Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food

I get the concept but there is way too much preparation involved in hiding healthy stuff in your kids food. You're supposed to spend your evening cooking and pureeing foods to freeze and thaw later to prepare. why not just cook good food and let them take it or leave it? They'll learn

I was hoping I could use some of these recipes to trick my fiance into eating healthier, but I don't know if adding purees to everything is the way.

Also, I know it may be difficult to be get your kids to eat fruits and vegetables and many parents feel like they need to resort to "tricking" their kids, I think it is also important to teach one's kids to MAKE the right choices for themselves. In today's society, eating healthy is a decision and a choice, albeit not an easy one when there is temptation everywhere.

Yesterday I checked this book out at the library and today I bought one for myself at Seagull Book. It's a smart book to have, full of tips and some serious concocting. This author is serious about her stuff, presented with vintage charm and a Mother-Knows-What's-Good-For-You strength.To be appreciated also are Vitamins and Minerals tables geared specifically for children.
I love the idea of fortifying fun foods with extra nutrition from vegetable purees. It's my husband who won't eat vegies if they aren't peas or carrots. I am looking forward to sneaking in some vitamins from other sources to him, because he needs them too. Ah-ha, what a fun secret I'm going to have.

Deceptively Delicious, written by Jessica Seinfeld (Jerry’s wife), was a cookbook full of recipes and ideas on how to sneak fruits and vegetables into your child’s diet. Most kids are famous for not wanting to eat what’s good for them, and Mrs. Seinfeld created recipes that mix kid-approved foods (such as chicken nuggets and brownies) with pureed vegetables or fruits. The idea is that your kids won’t detect the good-for-them stuff.

With introductions by cardiologists and a nutritionist, Deceptively Delicious could be the answer for many parents who fight with their kids about eating. As I perused each recipe, I was impressed with the approachability of each one. Most of the ingredients are ones in your pantry, or available at the show more grocery store or market. Mrs. Seinfeld provided simple instructions on how to prepare, puree and store each vegetable or fruit, and other shortcuts to make cooking and eating a joy.

There are many recipes in Deceptively Delicious that I hope to try, including the creamy potato soup (with cauliflower and squash snuck in), chicken nuggets (with discreet broccoli) and banana pudding pie (with a dash of cantaloupe and squash!). In addition to the good recipes, I enjoyed the “retro” layout of this cookbook with illustrations and endorsements from the Seinfeld kids. If you are not interested in buying this book but want to see some recipes, then check out www.deceptivelydelicious.com.

Eating well is not easy, but I think Jessica Seinfeld approached this serious topic in a fun, realistic way. I can’t wait to try some of her recipes! show less

I want this book. It is probably a little bit outdated to want it... But I still think I want it. She is so clever! I asked my husband to make a list of all the recipes he wanted to try - there were so many, too many. It goes on the to-buy bookshelf!

A reasonable good book with a little bit that I don't agree with (points of nutrition) but otherwise it had decent recipes. I've made mostly just the muffins and the kids have loved all of them, especially the peanutbutter banana ones. They also liked the tofu nugges, their intro to tofu. This was an impulse buy. I don't have to hide my kids veggies. They've never had a problem eating them. There were inovative ideas though and some I'm thinking of trying such as avocado in chocolate pudding. Interesting.

Great recipes and you can't even taste the veggies!