There’s nothing I love more than a brand new cookbook so when I saw that Ciara from My Fussy Eater had published her debut recipe book I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy. Ciara has kindly given me an extra copy to give away to Sneaky Veg readers so read on to find out what I thought and how to enter the competition.
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The My Fussy Eater cookbook* has 100 recipes in it, designed for families with a fussy eater. The food isn’t specifically for the picky eater – rather the recipes are delicious and intended to feed the whole family.
If you’re the parent of a picky eater you’ll understand that there’s no one size fits all when it comes to feeding a fussy kid. Ciara understands that as well and she acknowledges that there’s bound to be recipes in the book that your kids won’t love. Sharing new foods together, have fun and make small changes – that’s what she recommends and this message is clear throughout the book.
As well as the standard breakfast, lunch and dinner sections the My Fussy Eater cookbook also contains ideas for dishes you can make ahead, lunchbox ideas, freezer friendly meals, batch made snacks, savoury treats, drinks, dips and sauces.
The book also contains a large section containing tips to help you to help your fussy eater, meal planning, essential items for the kitchen and how to stock a store cupboard. As well as plenty of beautiful photos of the food the book contains lots of photos of Ciara and her two children enjoying cooking and eating together.
It’s not a veggie book but there are quite a few veggie options in the breakfast and lunch section and also some great veggie mains such as fruity curry and veggie burgers.
I have tried out three recipes from the book so far, and bookmarked a lot more to try soon.
I chose to make the tomato and lentil soup with parmesan crisps, the fruit and nut breakfast cookies and the fruity flapjacks.
Here’s the verdict:
The kids loved the flapjacks. I made them vegan by using dairy free spread instead of butter and they turned out perfectly. The batch lasted about five minutes!
The older two kids refused to try the breakfast cookies for some reason – possibly because I grated the orange zest too big. Little S and us two adults loved ours and what a treat to have cookies for breakfast!
The soup went down well too. My kids like tomato soup and because this was blended up they didn’t realise that it contains lentils, peppers, carrots and celery as well. Result!
How to get hold of the My Fussy Eater cookbook
Enter now for your chance to win a copy or buy the My Fussy Eater cookbook now on Amazon*.
Open to entries from the UK only. You can see the full terms and conditions next to each entry option.
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Disclaimer: I received a free copy of My Fussy Eater for the purposes of this review. All opinions are honest and my own.
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Natalie Crossan
A curry!
Lindsey Martin
I wish my daughter souks eat a Sunday roast dinner.
Janice Mackin
Lasagne
Cassandra D
Veggie pasta.
hannah igoe
A curry
Anna L
Curry. Its too spicy she says!
Tammy Neal
Chicken casserole x
victoria Thurgood
a Sunday roast
cat
I wish they would eat spinach
Simone Griffin
A Sunday roast with gravy!
caroline bellamy
strangely the meat in a roast – he’ll eat the veg but not the meat
Ruth Wollerton
A roast dinner with all the vegetables. They only pick at it xxx
hayley pemberton
roast dinner
Dawn Samples
Lasagne so it would encourage me to make one x
Fern
I love curry, but family not so much!
Adrian Clarke
Pasta as its so simple and quick.
A.E. ADKINS
Stew or casserole in any shape or form would make winter catering much easier.
Sam Fitch
Roast dinner
Karen Howden
cauliflower cheese
Elizabeth Smith
My favourite meal is a risotto but no-one else will touch it so I really wish they could learn to appreciate it
Ruth Harwood
Chicken Korma!
aga
Perfect book for my fussy eater son:)
Alma London
Anything with spaghetti is a must with my kids
jacqui rushton
Carrots and peas!
Adrian Bold
I wish my son would eat more vegetables because at the moment all he eats are carrots and peas.
Nuala Rees
Lasagne
Laura M
I would be so happy if I could get my kids to eat more fruit and veggies mainly.My eldest has had lots of issues with food in the past and won’t even try new things whereas my youngest used to eat nearly everything and has slowly gone off things she used to love.Its very frustrating.I would even be happy if they would at least just try the food before they turn their noses up at it!
Jessica Walker
Salad, curry or stir fry as not even an attempt to properly try!
Kerry Smith
I just wish I could get veggies into the little man he’s so fussy
Rebecca Powell
Salad – my kids will barely try it!!
Nancy Bradford
Lasagna or anything with sauce or cheese, or veg, would be good.
Marie
Veggie curry
Laura Pritchard
Probably salad & cheese!
donna l jones
Mousakka
debbie patching
Anything with vegetables in it
Sharon Burroughs
Roast dinner, neither of my 2 kids will eat a roast!
