Let's Cook!

Everyone can enjoy the art of cooking with these simple, balanced recipes! Let's Cook! helps people with intellectual disability (ID) prepare their own meals with success. All 55 recipes are written at a basic level and illustrated with photos, making the recipes as easy to make as they are good to eat. Plus, icons showing the MyPlate food groups help readers plan balanced meals, and offer clear reminders that reinforce safety measures like washing hands and using pot holders. Now people with ID can learn how to gain kitchen confidence and take a rewarding step toward independence--all in one place. Bon app

“A Midwest Book Award Winner "We all like the colorful pictures, the large print, and the step by step direction. This book is so easy to follow. My clients like going into the kitchen to cook."-- Renee Day, DSP , Habilitative Sciences "This book is very helpful to those I assist. The recipes are simple and clear. Together we use Let's Cook to plan meals, cook tasty recipes, and achieve healthy living."-- Beth Winter , ILSS, SMILES Independent Living Center "Yummy recipes! Let's Cook is a valuable book for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who love to cook. It's user friendly and healthy too!"-- Sarah Tompson DiPaolo, M.S., R.D., CDN , WNY Nutrition "These recipes are broken into easy to follow instructions that makes cooking simple, fun, and rewarding. The healthy meal tips inspire you to plan well balanced meals."-- Nicole Sheldon , Case Manager, Johnson County Mental Health/Disability Services "I love this cookbook! The combination of food preparation, meal planning, food safety, and nutrition information is seamlessly organized in one book. It supports individuals living independently and caregivers in making delicious and healthy food choices ."--Anne Tabor, M.P.H., R.D ., Center for Disabilities & Development, University of Iowa”

Midwest Book Achievement Award for Best Cookbook of the Year

"We all like the colorful pictures, the large print, and the step by step direction. This book is so easy to follow. My clients like going into the kitchen to cook.--Renee Day, DSP, Habilitative Sciences
This book is very helpful to those I assist. The recipes are simple and clear. Together we use Let's Cook to plan meals, cook tasty recipes, and achieve healthy living.--Beth Winter, ILSS, SMILES Independent Living Center
Yummy recipes! Let's Cook is a valuable book for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who love to cook. It's user friendly and healthy too!--Sarah Tompson DiPaolo, MS, RD, CDN, WNY Nutrition

Elizabeth D. Riesz, PhD, was the mother of Sarah, a young adult with Down syndrome - and the original mastermind behind this book. With a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Iowa, she enjoyed a long career in education. Elizabeth passed away in 2019 and is survived by her daughter as well as her husband, Peter.Anne Kissack, MPH, RD, is a public health practitioner in chronic disease prevention and management. She has always had a passion for cooking and for sharing this love with others. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and two children.

This book helps you prepare your own meals with success! Learn how to cook simple and complete meals - healthy meals - with recipes using all the MyPlate food groups. Gain confidence in the kitchen and build self-worth. Designed by and for adults with intellectual disabilities, Let's Cook! promotes and reinforces life skills for independent living. Let's Cook! can help you: create healthy meals that cover your daily nutritional needs; control carbs, calories, and salt; follow food and kitchen safety; and most of all, eat well - today and every day! Inside you'll find more than 50 healthy "I can cook!" recipes - in large print and written at an early elementary reading level as well as in an easy-to-follow style of "What I Need - What I Use - What I Do." Color photos accompany step-by-step preparations and nutrient information for each recipe that take the guesswork out of cooking.

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