I had thought this cookbook was for kids to actually cook but it's not, although many of the recipes are simple enough for kids to attempt, they just aren't written specifically for kids.

While the book has some useful information, it's not really new information, especially considering the current popularity of many different low-carb diets. The recipes are also a tad underwhelming; breakfast even includes poached eggs on toast. I only found a couple that I am interested in trying and they don't seem to be lower in sugar - the orange creamsicles are made with a can of frozen juice concentrate mixed with yogurt.

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I was quite excited to find some new ways to reduce sugar usage in our family especially since our son joined us last spring. However , this really wasn’t the sugar reducing cookbook I thought it would be. I was expecting more tips and swaps, like ideas for alternative sweeteners or recipes with no sugar at all, but this wasn’t the case. I also wish that nutrition information was provided alongside English measurements.

However on another hand, I think majority of recipes are very nice and requires ingredients that you most likely already have at home, which is a big selling to me. It also gives you plenty of inspiration to keep meal times for little ones (and adults!) interesting and yummy. Don’t know if other mums feels the same, but since Nico started eating (BLW) I seemed to forget even the most obvious meals I could make for him and this book was amazing reminder!

Anyway, there’s what I liked/ disliked about the sections of this book
Breakfast and Brunch
Nothing too excited really. We tried banana peanut butter pancakes. They were very nice and it made house smell amazing too :) I am looking forward to try Bran Muffins, but that’s about it.
Desserts and Sweet treats
Quite simple and easy recipes. Really enjoyed Apple Bake and have Frozen yoghurt bites on my to- try list :)
Lunches and Snacks
Chicken nuggets were a massive hit with Nico (I dare to say he enjoyed it more than when we have it when we eat out) and some other good ideas to keep monotony away.
Main Dishes and Casseroles
Haven’t really tried any of them to be honest as most of them requires longer preparation time which usually is a struggle lately.
Salads and Salad Dressings
Will be trying them over the summer time!
Soups and Stews
Those Hamburger soups sounds rather interesting! However, Goulash stew is yum yum yum!
Vegetables and sides
Sugar-smart ketchup is such an amazing alternative to a store bought ketchup. I also usually add some other vegs too to add some so needed vitamins to our diet.


As you can see we already tried a few of the recipes we still got plenty to go. Nico seems to really enjoy the ones we already tried and it is so nice to know that I can make food for Nico that is not only pleasing his palate but also is not loaded with sugar!

The Sugarsmart Cookbook for Kids by Georgia Varozza is a wonderful new cookbook showing us how to bring down the sugar contents in the foods we are feeding to kids (and ourselves). The book begins with a section entitled “Find a Better Way”. It describes her love for cooking, but the disappointment in gaining weight over the years. Her doctor suggested a low-fat diet, but when this still didn’t work she started looking at nutrition labels. Those foods with lower fat content made up for taste by increasing the sugar content. This inspired her to change things for her family and look for ways to decrease sugar content and still keeping good taste. As an added bonus, these changes also increased their energy throughout the day.

Breakfast
So let’s take a look at some of the great food you will find in this cookbook. Starting out with breakfast, check out the recipe for Banana Peanut Butter Pancakes. At just 4 ingredients (bananas, peanut butter, eggs, and baking powder) it’s amazing to see how these turn out! And the smell in the kitchen when you are making these, is wonderful.

Dessert
Then I found a recipe for Orangesicles (a favorite when I was growing up). Again, a few simple ingredients (plain yogurt, vanilla and a can of frozen orange juice concentrate) and you have a treat that you can feel good about giving to your family.

Bada Bing Cherry Jam
Dinner
Now on to dinner, do you like to give kids a chance to create their own food? How about an English Muffin Pizza Buffet to please everyone. Lot’s of options for good healthy ingredients, and all the fun of making their own masterpieces. There are also a lot of good family meals in
The Sugarsmart Cookbook for Kids. I had to try out the Spicy Creole Tilapia because it had just 3 ingredients, and needed 10 minutes of prep time making it a great meal after a busy day. It was delicious and everyone liked this fish dish!

Condiments
There is even a recipe for Sugar-Smart Ketchup and a note suggested that in addition to being a great option instead of store-bought ketchup, it is also a great dip for vegetables or fish sticks. So I tried in on fish sticks and it was indeed a great option if tarter sauce is not loved by everyone in your family. I should mention, her Oven-Baked Fish Sticks were easy to make and a great update to a kids favorite.