Hannah Scudder
Salads-my son won’t touch them and pasta dishes
Angela Kelly
Any meat other than chicken!
janine atkin
i wish mine would eat more vegetables
Elzbieta Znyk
Fish.
ADRIAN PRICE
salad—they wont touch it–even in the sunny weather
Keith Hunt
Fish Pie
greig spencer
a stir fry
paula cheadle
I wish that they would eat milky puddings
Karen Hill
Spag Bol, or anything sauce based, he seems to go mainly for dry food, it drives me mad x
sarah fielding
Spaghetti bolognaise for sure!
Rebecca Phillips
A roast! You’d think I was trying to poison them.
Carole Nott
salads and anything green!
dana
Fish
Jessica Barber
I wish the kids I look after would try chilli – I think they’d love it!
Rachael Sexey
More vegetables such as vegetable lasagne ?
Sarah
Stir fry! Because I love it!
Carly
Broccoli
Michelle Stewart
Mac and Cheese
Sally angel
The one meal I wish my kids would eat is vegetable rice.
melanie huttner
I wish they would eat salmon and veggies
Amelie
Onions! Onions are in most amazing food (caramelised onion tart, anyone?) .
Lyn Geddes
Salad
Ana Nowell
Fish, my son won’t touch it.
Tracy B
Fish! My children will not touch it and I wish they would enjoy it as much as I do.
Karen Hughes
Green vegetables! How ever I try to hide them, they are found as the stick out a mile because if the colour
gaynor Vincent
A Sunday roast together – and appreciate all the hard work put in!
Harriet Leonard
I love Ciara’s recipes! I wish my two would try new things and eat more veg!
Kim M
Beans on toast ! my daughter hated beans when she was little and still does x
Marguerite McCann
Anything that was the same as each other
Tracy Newton
Any vegetables
Lizzy Cooper
Veg Stir fry, me & my husband love it but our son wont eat it 🙁
Margaret Mccaffery
I would love for them to eat a little bit more fruit.
Kim Carberry
Vegetable stew….The like the idea of it but will only pick at it. Hmmf. x
laura banks
lasagne
JD
Spaghetti! Tried it cut small, medium or left as is and no result!
Hannah Wallington
More vegetable and meat
claire woods
More vegetables
Lydia Barton
My daughter is fussy with eggs, which is frustrating as they are so quick and easy.
Catherine Stewart
Curry!.
Karen Barrett
Liver and onions
Natasha Mairs
all sorts. One doesn’t like mash, another wont eat her peas, and the other wont eat quorn mince, so I have to make separate meals
Sarah Mccaffery
Pasta, as it’s so versatile.
Hali Kinson
I wish my son would eat sandwiches! Be good for a quick lunch!
Solange
Chicken casserole
Katie Robertson
Roast dinner my eldest won’t touch it.
Mark Mccaffery
A salad of any sort.
Sarah Mackay
I wish they would eat more green veg
Sadiyya Maryam
Mushrooms and aubergines otherwise she’s pretty good whereas my nephew on the other hand is such a fussy eater!
Margaret Gallagher
Shepherd s pie
sarah rees
curry and rice. I love it they hate it
Annabel Greaves
I would say more vegetable dishes
ruth robinson
i would say cauliflower cheese
Andrea Fletcher
I wish I could get my grandson to eat salad.
Donna Earle
More veg! He will only eat peas and sweet corn!
Nia Dyson
Any veg right now. We have a toddler who won’t eat any of it.
Michelle Ferguson
I would give it to my sister for my nephew who doesn’t like potato of any kind, not even chips
Kelly Diggle
Looks yummy
Kaya La Roche
Spag bol! xx
Angela Treadway
macaroni cheese! x
Corina Blum
I wish my daughter would eat pasta because if she did there are so many recipes I could make for the whole family.
DAWN WINSKILL
Mushrooms
Wise Ways
I don’t have children but my friend has problems getting any veg into hers
laura stewart
toad in the hole x
Becky Wise
Salad! They are pretty good with everything else though. Great review, book looks brilliant and might have to purchase if I don’t win.
Kim Neville
Spaghetti bolognaise
Helen Best
Sounds a great book for my granddaughter to eat better healthier foods
Danj
My life would be much easier if my kids are pasta!!
Tracy Nixon
Mousakka!
Solange
Chicken casserole.
Amy
Meat, vegetable & lentil stew.
Most hot meals I cook are refused – I would love them to eat a variety of foods and more fruit and vegetables!
Lucy
Chili con carne for me!