THE kids GFCF cookbook- online and in print

[Guest guest]

Well, I decided that I wasn't busy enough

and I threw out this idea to the web and got a TON of

positive responses.

We want to create both an ONLINE kids cookbook

that is GFCF and a print version of one that has

a lot of visuals for kids to be able to do it.

THere are so many kids cookbooks out there that are

offlimits to our kids We need one for kids who

have special diets. Just because they are GFCF

doesn't mean that they don't wanna cook!

Here is my last post to the GFCF recipe site but

I thought a lot of older kids here might be interested

in a homeschool project and some of our artistic

kids might be interested in drawing (oooh diane! we

could scan some pictures ya know.. I can say that

Jake's fame started with me! hehehe..)

Here is what I am thinking...

I was thinking that we could do both. We could start

with the online website to " get the ball rolling " .

This has an added advantage of being easily " edited "

over time if a recipe is consistently flopping for

everyone or if something isn't worded quite right

or .... Then we can get the print version done

after a well established website is running.

There are several things that can be done with this.

A main site (the homepage front) can be designed

(perhaps by ? or another?) and then we could

have it housed at least for now by someone who

has some room (unless it grows to big- perhaps by

Marty?)

What we can do with the online site that might be useful:

kids and families can submit JUST recipes

We could have a " cook of the month " or some such thing.

We could get ideas from Glutino, Ms Robens, and other

companies who help us make our lives a little nicer.

Older kids who are able can design their own web page submission. I

know quite a few homeschooled kids on the GFCF diet that could

use this as a project for writing, art and computers.

Kids who aren't quite computer savvy can also submit recipes-

but mom or perhaps an older child can design that webpage

or even one of the " organizers " can do a webpage. Perhaps

even some of the computer savvy GFCF kids can volunteer to

buddy up with a child/family who want to submit their favourite

recipe but can't do a webpage.

I would ideally like to make a print copy. I admit part of

this is selfish because.. I have visions of my son and

my lap top on the kitchen counter while flour and egg is

being thrown about.

The print copy can be converted with more simple kind of

visuals. Perhaps as the online version of our " cookbook

for kids " grows, we can get volunteers in graphic designs

or photography to help come up with pictures suitable for

cookbooks and simple and appealing enough for kids to

try and do. I do want to state that I would like the print

copy to be kept reasonable in price and for parents to

be able to buy it " at cost " - this isn't a money making

scheme on my part! or it could go to a charity.

The only problem I can see with something

in print might be a copyright issue if it is taken from

a copyrighted recipe book. I will need to find out the

legal issues involved in this.

Not all recipes have to be " kids alone do it " . I think that

with most kids cookbooks there are recipes that have things

like " with an adults help " .

So... I know some have emailed and said that they would

like to help... I am now going to actually take you up

on it.

and Marty - please email me about what you can do.

If you have a child/family that would like to submit a recipe,

just email it to me.

We might need some volunteer testers to test the ease

of the recipe or ...

If you would like to submit both a recipe and an already

designed page- email me with what you want to submit (we

should avoid 70 different ways to make the same recipe!)

If you would like to have your child design one of the pages

for their homeschool project or just for fun (you don't

have to be a homeschooler!) just email me with your name

and email address so that as submissions come in, we can

pair them up.

If you would be interested in having your name and email taken

to volunteer to cordinate a print copy version when we get

enough submissions (perhaps you have experience in this,

perhaps you are an artist or photographer).

If you have any neat ideas or thoughts (even if they seem

silly!) just let me know.

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