You will find so many great meal and snack ideas in this book, that make you feel good about this food that your family is eating. The Sugarsmart Cookbook for Kids is a cookbook that I highly recommend you add to your meal prep resources. You’ll find recipes that you and your kids will enjoy time and time again.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a pretty good attempt at taking control of the overwhelming amount of sugar consumed by our children - even the healthy eaters. The book is a good starting point if you're a parent who either uses a lot of pre-made meals for your kids (and in which case, no judgement!) or if you end up using a lot of sugary stuff to placate the little ones and coaxing them into eating. I imagine it's particularly effective as a starting point for American families that tend to use a bit more sugar in general than families in other parts of the Western world.

What this book isn't good for is new ideas for people who are already aware of sugar intake and who tend not to use a lot of it in their cooking anyway. So: great for "beginners", less helpful for people looking to innovate their cooking.

The "for kids" in the title of this book means the goal is to reduce sugar in your child's diet, not cook them with your child. That being said, the recipes are definitely targeted at reducing sugars in your family's diet...which should be everyone's goal. It is very difficult to manage your family's diet when they are not at Home so it's doubly important to insure their Home diet is healthy.
This is an excellent reference book with many new, delicious recipes that my family has already designated as "keepers". I've already tagged many more to work into our menu. This cookbook is definitely earned its place in my kitchen.

Looking at world health statistics and the increase in childhood obesity, this book is a much-needed guide to providing healthy meals and treats for kids.

Kids love sweets but the pitfalls of too much sugar in modern diets is well documented and its time for a healthy food revolution.

This is a great book with delicious food that is sure to become a go-to for healthy, delicious food. Covering breakfast to dinner and everything in between, including great desserts and sweet treats, I would recommend this book for anybody who is looking (and even those who aren't) for a new way to do food for kids.

To be honest, I wasn't that impressed with this cookbook. I hate saying that, and perhaps I went into this book with different expectations. I didn't find many of the recipes in this book very original, nor did they actually seem to be "sugar smart". I guess I was hoping to find recipes that used more alternative sweeteners or those that didn't require sweeteners at all and while some of the recipes may have used reduced amounts of sugars, they didn't really seem to be cutting back that much. I guess if you are a family that eats lots of heavily processed and sugary foods, this might be a good transitional cookbook for you. But I already cook low-sugar and this book didn't inspire me to try anything new.

The quick and straightforward dishes will have you plating familiar food in no time - with no strange ingredients and less added sugar. Our big win? Pear and Cheddar Crisp. Written in a neighbourly way with well-categorized listings, this cookbook is not overwhelming, but it also may not wow you. I'm a very visual person when it comes to cooking - some photos may have jazzed things up. It's a good basic resource for standard kid-friendly meals with a healthier twist and a strong encouragement to switch out highly processed foods for whole grains and made from scratch meals.

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As a working mother of 2 small kids I am always on the hunt for recipes that are easy and healthy. I was so excited to read this cookbook because I know how much sugar is in processed foods and I try to avoid processed foods as much as possible. This cookbook is full of healthy recipes that even kids will enjoy eating. I can't wait to cook my way through this book and I hope my kids love it!

As I'm diabetic I'm always interesting in reading cookbooks with recipes that contains reduced sugar.
There were some interesting recipes and I will try some of them.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC

Thank you Harvest House and Netgalley for an ARC of this cookbook in return for my honest review.

I have to admit that I don’t own any cookbooks that don’t have numerous illustrations of the prepared recipes, this is a requirement for me personally as I love to flick through recipe books while menu planning to get quick, fresh inspiration. Unfortunately this book has no illustrations and reading a kindle version did not provide an enticing layout.

There were stacks of recipes given, however with no pictures it as difficult to find ones that would jump out as exciting new options for our family. The focus was on limiting sugar but many of the recipes I read just wouldn’t hit the spot with many of the younger kids I know, for example zucchini crusted pizza, soy bean casserole and others with sauces which for our family were a little too heavy.

This book may be suitable for someone with very young children who Is looking for ideas, however if you are looking to add to a collection of healthy, fresh, family food it may not offer anything new.

Thank you for opportunity to review.

This is not a cookbook for kids, let me clarify. Not a cookbook for kids to cook from, but this is a book that parents or adults may cook from that have kid-friendly recipes. This is not a way to completely eliminate sugar from your life, but a way to eliminate white sugar and white foods that contain the extra sugar we are adding to our lives every day without thinking about it. This is a great book to help you reduce the amount of processed foods you, your family, and your kids will eat while still eating yummy foods.

