100+ recipes. Zero intimidation. Every single one on video.
The only cookbook built for the way you actually learn to cook — by watching. Every recipe in this Small Bits of Happiness cookbook comes with a QR code that links to a step-by-step video tutorial, hosted by the teen sisters who wrote this easy cookbook. Real food. Real simple. Really delicious.
This isn’t a cookbook that sits on your shelf looking pretty. It’s the one with food stains on page 42, a dog-eared corner on the pasta chapter, and a QR code you’ve scanned so many times your phone autoplays the video.
We designed every recipe in this Canadian cookbook to be budget-friendly, dorm-friendly, and made with ingredients you can actually find at your local grocery store. No truffle oil. No specialty equipment. No nonsense.
Every single wellness recipe has a scannable QR code linking to a step-by-step cooking video hosted by Mercedes and Anastasia. Watch, cook, eat, repeat.
Built for student budgets. Simple ingredients, smart substitutions, and meals that cost less than takeout.
A complete list of the essential ingredients and cooking supplies you need to stock your first kitchen — nothing more, nothing less.
Breakfast to late-night snacks. Quick lunches to impress-your-friends dinners. Every meal, every mood, every day of the week.
Let’s be honest — reading “fold gently until incorporated” means nothing to someone who’s never held a spatula. That’s why every recipe in this cookbook comes with its own video tutorial.
No celebrity chef energy. No unrealistic kitchens. Just Mercedes and Anastasia in a real kitchen, walking you through every step with the patience of a friend who actually wants you to succeed.
Scan the code → watch the video → eat something incredible in 20 minutes
Whether you’re moving out for the first time or just tired of cereal for dinner, this book meets you where you are.
The meal plan just ended. The dining hall is closed. This is your survival guide — except the food is actually good.
New apartment, empty kitchen, no clue. Start here. You’ll be hosting dinner parties by month two.
You want independence? It starts with feeding yourself. This book makes it fun and absolutely doable.
Graduation, dorm move-in, first apartment. The gift that says “I believe in you — and also please eat vegetables.”
“We created the cookbook we wished existed when we started cooking — one that doesn’t assume you already know what ‘sauté’ means.”
— Mercedes & AnastasiaThe I Swear It’s Easy Cookbook was born from a simple problem: Mercedes and Anastasia couldn’t find a cookbook that actually spoke their language. Everything was either too complicated, too expensive, or assumed you already knew the difference between “dice” and “mince.”
So they wrote this Canadian cookbook — at 18 and 16 years old — alongside their mom, a published health cookbook author who made sure every wellness recipe was not only easy, but actually nourishing.
It’s part of Small Bits of Happiness, their happiness-wellness company built on the belief that small, daily actions — like cooking a real meal — are the foundation of a well-lived life.
Start your day right
Quick & packable
Impress yourself
Study fuel
Sweet rewards
Blend it up
Your starter kit
Tools & terms
Forget the gift card. Give them the confidence to feed themselves — with 100+ recipes, video tutorials, and a pantry checklist that sets them up for real-world independence.
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100+ recipes. Step-by-step video tutorials for every single one. A Canadian cookbook, written by teens, approved by mom, loved by anyone who’s ever Googled “how to boil water.”
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