As busy schedules cut into the food preparation time of families with active teenagers, takeout pizzas and Pop-Tart breakfasts become the norm. But Pop-Tarts fall pretty short in the nutrition category. Fresh fruit smoothies, yogurt parfaits, homemade granola, and breakfast sandwiches all provide a better start to the day, but how to fit more nutritious choices into hectic daily routines?

Author Kathleen Cannata Hanna responds to the challenge of keeping teenagers healthy, fit, and full with 300 economical recipes that are both easy to make and fun to eat. She offers 15-minute dinners and satisfying pastas for the busiest evenings and 30-minute dinners and family suppers for slightly more relaxed weeknights and weekends.

Hanna knows that feeding teenagers involves more than serving dinnertime meals. There are grab-and-go breakfasts to be eaten on the bus, brown-bag lunches, after-school snacks, soccer game pick-me-ups, and after-dinner treats for the kids and any friends that might be in the house too. The appealing recipes in The Good-to-Go Cookbook steer teens away from junk food and toward good-for-you alternatives.

Quick Quesadillas, Easy Pizza Squares, Stuffed Chicken Crescents, and Ham Pockets satisfy between-meal hunger pangs. There are soups, sandwiches, and hearty salads for lunch and Baked Pasta with Peas and Cheese, BLT Pie, Tortilla Casserole, and Barbecued Turkey Burgers for simple suppers. When their friends are sleeping over, treat your teens to Sweet Treat Cookie Sandwiches or a Peanut Butter Pie. With The Good-to-Go Cookbook in the kitchen it's possible to feed the entire family quickly and well and still arrive at every track meet and ballet recital on time.

Trying to wedge in a homemade dinner between soccer practice and dance recital? Serving sugary cereal—again—before rushing off to work and school?

You can feed your family quickly and economically, without falling back on frozen dinners and takeout. Here are dozens of after school snacks, portable breakfasts, complete meals, and sweet treats. Prepare running-out-the-door food in mere minutes and have dinner on the table in a half hour or less. Your teens will even have fun making afternoon mini-meals and baked goodies for sleepovers.

More than 300 family-pleasing recipes help you restore home-cooked goodness to your dining room…and your kitchen, your minivan, the kids’ school lunchroom, or even the playing field.

Wherever your family eats, let then eat homemade. 




Back to the Table:
Creating a Healthy Relationship With Food

Introduction:
Feeding Your Busy Family

Fast Break for Breakfast:
The Best Way to Start the Day—Easy, Nutritious Morning Fare

Super Snacks:
After School and at the Game

Grab and Go:
On-the-Run Snacks and Meals

The Lunch Crunch:
Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches

15-Minute Dishes:
Super-Quick, Nutritious Meals in Fifteen Minutes or Less

30-Minute Dishes:
Pretty Darn Quick and Nutritious Meals in Thirty Minutes or Less

Family Meals and One-Pot Deals:
Easy Recipes for When You Have a Little More Time to Eat Together

Pasta, Please!
Perfect Pasta Dishes and Sauces That Your Kids Will Love

Simple Side Dishes:
Quick and Easy Side Dishes to Eat at Home or Take to a Friend’s

Dessert on a Dime:
Simple and Satisfying Sweet Treats for the Whole Family

Kathleen Cannata Hanna is an architect and public speaker. She has also run a successful baking and catering business. Hanna is the mother of two busy teenagers, who were enthusiastic testers for The Good-to-Go Cookbook. She and her family live near Lansing, Michigan.

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Distributor: Workman Publishing Company
Publication Date: 08-13-2008
Pages: 327
Measurements: 8.48in X 8.0in X .85in X 1.08lb