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

 

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

Basic Information : Synopsis : Expectations : Thoughts : Evaluation  : Table of Contents : References

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.

Expectations:

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.

  

 

Table of Contents:

• 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

References:

• Author's Web Site
• Wikipedia-Book
• Amazon-Book
• Amazon-Author
• Barnes and Noble
• GoodReads-Book
• GoodReads-Author
• Start Cooking blog
• Reddit