Wednesday, October 10, 2007



***UPDATE****

The kids liked them except BEN! He is such a pain in the ass. It's on now....there is no tellin what I will sneak in to his food next!! ** The recipe only called for a 1/4 cup of prunes or dates. I have a certain someone emailing me about us "running" from our muffins! LOL***


Have you seen or heard about this book yet? It is by Jessica Seinfeld and it is a cookbook that “sneaks” in veggies. Ben only eats potatoes and corn. I make him try whatever veggie we are having that night for dinner…..he usually gags or spits it out. It makes me crazy!! Oh and as far as fruit goes, he might eat an apple (skin removed) with some low fat peanut butter if he’s in the mood. He drives us nuts. He is basically on the At*kins diet. Hannah will eat her veggies and fruit, but I am sure she isn’t eating enough every day either. Sophie and I were up and out early this mornings so we headed over to Bar*es and N*ble to pick up this book. I can’t wait to make the pudding with avocado hidden or the mac and cheese with cauliflower! Basically she has designed the recipes using veggie puree so the kids “won’t see” the veggies and the amount of puree and the other ingredients keep the kids from actually tasting the puree. Of course she encourages you to continue to serve veggies with dinner, but at least you know that the chocolate cake for dessert has beet puree hidden inside!! I am going to make the kids chocolate chip muffins tomorrow for their after school snack, I’ll let you know if they taste the prunes I have snuck in!!!


***Hannah read my blog today! (looking to see pictures) UGH! She has promised not to tell....or I will take her Hannah M@ntana tickets and sell them on Eb&y!!!!

14 Comments:

Blogger Robin said...

I can't wait to hear what your kids think of the recipes. I actually watched the show on Monday and thought it was a great idea. my first husband was like your son. Meat and potatoes 100%. He ate no fruits or veggies. I would have liked to have had this cook book then. I could have snuck veggies and fruit into his diet without him ever knowing.. LOL

3:06 PM  
Blogger Catherine said...

ooo...great book! Does it work on adults too? :o) Looking forward to hearing how the muffins work out.

3:06 PM  
Blogger Maia said...

I am SO looking forward to this book. It sounds like a lifesaver. Keep us posted as you delve into it. I'm thinking of putting it on our baby registry :)

3:10 PM  
Blogger Polar Bear said...

What a great book! I'm going to have to get it before my nephews come back for a visit. If it isn't a french fry they won't eat it (my ex-sister-in-law isn't big on cooking healthy foods)

I can't wait to hear how the muffins go over.

3:27 PM  
Blogger LaLa said...

I saw this episode too...so interesting. Let us know how it works for you.

4:13 PM  
Blogger Kayce said...

I saw her on Oprah, yesterday I think. LOVE this! I'm all over trying to figure out how to make all of us eat 12 -14 servings of fruits and veggies a day!

4:39 PM  
Blogger Heather said...

ok, it just cracks me up that Hannah busted you!

I need that book. Lillie and veggies, um, not so much.

Heather

7:58 PM  
Blogger t~ said...

I saw it on Oprah as well, but decided that I enjoyed watching them hold their noses and choke down broccoli to much to try anything else. ;0)

~~ I'll give you $2.50 for you Hannah Montana tickets.

8:58 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I keep hearing about this, looks like it may make a good Christmas gift

12:36 PM  
Blogger Yoli said...

I have it on my blog as well. It sounds like a great cook book. Enjoy hiding those veggies.

5:02 PM  
Blogger Yoli said...

Mary Ellen could you email me? Yolicollazo@yahoo.com

7:52 PM  
Blogger Colleen said...

OMG that is WAY funny!!! No, I hadn't heard of the book....shut up, I have not much time for t.v. LOL...

Hannah read the blog? Thats funny. Wait till she learns how to comment.

8:01 PM  
Blogger t~ said...

Well at least you didn't highlight that certain someone... ;0)

8:39 PM  
Blogger Catherine said...

When you originally posted this I hadn't seen the Oprah show. Watched it on the weekend. Those recipes look great and it's even better knowing you've tried one. Added this book to my wish list right away although I may buy it before then. I'm not a huge fan of veggies so maybe I'll eat more if they're not quite so visible.

Have you tried out any more of the recipes? How did they go over? The brownies sound great!

1:28 PM  

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