Deceptively Delicious Challenge

We have a picky eater. Her name is Emma and she is 3. We also have a food processor. His name is Eli and he is 22 months old. Mealtime is usually a battlefield and I am so tired of it. I received the Deceptively Delicious cookbook for Christmas the year I was pregnant with Emma. I dug it out a couple of nights ago and had a light bulb moment. I will be making my way through this cookbook that is full of simple secrets and recipes to get your kids eating good food. I will be posting the recipes and comments on each one that I do. Ready?
First step is to make vegetable and fruit purees. Well... my kids do like fruit so I just concentrated on veggies... cauliflower, broccoli, squash, zucchini, spinach, carrots, bell peppers, and sweet potatoes are he ones I did last night. I used a blender and then put them in sandwich baggies in 1/2 cup portions.

This morning we had sweet potato chocolate chip pancakes and i was SUCCESS! Emma ate 1 and 1/2 and Eli ate most of 1 and then some grapes. On mostly all of these recipes I took her ideas and most of her recipe and made it my own with a Sarah kick to it :) Example: I added chocolate chips to the pancake recipe. So if you want the recipes as they are in the book you will have to go buy it.

RECIPE:

1 cup water

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

1/2 cup sweet potato puree

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup Bisquick Heart Smart pancake mix

Mix together and make you some good pancakes :)

Then I made some brownies....

1/2 cup spinach puree

1/2 cup carrot puree

A box of Sugar Free Pillsbury brownie mix- make according to he directions on the box but add the veggie puree. She makes them all from scratch in the cook book and I just didn't have the time for that. My kids loved them.

A couple more recipes that I will be making in the next couple of days is grilled cheese with sweet potato and squash & macaroni and cheese with cauliflower- wish me luck and check back for the recipes and comments!!!