The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals

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	The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals Missy Chase Lapine Running Press, 2007 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 231 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Parents will do almost anything to get their kids to eat healthier, but unfortunately, they’ve found that begging, pleading, threatening, and bribing don’t work. With their patience wearing thin, parents will “give in” for the sake of family peace, and reach for “kiddie” favorites-often nutritionally inferior choices such as fried fish sticks, mac n’ cheese, Pop-sicles, and cookies. Missy Chase Lapine, former publisher of Eating Well magazine, faced the same challenges with her two young daughters, and she sought a solution. Now in The Sneaky Chef, Lapine presents over 75 recipes that ingeniously disguise the most important superfoods inside kids’ favorite meals. With the addition of a few simple make-ahead purees or clever replacements, (some may surprise you!) parents can pack more fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants in their kids’ foods. Examples of “Sneaky” recipes include: No Harm Chicken Parm Power Pizza Incognito Burritos Guerilla Grilled Cheese Brainy Brownies Health-by-Chocolate Cookies Quick fixes for Jell-O(R)

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GREAT RESOURSE FO MOMS (AND DADS) OF PICKEY EATERS!!!

This book presents the "hidden food" method of feeding a child in a way that allows you to actually tackle it. Other books almost made it feel as if casually steaming and blending veggies into meals while you may already be strapped for time was no big deal. Even though there were great recipies in them I just never seemed to have the time (full time student, working mother...you know the story). This version gives you the resources to be able to either freeze or substitute store brought purees (baby food) in the recipes. Defiantly a handy short cut when you get home late and you need dinner in 15 mins or less....

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Love it!!!!!

This is definitely worth buying!!! The idea of vegetable purees never crossed my mind, but now they sneak into almost every meal. It is amazing how many vitamins my kids are getting without even knowing it. I still offer regular vegetables at every meal, but my kids will not touch them. Now they are eating broccoli, cauliflower, SPINICH...yes spinach, zucchini etc. at every meal. This cookbook is just a guide. You can sneak vegetables into almost every dish you are currently making without them knowing.
It is best to make all of your purees once a month and freeze them individually. I freeze them in ice cube trays (2-3 cubes= approx 1/4 cup; depending on your tray size). This way I can use a little or a lot depending on what I am making. The breakfast cookies are fabulous. My husband brings them to work everyday with a mug of coffee or milk.
I can't say enough about this book...Thank you for putting it together!!!!

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A great cookbook!

This cookbook has helped me feel better about the way my 5 year old daughter eats. She is getting those veggies in her diet and she doesn't even know it! I am a working Mom so it really helped me to make the puree and juices up ahead of time and freeze them. I freeze them in ice cube trays so I know the portion sizes and then thaw what I need in the microwave on defrost and volia.......in the pre-packaged macaroni and cheese!

Lots of great ideas

I really do like this book. I'd heard a lot of the hype about this and the Seinfeld book (I like this one better) and I was skeptical. But, I also have a very picky 2.5-year old son who won't even eat fruit, let alone vegetables, doesn't care for meat or fish, or even pasta. What two-year-old hates mac and cheese, I thought? There are very few foods I can get him to eat without it turning into a battle. So, I checked the book out at the library, and now I own it.

FOr those who are worried that this will encourage bad eating habits, don't be. YOU are still in charge of your kid's diet, even if they control what goes in their mouth. Are you going to let your kid munch on brownies all he wants, jut because they have blueberries and spinach in them? Of course not, and that's not the author's intention. The intention is to give your child the nutrition he/she needs, through the basic foods your child will tolerate. You're still going to serve them fruits and vegetables and whole grains with their meals, but now you don't have to fuss if they don't eat them, because it's already in what they WILL eat. And if they try the spinach and decide they like it, all the better. Eventually, your child's tastes will change, and you can start cutting back on the purees.

There are some recipes I'll probably never use, but I've already tried several, like the potato skins, which my son happily wolfs down without ever knowing he's eating califlower and zucchini!

These are also recipies that most people in the family will like, and that we'll feel a little less guilty about eating. Who wouldn't like to have junk food that's not so junky? I've tried the breakfast ice creams and they're really good, even with avacado in them, which I can't stand. I also drink a lot of sparkling water to keep me away from soda, and adding the juices with a twist of lime is a nice change. And we LOVE the cocoa pancakes! I like the breakfast cookies for a grab-and-go morning, and my husband likes the muffins.

All in all it's a good book. Read all of the beginning, understand the author's philosophy and intention, and get out your food processor.

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