A fun, faith-filled way to evangelize children with the beauty of the Church’s traditions!
A fun, faith-filled way to evangelize children with the beauty of the Church’s traditions!
Holy Days and Heavenly Food
Holy Days and Heavenly Food
A fun, faith-filled way to evangelize children with the beauty of the Church’s traditions!
Featuring 33 delicious recipes, each dish corresponds to a specific time in the liturgical year and is paired with stories of saints, sacred art, scripture, and prayers.
The Catholic Kids’ Cookbook:
Holy Days and Heavenly Food
By Haley Stewart and Clare Sheaf
Word on Fire Votive | October 28, 2024
Hardcover | 208 Pages | 8" x 10"
Suggested Age Range: 6-12
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About The Catholic Kids’ Cookbook
The Catholic Kids' Cookbook: Holy Days and Heavenly Food is a vibrant collection of fun and faith-centered recipes that families can cook together, all framed around the Catholic liturgical calendar. Designed to help children learn about their faith in a fun and engaging way, this cookbook for kids ages 6-12 helps parents make the Church's feast days, holy days, and liturgical seasons a more integral part of their family life.
Featuring 33 delicious recipes, each dish corresponds to a specific time in the liturgical year and is paired with stories of saints, sacred art, scripture, and prayers. From festive celebrations during Christmas and Easter to meaningful meals for ordinary time and feast days of various saints, this cookbook invites families to grow closer to their faith with every meal.
But The Catholic Kids' Cookbook is much more than just a cookbook. Alongside beautiful photography and clear, easy-to-follow recipes, this book also includes a timeline outlining the liturgical year, explains the symbolism of the liturgical colors, and offers answers to questions like “Who are the saints?”, What is the Liturgical Year?, and How do we live liturgically?
Cooking with The Catholic Kids' Cookbook as a family is a fun and faith-filled way for parents to evangelize their children with the beauty of the Church's traditions and build up their very own domestic church.
How to Explain the Liturgical Year to your Kids
Every family has traditions. Your family sings a certain song on birthdays. You gather around the table to share special meals. You look at photographs of favorite memories. When you are all together to celebrate, you might hear stories about the day you were born or an important tale from your parents’ or grandparents’ lives. These shared traditions help you to remember who you are and to understand your story.
The Church is a family too. And it’s a family with traditions: songs, meals, prayers, and celebrations. These traditions remind us who we are. They help us tell our story, and it’s a very beautiful story: we are loved by God and he made us part of his family.
To tell this important tale, the Church gives us a special gift: the liturgical year (sometimes called the Christian Year). The liturgical year is the calendar of seasons, feasts, and fasts by which we learn the story of God’s love for us.
Living liturgically means making this holy calendar our own. We get to participate in God’s great story! If you’ve ever been in a Christmas pageant or Nativity play as an angel or a shepherd, you helped tell a story we all know well: the story of when Jesus was born. Even though this event happened many years ago, we still celebrate Christmas every year. God’s gift of Jesus changed everything. Because this story is so important, we return to it again and again. By living liturgically, we retell the story of Christmas and the other important moments in the history of the Church. We are all invited into this great story.
Here’s What People Are Saying...
“The Catholic Kids’ Cookbook is an absolute delight of liturgical living inspiration. What a lovely introduction for families to the beauty of the Church year and the saints, filled with creative recipes for foods, treats, and seasonal decorations. It’s sure to bring generations together around the table throughout the year!”
– Kendra Tierney Norton, Author of The Catholic All Year Compendium: Liturgical Living for Real Life
“With its gorgeous historical art of the saints, The Catholic Kids’ Cookbook offers a feast for the eyes and for the belly. Stewart and Sheaf’s beautiful book, featuring both classics like King Cake and fun new options like St. Catherine of Siena’s fiery tomato risotto, offers a creative way to celebrate the liturgical year and remember with my kids how our own bodies are part of the Body of Christ through the centuries.”
– Dr. Grace Hamman, Author of Jesus through Medieval Eyes
“Filled with depth of tradition and fresh approaches, Haley & Clare’s book is an enriching companion to our journey through the liturgical year. It’s not just a collection of recipes (delightful, delicious, & approachable though they are!): it’s like a catechesis of taste and sight, enlivening our home's experience of the Christian Year through the tangible, holy work of meal-making. Sacred art, prayer, history, & theology are seamlessly woven among the recipes, fostering a holistic approach to faith-building where children are invited to learn, create, and “break bread” throughout all these sacred seasons. (And where adults, too, can learn and grow right alongside them).”
– Kristin Haakenson, Artist and Creator of Hearthstone Fables
About the Authors
Haley Stewart is the Editor of Word on Fire Spark and the award-winning author of The Grace of Enough, Jane Austen's Genius Guide to Life, and The Sister Seraphina Mysteries. She lives in Florida with her four children who all love to cook.
Clare Sheaf is a designer and photographer for Word on Fire. She loves to create from her home in Wisconsin where she lives with her husband, Jacob, and her daughter, Annie.
Contents
What Is the Liturgical Year?
Liturgical Seasons and Colors
The Liturgical year timeline
How Do We Live Liturgically?
Who Are the Saints?
How to Use This Book
Advent
Happy New Year!
St. Andrew (November 30)
- Fisherman’s Breakfast
First Sunday of Advent
- Cozy Advent Chili
St. Nicholas (December 6)
- St. Nicholas’ Chocolate Dowries Orange Pomanders
The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8)
- Our Lady’s Fig Tarts
Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)
- Guadalupe Hot Chocolate
St. Lucy (December 13)
- Eyes of St. Lucy (Lemon Posset)
Christmas
Joy to the World!
The Nativity (December 25)
- Manger Munchies
St. Stephen (December 26)
- Yuletide Garland
St. Macarius (January 2)
- St. Macarius’ Sparkling Sugar Plums
Epiphany
- King Cake
Ordinary Time
A Time to Grow
St. Brigid (February 1)
- St. Brigid’s Endless Herbed Butter
St. Paul Miki (February 6)
- Miki’s Maki
Lent
Prepare Your Hearts
Shrove Tuesday
- Shrovetide Pancakes
Ash Wednesday
- Ash Wednesday Common Bread
St. Joseph (March 19)
- Zeppole di San Giuseppe
The Annunciation (March 25)
- Gabriel’s Wings Alfredo
Holy Week
Good Friday
- Good Friday Potato and Leek Soup
Holy Saturday
- Hot Cross Buns
Easter
New Life in Christ
Easter Sunday
- Easter Edible Flower Salad
St. George (April 23)
- St. George’s Dragon Eggs
St. Catherine of Siena (April 29)
- St. Catherine’s Fiery Tomato Risotto
The Ascension
- Ascension Clouds
Pentecost
- Le Colombier Dove Cake
Ordinary Time
More Time to Grow
Trinity Sunday
- Trinity Chicken Pot Pie
Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24)
- St. John the Baptist’s Wild Honey Cake
Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati (July 4)
- To the Heights Trail Mix
St. Charbel Makhlouf (July 24)
- St. Charbel’s Spicy Smashed Potatoes
St. Hildegard of Bingen (September 17)
- St. Hildegard’s Cheerful Cookies
The Archangels (September 29)
- St. Michael’s Blackberry Crumble
St. Thérèse of Lisieux (October 1)
- St. Thérèse’s Favorite Chocolate Eclairs
Hallowtide
All Souls (November 2)
- Soul Cakes
Christ the King
- Christ the King Breakfast Crowns
It Begins AgainAbout
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