I would love to have a couple with snacks or other healthy food they could prepare themselves.

thanks,

LaDonna

I'll do 2 for 1 on my books, PM me if you are interested.

I have several reading textbooks with lots of good reading in each of them. 

I asked my 13-year-old daughter if she had a favorite cookbook, and she said "I don't use cookbooks."  (Of course--she doesn't cook much, either....)  :)

However, we do have a few tried-and-true healthy snack recipes that she makes herself.  Until you find the perfect cookbook, I'll pass these on:

"quickie pizzas":  use a (bagel/english muffin/flour tortilla/flattened hot dog roll) for the base, add tomato sauce, mozzarella, and pepperoni

Orange Creamsicles (works better in flexible popsicle holders--like the ones Tupperware makes):  Blend 6 ounces of frozen orange juice concentrate with 16 ounces of vanilla yogurt.  Pour into popsicle molds & freeze.  (Also tastes good as a smoothie if you can't wait!)

Chocolate Pops (again--use flexible molds):  Blend 8 ounces of vanilla yogurt, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, and 2 tablespoons brown sugar or honey.  Freeze in molds.  (I haven't made these in a long time....)

A couple of other "staples" my daughter makes are grilled cheese (with wheat bread to make it slightly healthier), and pancakes (from a mix--but she'll add some wheat germ when I make her).  She likes to use food coloring to make the pancakes look tie-dyed.  :)

I'm looking forward to any cookbook ideas posted; I'm always trying to expand my daughter's repertoire.  Since my daughter is a swimmer, I've been planning to find sports nutrition information for part of her "health class."  I think that she'll be more motivated to eat well when she can see how it will make her a better athlete.

Thanks, I will print the ideas off and put them in a notebook.

Anyone else have ideas  to contribute?                     

How about these:

Cooking Outside the Pizza Box: Easy Recipes for Today's College Student (Spiral-bound)

Clueless in the Kitchen: A Cookbook for Teens and other Beginners

The Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook

I don't think any of them are available here but maybe you could try your library.

im not sure of a specific cookbook. i usually make fruit smoothies for snack. my 2 favorites are

strawberry-pineapple: one container of non-fat plain yogurt (or strawberry if you prefer), a handful of fresh or frozen strawberries and some pineapple (fresh tastes best, but canned or frozen are good too) to taste, 3 ice cubes

blueberry-banana: one container of non-fat plain yogurt, one cup frozen or fresh blueberries, and a half to whole banana (personal preference) chopped, 3 ice cubes

It's not available on PBS, but it's a cookbook written by a teen. 

Cooking up a Storm: The Teen Survival Book   and another is

Teens Cook

A website that's alot of fun, not necessarily teen and has videos to watch Spatulatta

Here's a great list of web resources too... Cooking

Clueless in the Kitchen as another poster recommended is great, but its mostly for older teens, and college students.

What about the Betty Crocker Jr. Cookbook?