wildly creative first book. A modern-day Willy Wonka, Kassem reminds readers that joy can be found in creating something delightful and delicious, that baking a cake for someone is the best thing in the world, and that, when it comes to cake decorating, any mistake can be covered in sprinkles (and everyone will love it anyway!).

With twenty-nine different cakes–from unicorn cakes and donut cakes to cakes that look like reindeer, popcorn, spaghetti, and avocado toast–and packed with photographs, illustrations, and infinite ideas.

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook Monroe-Cassel, Chelsea

Based on the delicious delicacies found in Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu, this cookbook provides fans with a wealth of delicious intergalactic recipes.

Stranger Fillings: A Parody Cookbook  The Muffin Brothers

After a particularly intense game of Dungeons and Dragons, the Muffin Brothers wandered to the fridge for a late-night snack only to find themselves drawn into a strange netherworld. Here, where salty is sweet and sweet is sour, they battled a host of deliciously abominable treats. Now safely returned home, the brothers spend their time playing less risky games, such as Risk, while periodically regurgitating slug-like creatures. This is their first (and probably last) book.

This hilarious duo behind successful spoof cookbooks such as Baking Bad, Game of Scones, and The Walking Bread is back with Stranger Fillings, a parody cookbook based on THE hit show of 2016, Netflix’s Stranger Things. Featuring recipes such as Demogorgon-zola Tartlets, Friends Don’t Li(m)e Pie, Baked Brenners, and Barb’s Mystery Dip, there will be no shortage of great puns and delicious, edible baked treats.

Sugar Rebels: Pipe for Your Life – More Than 60 Recipes from Instagram’s Kween of Baking Makrides, Nick

Sugar Rebels is the book that fans of The Scran Line and its host and creator Nick Makrides have been waiting for! It includes Nick’s signature delicious and sometimes outrageous cupcakes, macarons, and cakes–some favorites, some new recipes–presented alongside the story of The Scran Line and Nick’s path to success as a YouTube star and role model for the LGBTQI community. It reflects his distinct approach to color and design–and life.

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