Deceptively Delicious

rnbeth477 · September 2012

I just bought a used copy of this book with the hopes I can sneak more vegetables into DS's food. Right now I can't get him to eat any!

Has anyone else tried this book? Any success?

memali26 · September 2012

I have not tried this book, but a friend has. She had some success using the recipes, but her pedi also strongly suggested continuing to offer veggies "as is." Hiding them will get the nutrients into the child, but they still need to learn to eat them on their own.

dor79 · September 2012

Not from this book, but I do usually sneak in a serving of vegetables into our meals, its for all our benefits.

For my LO, I had to go back to puree-ing after a solid strike thanks to molars, he has gone back to eating veggies in their original form, but not in the volume as before.

Temp994124375009771 · September 2012

memali26:
I have not tried this book, but a friend has. She had some success using the recipes, but her pedi also strongly suggested continuing to offer veggies "as is." Hiding them will get the nutrients into the child, but they still need to learn to eat them on their own.

I do hide vegetables in DD's food (heck, I "hide" them in food for all of us since DD eats what we eat for the most part. I don't see anything wrong with chopping up spinach and adding to my spaghetti sauce. It is good for all of us. But yes, it is important to keep offering vegetables "as is" as well.

memali26 · September 2012

ChicagoLaura:
memali26:
I have not tried this book, but a friend has. She had some success using the recipes, but her pedi also strongly suggested continuing to offer veggies "as is." Hiding them will get the nutrients into the child, but they still need to learn to eat them on their own.

I do hide vegetables in DD's food (heck, I "hide" them in food for all of us since DD eats what we eat for the most part. I don't see anything wrong with chopping up spinach and adding to my spaghetti sauce. It is good for all of us. But yes, it is important to keep offering vegetables "as is" as well.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with hiding them. Just that it's also a good idea to keep encouraging them to try the actual veggie, too. I've added all kinds of veggies to various dishes to get extra into DD1 when she's on a veggie strike, but there is still always an identifiable vegetable on her plate.

AshleyMF1983 · September 2012

I have tried a smiliar recipe book - the Sneaky Chef. My DD loved the food, but honestly the prep work was just too much to keep doing. It was exhausting!

rnbeth477 · September 2012

I completely agree. I'll keep offering actual veges in addition to the sneaky foods. I don't want him to think he never has to eat veges.

Funny, I actually have been doing this with my mil for a few years. She is such a picky eater. Refuses to eat most veges. I cook and then pure onions, and other veges to add flavor to dishes when she visits. She loves everything I make and almost always gets seconds...lol.

smiling76 · September 2012

I found that involving them in choosing the veggies helps. Or putting them in to a container that they like to eat out of. Maybe it's a special little kids bowl with their favorite character on it--or putting it on a paper plate---or in a cup. My DS1 actually loves frozen peas--yet won't eat them much when they are cooked. So maybe even try that. He will also eat frozen carrots (those little square ones that are with the peas sometimes).

Or make a healthy dip for them to dip them in to--- they love dipping anything usually at that age.

Or even in a different form/shape. Like cutting green peppers in to strips if you normally cut them in to little pieces. Or buying the carrot chips. Just changing it up. DS1 will eat tiny cut up pieces of carrots and celery, but in general not the big pieces.

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