Mermaid Cookbook

by Barbara Beery

Overview

Dive into this new cookbook by bestselling children’s book author Barbara Beery! Mermaid Cookbook offers themed recipes perfect for mermaid, ocean voyage, treasure island, and pirate parties for kids. The book brings magic and whimsy to the kitchen, teaching kids to create fun snacks and tasty treats while learning valuable cooking skills. Perfect for birthday parties, sleepovers, or afternoon playtime, Mermaid Cookbook offers an abundance of playful recipes including Paradise Pineapple Fruit Dip, Sea Foam Floats, Treasure Island Trail Mix, Goldfish Gorp, Mermaid Hair Salad, Sea Turtle Cookies, Little Luau Cakes, Water Fairy Ice Pops, Rainbow Fish Fudge, and more. Mermaid Cookbook is sure to make a big splash with your little ones!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423610267
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	10/29/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Barbara Beery combined her natural talents for cooking and teaching to create Batter Up Kids, a children's cooking school, in 1991. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Texas, and spent 13 years teaching 2nd and 3rd grades and pre-school children ages 3 to 5 years.

Read an Excerpt

Seaside Fruit Soup

Ingredients List

1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt

2 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice

1 cup sliced fresh strawberries

1 to 2 tablespoons honey

Tiny pinch ground black pepper

1/2 cup raspberries

1/2 cup blueberries

1 kiwifruit, sliced

Extra fruit for garnish

Makes 4 servings

Let's get whirling!

Mix all ingredients together in a food processor or blender. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to
8 hours.

To serve, pour equally into 4 cups or bowls and garnish with extra fruit.

Smooth and sweet!

Fruit Salsa

Ingredients List

2 kiwifruit, peeled and diced

2 Golden Delicious apples, cored and diced

1 cup raspberries

1 cup blueberries

2 cups chopped strawberries

1 cup dried cranberries

3 tablespoons strawberry preserves

1 teaspoon lime zest

Makes 8-10 servings

Let’s get stirring!

Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Great served with animal crackers, graham crackers, or vanilla wafers.

A sensational salsa snack!

Table of Contents

Fruits de Mermaid

Seaside Fruit Soup 4

Coconut Fruit Sorbet 7

Mermaid Bay Baked Bananas 8

Paradise Pineapple Fruit Dip 11

Fruit Salsa 12

Seaside Sipping

Sea Foam Floats 14

Lemonade Lagoon Coolers 15

Swirling Mermaid Smoothies 17

Cool Breeze Slushies 18

Under a Blue Moon Milkshake 21

Crunchy Sea Snacks

Treasure Island Trail Mix 22

Golden Cheese Doubloons 25

Goldfish Gorp 26

Sea Crunch Bagel Crisps 29

Small Bites

Maiden Mermaid Salad 30

Weeki Wachee Roll-Ups 33

Sweet Seaweed Slaw 34

Triton's Tuna Fish Sandwiches 37

Cookies and Cakes

Starfish Cookies 39

Sea Turtle Cookies 43

Little Luau Cakes 44

Sand Dollars 47

Hidden Treasure Cupcakes 48

Sweet Mermaid Treats

Tiki Hut Fruit Tarts 51

Sea Queen Kabobs 53

Water Fairy Ice Pops 55

Banana Split Boats 56

Rainbow Fish Fudge 59

Seashell Candy 60

Sea Maiden Sand Cups 63