Deceptively Delicious Cookbook

There is one trait that my little girl definitely inherited from me. She is a picky eater. She has her favorite foods and will hardly ever try anything new. So it leaves mealtime very limited and I always feel she isn’t getting enough nutrition.

When I saw the cookbook Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to get your Kids Eating Good Food by Jessica Seinfeld I thumbed through it to see what it was all about. I knew that I didn’t need any more recipes of foods that Rae didn’t eat even if they were kid friendly.

Lo and behold, these recipes are foods that she eats like spaghetti, brownies, and mashed potatoes just to name a few(and I’m running out of foods she actually eats). The recipes call for adding puree vegetables into these kid’s favorite recipes. For example, the mashed potato recipe has tucked away inside it a half cup of cauliflower puree. In the foreword, Seinfeld talks about pureeing some squash for her youngest when she was struck with the idea of adding a little bit of the puree to the macaroni and cheese she was making for her two other children - one who was a very picky eater. The kids didn’t notice the extra ingredient and for once Seinfeld didn’t have to nag her children to eat their vegetables.

I know that we have added Rae’s medicine into her juice to get her to take it. I had never thought about blending vegetables into her favorite dishes. I can’t wait to give these a try.