Review of Deceptively Delicious Cookbook

Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good FoodOne of my favorite things to read are cookbooks.  I have a huge collection of them but don't seem to be able to stop buying them.  Though I rarely use a recipes straight from them, I love to go through for ideas then change them to suit our tastes.  Luckily, my children are good eaters who have always loved veggies as much as sweets.  Still, I found the idea of Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious Cookbook quite interesting. 

If you haven't heard of it, Deceptively Delicious gives ideas for 'hiding' fruits and vegetables in other foods.  The recipes range from Macaroni and Cheese to Brownies.  There are lots of fun little tips and tidbits of advice throughout the book.

Even though we eat plenty of fruits and veggies in our regular diet, I thought it couldn't hurt to give these recipes a try.  We only tried a few so far but have found them to be quite good.  There is a nice variety of recipes.  They are a little time consuming and several have ingredients that I wouldn't expect a lot of households to necessarily have on hand.  One thing I wasn't thrilled with was having to puree the fruits and veggies.  Instead, I bought jars of baby food in the appropriate flavors.  They worked just as well without the added mess and time of pureeing.

If you have a child who doesn't like a variety of veggies, I would recommend giving this book a try.  Even if you don't use the recipes straight from the book, it might give you some motivation and ideas to add the purees to some of your other recipes.

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