This cookbook had some interesting recipes, particularly the dressings and the salads. I was hoping for more discussion about helping children detox from sugar and also discussion about how to help children help make the recipes. I admit I was also somewhat turned off because this cookbook has a strong religious bent (Christian) that wasn't mentioned in the blurb. While that doesn't discount the recipes, I didn't like feeling surprised that I was reading a book with a clear religious aspect.

My child enjoyed the receipts I chose from the sugar smart cookbook for kids. I found many of the receipts to be based around meat and was happy to see the vegetables section included.I found it a little difficult to translate the measurements used from cups to UK measurements and would have liked to have seen this in there.

As a teacher, this is just a fascinating book that talks about sugar in children! This was super useful also as a future mother to be mindful!

The Sugar Smart Cookbook isn't exactly what I thought it would be. There were a few recipes that actually included sugar and I guess I was expecting it to be all natural sugars like honey and maple syrup. I also found that there was a heavy reliance on gluten containing products and grains which isn't something that I am looking for when it comes to my kids. I thought there were definitely some good recipes in the book, but there are definitely better healthy recipes books geared toward children. I think this is a great start for someone unfamiliar with healthy cooking, but not for someone who has been informed of healthy food trends for a while.

The Sugar Smart Cookbook for Kids

This is your typical cook book, divided into predictable sections:
Breakfast and brunch
Lunches and Snacks
Salads and Salad Dressings
Soups and Stews
Vegetables and sides
Desserts and Sweet treats

In this book, you'll find recipes for a lot of DIY kid friendly staples, such as chicken nuggets, fish sticks, and mac and cheese. You'll also find some interesting and delicious alternatives to common pantry foods, such as veggie chips, sweet potato fries and an english muffin pizza buffet.
While I'm not sure that all the recipes in this cookbook can claim to be "healthy" they are all proudly low in sugar, and what's more- they sound delicious. So this book is worth a read for those trying to trim excess sugar from their diets, as well as for those who (like me) have flirted with the idea of making my own chicken nuggets to save both money and calories. This book is not just for kids- I found several of the recipes to be enticing, and my husband did as well (although I admit he has the taste buds of a five year old lol).

Many of the recipes looked great but most kids seem to only want specific foods at random times of the day. I think most recipes are fairly generic and can be found on various blogs or websites. It is unfortunate in the world of the internet since cookbooks are not being used as much. I did like the idea of sugar smart because I do agree that many recipes today are filled with sugar. The cover of the cookbook drew me in and is wonderfully done.

There are many interesting recipes in this book, but personally i may only try one or two. I often cook for grandchildren and am not sure that many of these recipes would go down too well with them. Perhaps anything containing cheese, which they love.! Plenty of useful information and tips though.

My thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for my copy.

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

So, this wasn't the sugar reducing cookbook I thought it would be. There are some interesting recipes that I will be trying (I bookmarked 15), but mostly these were recipes I already knew existed. Also, if someone actually has kids and are trying to feed them right, these seem like overly complicated recipes to manage while corralling little one. Yes, a lot of them only take 10, 15, 20 minutes, but some take a lot more time than that, and have multiple steps, which also add to the dirty dish pile. :/

Of those I bookmarked, I really liked the idea of Banana Peanut Butter Pancakes; prep time 10 minutes. Bananas, peanut butter, eggs & baking powder. Simple and sounds yummy.

- Buckwheat Whole Wheat Pancakes; prep time 10 minutes. Now, I don't know about whole wheat pastry flour (where do I buy that?), but the rest of the ingredients seem pretty straight forward.
- Hush Puppies with Bacon (yummy!)
- Bare Jam (doesn't seem to hard to make)
- Cheddar Cheese Crisps (all it is is cheese. How scrumptious is that? Buuuut, is this really a healthy snack? Like, isn't it a lot of fat and grease? I guess there wouldn't be a lot of sugar, but what about the waist line?)
- Nothing But Corn Bread (big fan of cornbread and the recipe is very simple, but I don't see a parent baking this on a STOVETOP for 45 minutes! Why can't it go in the oven?)

Reading the recipes I see that at least 1 of them is missing an ingredient in the list, but is mentioned in the instruction paragraph. Mushrooms. Fingers crossed this gets another read thru by an editor because otherwise who knows what will happen to those poor mushrooms. :)

Nothing earthshattering here, but that's just my opinion. Someone who is maybe new to cooking or kids will finds these extremely helpful. 3 stars because I did find some nice recipes I want to try.