Feed yourself!: Get in the kitchen! -- Are you ready? -- What's cooking? -- Finger-lickin' good: Not-yo nachos -- Sassy salsas -- Dip this -- Benny's beany dip -- Stuff it -- Pear-fection -- Hum-dinger hummus -- Heavenly eggs -- Pineapple pumpernickel pinwheels -- Brain freeze -- PB & J ice cream sandwiches -- Jigglers -- Real deal tacos -- Chicken fingers -- Saucy drumettes -- Burritos muy buenos -- Shrimply scrumptious -- Killer quesadillas -- By the handful: Go nuts! -- Pop pop pop -- Caramel corn -- Trail mixes -- Roasty-toasty -- Instant party mix -- Fork it over: Spaghetti pie -- Super-fly pad thai -- Fried green tomatoes -- Zucchini canoes -- Awesome apples -- Fruity-tooty salads -- Oh my! Omelet -- Double-done potatoes -- Terrific tuna -- Mac attack -- Puffy apple pancake -- Potato volcano -- Noodle kugel -- Cheery cherry crumble -- Lovin every spoonful: Berry berry bowl -- Chow-down chowder -- Soba-licious -- Broc-n-roll -- Gaz-watcho? -- Great pumpkin soup -- Oooey gooey -- Cozy cocoa rice pudding -- Equipment glossary -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Metrics -- Index.

What will entice kids into the kitchen and turn them into budding chefs? Try yummy baked apples, to-die-for brownies, crunchy, munchy stove-popped popcorn with peanuts and chocolate all found in this lie-flat, spiral-bound cookbook made just for them. Inside, hungry snackers will find foods they can prepare to fill up that after-school empty belly, sate a postgame appetite, and banish movie-watching cravings. And, most important, all these bite-size mini-meals are fun to make, delicious, and (keep it a secret) healthy. A handy basics section includes details on how to read a recipe and teaches kids everything from creating a work space to presentation. Before long, confident youngsters will smoothly prepare such tasty dishes as guacamole, cheese straws, and baked chicken fingers.