Ron Douglas

America's Most Wanted Recipes Kids' Menu: Restaurant Favorites Your Family's Pickiest Eaters Will Love Ron Douglas

Brief Description: "The New York Times bestselling author of America's Most Wanted Recipes presents low-calorie, copycat recipes from your favorite restaurants"--Brief Description: "The next cookbook from New York Times bestselling author of America's Most Wanted Recipes features more than 100 low-calorie, copycat recipes from your family's favorite restaurants"--Marc Notes: Copycat versions of everyone's best-loved food--Cover.; Includes index. Publisher Marketing: The author of the "New York Times "bestselling America's Most Wanted Recipes series reveals the secrets to winning over your kids' tummies with their favorite restaurant meals made in the comfort of your own kitchen! More than a million home chefs have devoured Ron Douglas's ingenious copycat recipes. From desserts to low-calorie and grilled meals, he's proven how simple and cost-effective it is to prepare mouthwatering restaurant dishes at home. In "America's Most Wanted Recipes Kids' Menu," he shares the ingredients to more than 100 of the most frequently ordered dishes from the country's most popular children's menus: Buca di Beppo's Cheese Manicotti, PF Chang's Crispy Honey Chicken, Applebee's Kids' Mini Hamburger, Chili's Cinnamon Apples, Cosi's Mississippi Mud Pie, Friendly's Chicken Quesadillas, Panera Bread's Mac and Cheese, Uno Chicago Grill's Safari Nuggets, and much, much more. Face it, we all know the best way to make sure our kids are eating right is to prepare their food at home. Restaurant meals are traditionally high in calories, sodium, and fat. The dishes featured in "Kids' Menu "were selected and designed to be served as occasional treats and as a fun way to get the family together in the kitchen, comparing the copycat version against the original. By making these dishes at home, parents will have the opportunity to make them healthier by substituting different ingredients and cooking methods. That's what "Kids' Menu "provides. Also included is a section on children's nutrition and advice on how to balance the foods they love with ingredients that are good for them. Be the ultimate "sneaky chef." Prepare the meals your family loves, knowing you're giving them the nutrition they need. "America's Most Wanted Recipes Kids' Menu" will help you save money (no more drive-thru!) and calories, while you indulge in good food and quality time with the people you love around the dinner table. Review Citations:

People Weekly 08/10/2009 pg. 50 (EAN 9781439147061, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 04/21/2014 (EAN 9781476734897, Paperback)

Library Journal 05/15/2014 pg. 102 (EAN 9781476734897, Paperback)

Library Journal 03/15/2012 pg. 93 (EAN 9781451623369, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2011 (EAN 9781451623314, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Douglas, Ron Ron Douglas is the "New York Times "bestselling author of the America's Most Wanted Recipes series, which includes, most recently, "America's Most Wanted Recipes At the Grill". He is a former finance director at JP Morgan and founder of the #1 copycat recipe website, RecipeSecrets.net. He lives in New York with his wife and two children.