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A few weeks ago, I received "The I Heart Naptime" cookbook, for review. It is filled with bright, colorful pictures that invite you to make a meal. The book offers over 200 pages of inspiring and helpful meal ideas. Our family put it to the test the other day with great results. Keep reading to find out how this cookbook inspired a great family moment.

There is truth in the saying, "We eat with our eyes first." When I shared "The I Heart Naptime" cookbook with the kids, their first reaction was go to the most delicious picture in the book. What they found was this delicious hamburger recipe that made their little tummies growl as soon as they saw it. The directions looked easy and we were all inspire to make our dinner look just like the picture in the cookbook. (See Below - Right side shows our homemade hamburger.)

The adventure began at the local grocery store while shopping for hamburger ingredients. First, we headed to the meat isle. Standing there, the kids decided turkey meat was better for the burger recipe instead of the recommended beef. The discussion over the type of meat to use for the burgers was funny because I would point to the recipe and remind them it called for beef. After several minutes of going back and forth, we agreed to substitute turkey for the beef.

Then, we headed toward the bread isle to pick-up hamburger buns. Picking-up the sesame seed bun package would present another decision crossroad for my young chefs. Sesame seed bun or NO sesame seeds for our burger? The answer would be, "No". Plain hamburger buns were immediately put in our shopping cart. The final stop for this shopping trip would be the produce isle. Here we would all grab one ingredient that would help make the hamburger tasty. By the time we got to the check out line all of us were starving and eager to get home to cook our burgers.
Thank goodness we all agreed to work together to quickly put dinner on the table. We spent more time shopping for the ingredients than actually cooking dinner. The experience taught us that dinner is easier with all hands on deck.

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This cookbook was easy to explore for both myself and my young kids. The recipes do not require special ingredients or special machines. Overall, this cookbook screams happy, colorful and very uplifting.

Disclosure: Received book for review only. All thoughts and ideas are all my own.

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