Book: Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food
Basic Information:
Author: Jessica Seinfeld
Edition: eBook on Libby from the San Francisco Public Library
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 9780061251344 (ISBN10: 0061251348)
Start Date: November 12, 2024
Read Date: November 14, 2024
208 pages
Cookbook
Language Warning: None
Rated Overall: Not rated
Synopsis:
This cookbook is oriented towards getting children to eat healthy. Rather than nagging them to eat the foods good for them, Seined, who is Jerry Seinfeld wife, disguises the food through pureeing the items which the children are reluctant to eat. Such as pureeing butternut squash and mixing some into Mac&Cheese, for example.
Seinfeld book is broken into parts: What Parents need to know to get this done, the nutrition aspect of cooking and sample recipes. She also has enlisted the help of Joy Bauer, a nutritionist.
Recommendation: Erica B
When: November 12, 2024
Date Became Aware of Book: November 12, 2024
Why do I want to read this book: Erica who is a health educator indicated that this is a book which can help with picky eaters, which I am.
What do I think I will get out of it? An avenue to enjoy foods which is currently outside of my eating field.
Thoughts:
In looking at the background for this book, I saw that both Jessica and Jerry Seinfield were sued for this book. Jessica because another author felt she stoled the idea behind this book from her; Jerry because that same author felt she was slandered by him. Both cases were dismissed.
I do not like the premise for this book. At its best, you are getting children to like foods in a way which they will accept. At worst you are teaching children not to trust their parents. It seems like Sienfield is pretty open with her children about what she is doing.
If you have a food which you do not like and mix it in with food which they do like in a way which they will not notice, that is what she is doing. Such as if a child does not like butternut squash, but you pureed it and mix it in with food with the same color, lets say, Mac&Cheese, the person will learn to like butternut squash.
I am a picky eater and my health educator suggested this book.
Seinfeld’s website has some of the recipes.
Here are the recipes she has in the book. The ones bolded are the ones I want to try:
Breakfast
French Toast
Applesauce Muffins
Scrambled Eggs
Banana Bread
Pancakes
Peanut Butter and Banana Muffins
Coffee Cake
Green Eggs
Peanut Butter and Jelly Muffins
Blueberry Lemon Muffins
Baked Egg Puffs
Oatmeal
Mealtime
Meatball Soup
Chicken Nuggets
Italian Meatloaf
Mashed Potatoes
Beef Stew
Chicken Salad
Rice Balls
Mozzarella Sticks
Homemade Ketchup
Aloha Chicken Kebabs
Pita Pizzas
Deviled Eggs
Tofu Nuggets
Chicken Alphabet Soup
Macaroni and Cheese 1
Macaroni and Cheese 2
“Buttered” Noodles Burgers 1
Tuna Salad
Burgers 2
Spaghetti Pie
Pasta with Bolognese Sauce
Spaghetti with Meatballs
Ranch Dressing
Greek Dip
Quesadillas
Salsa Dip
Creamy Potato Soup
Lasagna
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Avocado Spread
Twice-Baked Potatoes
Waffle Sandwiches
Pink Pancakes
Tortilla “Cigars”
Sloppy Joes
Tacos
Turkey Chili
Couscous
Dessert
Brownies
Chocolate Pudding
Doughnuts
Chocolate Peanut Butter Dip
Banana Marshmallow Dip
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
Frozen Yogurt Pops
Gingerbread Spice Cake
Blueberry Oatmeal Bars
Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate Fondue
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Blueberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
Lemon Raspberry Cupcakes
Graham Cracker Ice Cream Sandwiches
Carrot Cake Muffins
Yellow Cake
Hot Cocoa
Fruit Punch
Marshmallow Crispy Treats
Angel Food Cupcakes
Chocolate Cake
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Chocolate Chip Muffins
Banana Pudding Pie
A word of warning-I have not tried any of these recipes at the time of this writing. Some of the reviewers really liked the results. Others said that things like the brownies were uneatable. I may be adding to this review after I have tried a few recipes.
Evaluation:
I am a picky eater and my health educator suggested this book as an avenue to get me to eat more healthy things. The concept I think is good. The idea is to mix in foods which a person does not like with foods which they do like. The problem I see is that if this is done deceptively, then it becomes a trust issue. On the other hand, if there is agreement about the direction, then all can work towards the appropriate goals. I have not tried it yet, so I cannot determine the results.
- Contents
- Foreword 06
- Introduction 08
- Meet the Kitchen Cabinet 14
- The Program 16
- Equip Your Kitchen 18
- Stock Your Kitchen 22
- The Purees: How-To 24
- Vegetable Purees 28
- Fruit Purees 30
- What Every Parent Should Know
- About Nutrition 32
- Easy Nutritional Guidelines
- For Children 34
- What?s In That Veggie? 37
- What?s In That Fruit? 40
- The Recipes 42
- Breakfast Recipes 46
- Mealtime Recipes 68
- Dessert Recipes 152
- Index 201
- Credits and Acknowledgments 208
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